The Chicago Cubs: The MLB's Dallas Cowboys

[jarrettjackfan]

I think it's pretty obvious that the Chicago Cubs are Major League Baseball's version of the Dallas Cowboys? Why do they remind me of the 'Boys? Well I'll give my reasoning right now.

First off, I would like to draw your attention to the Dallas Cowboys. Last season, they had a great shot at winning the Super Bowl, or so everyone though. As the season grew on people saw that they were horribly mistaken. With the Terrell Owens and Tony Romo romance going on, it was obvious that it wasn't going to end well.

Let me draw your attention to something that happened about halfway through the season. The situation was that the opposing defense had started to clamp down on T.O.'s ability to make easy catches and gain yards after the catch, and of course that meant that the ball wasn't going to go to Owens as much. This of course made Owens very angry and he started sensing that Cowboys tight end Jason Witten was getting favored and gaining receptions because of a close friendship between Romo and Witten. Knowing T.O. we all know he went to the reporters about his concerns of the Cowboys intentionally leaving him out of the game plan because of this friendship between quarterback and tight end. The press in turn blew the situation up and made a huge deal about it.

Another thing that made the Cowboys season a little rocky was the trade they made mid-season. They acquired WR Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions for draft picks, which they thought was going to help free T.O. from the defenders with a double threat. That didn't happen and both receivers were shut down. Williams' failure to create a better passing attack angered the fans, and they let the 'Boys know about it. This of course caused unrest in the lockerroom.

Tempers on the team were the downfall of Dallas. With the players being divided with the Romo vs. Owens situation, and the fans letting them know they weren't happy, it made the Cowboys situation very bad and they fell short of the standards everyone had set for them.

Now, I would like to draw your attention to the Chicago Cubs. They remind me of the Cowboys for the exact same reasons I've just stated. With unrest in the club-house, and fighting between players, and some fans letting players know they aren't happy with them, it makes for a very bad combination.

I look back at the Milton Bradley signing, and while he is a very solid player, he has a horrible attitude. Now, at the beginning, I was all for giving him a chance, but as the season has worn on, I'm starting to get away from Bradley's hype, and I'm not liking him as a player or person.

About a month ago, Bradley lost his temper and started beating up a water cooler as well as other dugout items. This of course did not make manager Lou Piniella happy, and there was a confrontation which resulted in Milton heading to the showers early. Another incident was when Bradley got suspended earlier in the season for, yet again, showing his unhappiness with a call that the umpires made.

It isn't just Milton Bradley, it also has to do with Carlos Zambrano. While Z is such a great pitcher and probably the consensus face of the Cubs franchise, he just needs to learn to calm himself down, and take the calls the way they come. Over his career with the Cubs, and especially in the last few years, he's gone from having arguments with the umps, to his teammates, to the manager, and quite often it results in him getting ejected from a game, benched, or even suspended for more games.

This season the Cubs have been falling apart and not living up to their expectations because of all the anger they are showing. The fans don't like it, the umpires don't mind it, because they get to throw people out, and it really creates a rift between the team.

Those are the reasons that the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Cubs are the teams that I think represent the drama queens of the NFL and MLB respectively.

This is also posted at another forum, the one that is in my website location, so yeah this isn't copied and pasted from another forum, just making that clear.

[hermes]

[Ruben Douglas]

The Cubs aren't like any other franchise in sports. No point in making comparisons. No team will ever let you down as consistently as the Cubs. Just get used to the mid summer rollercoaster and ultimate doom. It makes life a little easier to live.

[Posey H8er]

The Yankees are more comparable to the Cowboys. The media spends most of their time talking about them but most people outside of Dallas and NY despise them. NY has also had their share of failures over the past decade.