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jgross68 · 07-16-2003, 05:45 PM

Going into my fourth season with my beloved Chicago Cubs. In my first year at the helm (2003), we won a weak NL Central with an 87-75 record and ended the 95-year drought by winning the World Series. After coming back from a 3-1 series deficit in the NLCS to beat Philly the North Siders hung on to beat Boston in seven after opening up our own 3-1 series lead. The next year, nothing seemed to click and we wound up 78-84. Luckily, I wasn't canned even though I had only gotten a one-year extension after winning it all in 2003; in fact, I signed a three-year deal to stay with the Cubs after the disappointing '04 campaign. In 2005 we were in the race all year long. The NL Central turned out to be the most competitive div. in the league with Milwaukee, St. Louis and the Cubs battling it out throughout the second half. In the end, a late-season injury to #2 starter Zach Day (15-3, 3.13) proved too costly and we missed the wild card by two games after finishing 91-71. One bright spot was Pedro Martinez winning his second straight Cy Young Award for the Cubbies in 2005 after being signed as a free agent in 2004; he went 19-9 with a 1.89 ERA and 376(!) strikeouts in 242.1 innings. The fact that he lost nine games shows how weak the team was offensively at times.
So far, so good, but we need to get back to the postseason. My fake wife Irene and I have a one-year-old son and I would like to see how/if he develops as a ballplayer, so I'm planning on sticking with this league for a good long while.
Overall, I'm 254-225 (.530) and 11-6 in the playoffs. The team chemistry is great (100) and the owner is still in a decent mood (71) and only expects us to play better than .500 this season. I'm regarded as a Good Manager, so if things don't work out after my contract expires in 2007, I should be able to catch on somewhere else.

07-16-2003, 05:45 PM	#83 (permalink)
jgross68 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ....is everything! OTA: .882, Member #866 Posts: 690	Going into my fourth season with my beloved Chicago Cubs. In my first year at the helm (2003), we won a weak NL Central with an 87-75 record and ended the 95-year drought by winning the World Series. After coming back from a 3-1 series deficit in the NLCS to beat Philly the North Siders hung on to beat Boston in seven after opening up our own 3-1 series lead. The next year, nothing seemed to click and we wound up 78-84. Luckily, I wasn't canned even though I had only gotten a one-year extension after winning it all in 2003; in fact, I signed a three-year deal to stay with the Cubs after the disappointing '04 campaign. In 2005 we were in the race all year long. The NL Central turned out to be the most competitive div. in the league with Milwaukee, St. Louis and the Cubs battling it out throughout the second half. In the end, a late-season injury to #2 starter Zach Day (15-3, 3.13) proved too costly and we missed the wild card by two games after finishing 91-71. One bright spot was Pedro Martinez winning his second straight Cy Young Award for the Cubbies in 2005 after being signed as a free agent in 2004; he went 19-9 with a 1.89 ERA and 376(!) strikeouts in 242.1 innings. The fact that he lost nine games shows how weak the team was offensively at times. So far, so good, but we need to get back to the postseason. My fake wife Irene and I have a one-year-old son and I would like to see how/if he develops as a ballplayer, so I'm planning on sticking with this league for a good long while. Overall, I'm 254-225 (.530) and 11-6 in the playoffs. The team chemistry is great (100) and the owner is still in a decent mood (71) and only expects us to play better than .500 this season. I'm regarded as a Good Manager, so if things don't work out after my contract expires in 2007, I should be able to catch on somewhere else. Last edited by jgross68 : 07-16-2003 at 05:49 PM.