I don't like whiners.

"Everybody has excuses. They don't go too far. That's just a cop-out for your own insecurity if you're whining about things." That's a quote from Dale Sveum, the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs baseball team has been full of whiners in recent years. Players making excuses for inept performances. For not playing hard enough. I'm expecting that to change under a management shake-up in the Cubs organization. Sveum is part of the package. Seems to me that baseball is as much a mental game as a skill game. And the Cubs have been mentally lax. Whining, whining endlessly. I don't like whiners. --Jim Broede