Does anyone else think it's kinda sad that the 2003 Cubs is pretty much all gone?

I mean yeah I think the 2008 Cubs will be better but I miss the 2003 team. When I was in 7th Grade in 2003 I liked Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and many others. Now their all gone like I willl write who was on the team and where they are now.





SP- Kerry Wood- CHC CP


SP- Mark Prior- SD SP


SP- Greg Maddux- SD SP


SP- Matt Clement- STL SP


SP- Carlos Zambrano- CHC SP





1B- Randol Simon- PHI


2B- Mark Grudzielanek- KC


3B- Aramis Ramirez- CHC


SS- Alex Gonzalez- WAS


C- Paul Bako- BAL


RF-Sammy Sosa- F/A


CF- Corey Patterson/ Kenny Lofton- CIN/ F/A


LF- Moises Alou- NYM

Does anyone else think it's kinda sad that the 2003 Cubs is pretty much all gone?
Nope because this is 2008 and we have better players


and glad the often injured Prior is gone along with opps i dropped a double play ball GonZales and lets still vbme Bartman gone


very glad selfish Sosa is gone


i never listen Patterson is gone


stil wishes we had Maddux and Lofton
Reply:i don't miss Alex "the 03 Goat" Gonzalez
Reply:Except for Greg Maddux and Kenny Lofton, my favorites are all still there (Rami, Big Z, Wood). But as for everyone else, they've been replaced with someone I like more.
Reply:Here's what is kind of sad: the fantasy world Cub fan lives in.
Reply:Screw the cubs
Reply:It is sad. That was the year I first started following baseball. The Cubs (and Ron Santo, God help me) were the reason I began loving the sport. That was a fun team to follow, especially when the Yankees came to town in interleague play and got slapped around by those young pitchers.





Still, it's hard not to love the new outfield. Here's hoping for a good year.
Reply:I'm with you on this one. Woody, Carlos and Ramirez are all that are left on the Cubs. Alou and Lofton are about done. Simon, Gonzalez, Clement, and Patterson really flamed out. Prior will never be what he could have been (if that makes sense).





You missed Borowski who is still out there saving games with his 85 mph fastball.





Still, that was a FUN year.
Reply:First, Maddux wasn't with them in 03. The starting rotation was Wood, Prior, Clement, Zambrano and Estes. Maddux joined them in 04. 1B was Karros, Simon was acquired late in the season. Ramirez was also a late addition at 3rd, but I can't remember who started the season there. 03 was in fact a great season with a great team. One of the best baseball seasons I've ever seen. I do miss that team, and it's a shame that they were hit hard with injuries to many key players after that season. They would've been a true force to be reckoned with had they stayed healthy.