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As Friday's trade deadling approaches, I thought it might be fun to look at some guys the Chicago Cubs should NOT look at as trade prospects.
Some poke fun at newsworthy individuals, some take shots at the Cubs where they are today. In all, this is just a humorous reflection on how non-athletes could help the Cubs fill some basic needs.
Again, this is all in good fun and humor, so please don't take me seriously.
The non-waiver trade deadline for Major League Baseball is Friday afternoon, and the flurry of deals many analysts were starting to doubt has started.
As usual, the Pittsburgh Pirates are giving away talent a couple times a day "in an effort to improve themselves," while other National League contenders make strong statements that they intend to compete into October.
On Wednesday, the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies made the biggest statement to date, moving a number of prospects to the Cleveland Indians for someone else carrying hardware from 2008, last year's AL Cy Young winner Cliff Lee.
What baffles me, as it ...
Every year you get one of those feel good stories, a rookie playing like a veteran, this year is no different. Randy Wells, today, picked up his seventh win of the season, while lowering his ERA to 2.84.
Like in most cases, the win total is very misleading. In his first four starts of the year he was 0-2. Some people would immediately look at that and say that he struggled, and that's why the win statistic is one of the worst measurements of a player's worth.
What you don't see there is that he had a 1.80 ERA, and had around ...
It has been a frustrating first ninety eight games on the north side of the "Windy City."
They were pre-season favorites to win the National League Central Division and make a run at their first World Series appearance since 1945.
Up until now, it has been a tough go at it. At some points, they found themselves scuffling and making a run at the bottom dweller in the division they were supposed to run away from.
Some blame Jim Hendry for partially dismantling the team from one year ago. The trade of Derosa still has some reeling, but the point is, not even he ...
I don’t know why I am about to do what I am about to do.
There are lots of interesting, Midwest sports specific posts I could be writing right now.
Cliff Lee may get traded to Philly and be out of the White Sox hair for the foreseeable future.
SportsbyBrooks has a great story about what Mark Buehrle is doing for Dewayne Wise to thank him for saving his perfect game.
For crying out loud, this story at least deserves some mention on a site that has previously proclaimed its pride in this, doesn’t it?
But no, rather than expound upon those compelling stories ...
Dear Alfonso Soriano,I have always been a fan of yours. I cannot pin point when I fell in love with your hitting ability, but I know it was a while ago. It may have been the Game Seven, eighth inning home run off of Curt Schilling (a player I despise) in the 2001 World Series (on an 0-2 pitch!) or it may have been because you are just one of four players to reach the 40-40 milestone, while the three others are known steroid abusers. I feel the home run off of Schilling is symbolic of your career. You may ...
This slideshow will cover symbols of managers for the 2009 MLB season. Of course some of the symbols will be easy to recognize and others not so much. It will include all managers in the 2009 season, meaning that the managers who have been fired already count.
The slideshow will cover nicknames that would symbolize their managing style. Each picture will represent the nickname of the manager, some of the pictures will be easy to recognize and others will be a little harder.
After tonight's disappointing loss to the Houston Astros, general manager Jim Hendry should consider designating pitcher Aaron Heilman for assignment.
In the game against the Astros, Heilman allowed his 14th and 15th inherited runners (of the 30 he has inherited) to score and gave up an earned run himself to boot. The timing of this flap was rather terrible, as the Cubs were only down one run at the time with two outs in the eighth inning.
I have not been as outspoken as some Cubs writers about Heilman and his inability to pitch, but tonight was the straw that broke the camel's ...
When Omar Minaya isn't accusing reporters of pandering for jobs, there's one thing he would tell you with very clear certainty: Aaron Heilman has no place in the Mets organization.
It's too bad Chicago Cubs' General Manager Jim Hendry never asked for Minaya's opinion before trading a talented young left-handed pitcher, something the Cubs didn't have and haven't replaced, and a talented middle infielder for him this past winter.
Yes, it's sad but still true. The Cubs traded Garrett Olson and Ronny Cedeno to the Seattle Mariners for Heilman, and would have seen better use from the two pieces they moved than ...
While the St. Louis Cardinals have been making moves of late, and the Milwaukee Brewers continue to look for another starter, don’t expect the Cubs to make a big splash at the trade deadline on Friday, July 31.
But don’t fret, Cubs fans. We don’t really need a whole lot of help. In fact, our most pressing needs are to get healthy and to continue to get improved play from the big guns.
While Alfonso Soriano and Milton Bradley start to heat up (Soriano much more than Bradley), the Cubs also look to the return of catcher Geo Soto in the near ...
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