As you can see, the Bottom Ten Cubs of My Time are on deck. Due to the extra effort that is going to be required for these entries, as well as the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, here is the planned schedule:
#10: Tuesday, May 29
#9: Wednesday, May 30
#8: Thursday, May 31
#7: Friday, June 1
#6: Monday, June 4
#5: Tuesday, June 5
#4: Wednesday, June 6
#3: Thursday, June 7
#2 and #1: Friday, June 8
Lou and I still plan on updating the site with new articles and features almost daily. For those of you who only tune in for The Bottom 126, though, now you have a heads-up. To prepare you for the Bottom Ten, here are some pictures that will make you angry.
Looking forward to seeing how this plays out. I guess it is now time for Alfonsucka, Rojas, Hawkins, Hundley, Perez, Blauser, Manny Alexander, Alex Gonzalez, and Cesar Izturis to hopefully find their home on this list.
Izturis is already on it!
Does that make this sweeps week? I’m thinking there will be some surprises, like Jody Davis or Wayne Palmer.
Rick Aguilera should have been in the top 10. That guy sucked ass. If Scott Sanders or Jeff Reed don’t make the top 10, we should have a short list that say “Honorable Mentions.”
Great pictures. Makes me wanna spit.
Bring on Neifi!
Since I am a Cubs fan, and have suffered through disappointment for WAY too long, I halfway expect you to stop posting the B126 at number 2 or 3. It would seem fitting that once again, we get close but cannot quite finish it.
Could you add a picture of last years Cardinal’s World Series celebration too? Maybe Adam Wainwright? Tony Larussa? or Josh Hancock?
Josh Hancock had a 162.00 ERA in the 2006 NLCS. That should qualify as bottom 126 worthy.
Too bad it wasn’t a 126.00 ERA.
Or you could expand the B126 to the Bottom 162 in his honor. There is an abundance of Cubs like Keith Moreland (dropping a routine fly ball) that are bad, but not bad enough to make your list. Just a suggestion. A bad suggestion, but one just the same.
I am sorry I overlooked Izturis. Is there any chance he could get on here twice because he is god awful. Also, is there any chance Scott Eyre could have catapulted himself into the top (or bottom) 10 based on this year alone. Finally, don’t forget Scott Servais. I sure hope he has a place on here.
I may have to expand the B126 at some point, Level5. I’d actually like to dress up some of the older posts and make them a lot more thorough. I didn’t realize then that people would actually pay attention to the list, so I didn’t take as much time with them. I’m going to have a post when the list is over where people can drop their comments as to who should have made it, who shouldn’t have, who is out of place, etc. Maybe I’ll take those suggestions and see if I can make the list as comprehensive and complete as possible.
Of course, I already have an idea for a NEW list once the B126 is done that I think should be a hell of a lot of fun…
I’m especially looking forward to the Alfonseca writeup. I hated everything about that guy — his hanging fastballs, the extra fingers, the gigantic belly, his gyrations on the rare occasions he recorded an out and the fact that we traded Dontrelle Willis away to get him.
Required reading, Cub fans!
Where was the picture of Ozzie the Turd kissing one of his players? If need be, I’ll e-mail it.