Spiegel: Cubs Fans Still Struggling With Patience

August 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Spiegel: Cubs Fans Still Struggling With Patience
" By Matt Spiegel-

(WSCR) There was a memorable sequence on Sunday’s Hit & Run, in the hour after Theo Epstein’s appearance.

Barry Rozner and I have had Cubs conversations with fans, for years, that has often been framed with a backdrop of impatience. Would the fandom accept a regime coming in and trying to “do it the right way”? It’s not a quick fix. As a bad roster is dismantled, and prospects are compiled, would the plan be supported and understood?

Those questions have largely been answered with a “yes” this season.

But not everyone is on board.

Listen to this chunk of Hit & Run from Sunday: "

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