Having spent most of my working career as a consultant in industry I want to draw some parallels from the business world into a discussion about the current condition of the Chicago Cubs. One of my good clients for over a decade happened to have been GE when Jack Welch was the CEO.  He had [...]

  The Chicago Cubs have the third highest payroll in MLB and are 15 games below .500.  With that kind of payroll, the word underachievement certainly comes into play.  How can a team find themselves in such a predicament? All the data I am referencing can be found on today’s ESPN web site.  I looked [...]

  The Pittsburg Pirates took the rubber game of the series on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory.  Despite the Cubs putting the lead runner on base in five innings, Brad Lincoln notched his first major league victory shutting the Cubs out for seven innings.  Both Pirate runs were unearned to add to the Cub frustration. [...]

  I have a much greater appreciation for the beat writers who have to cover a team daily and write a column.  It has been 12 days since I last posted a column about the Cubs and for the most part I could have written “ditto” for the majority of their games.  The fact the [...]