If only we had more time to get a statistically significant amount of data to test if the Cubs’ new north side ballpark is truly the source of their failures!
I think the day games -- at least since everyone else went to almost all night games -- is a competitive drag for the team in that they have to deal with more heat and more quick turnarounds from road trips and stuff.
“I believe there hasn’t been a whole lot of people that have run that team that truly understand the ballpark,” Steve Stone says of the Cubs. “Because the bleachers are so low in comparison to (other parks), the wind and the wind direction has an inordinate effect on a fly ball.”
Wrigley is a Jekyll and Hyde park, he says, a hitter’s paradise in the warm weather and when the wind blows out but a pitcher’s haven in the chilly months and when the wind blows in. He says the Cubs historically have loaded their lineup with slow-footed sluggers instead of balancing it with speed and players who can scratch out runs.
But really, the biggest factor in the Cubs’ championship drought has either been bad rosters, bad management and bad luck.
