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Earlier this week, Milton Bradley hurt his leg drawing a walk. Alfonso Soriano has hurt his leg jumping to meet a fly ball. These two are the Cubs' corner outfielders, and are crucial parts of the Cub offense. So, let's Fukudome them. VS. Milton Bradley Alfonso Soriano ... Read More

Hey, stupids. This week's Friday Roundup is going to go CRAZY and have a theme. What have we learned from two Spring Training games? Sometimes revenge is NOT a dish best served cold. Milton Bradley isn't going to last fifty games. The Brewers are going to be horrible. MLB: The Show is going to be awesome (thanks to Joe for the link). When ... Read More

Happy Ash Wednesday, you silly Catholics. I'm sure half of you have already broken your Lenten resolutions, so let's hope the Cubs fare better with theirs. As always, HJE used its insider access to ask the Cubs (and some former Cubs), "What are YOU giving up for Lent?" LOU PINIELLA: "Losing playoff games." RYAN DEMPSTER: "Fake vomit." TED LILLY: ... Read More

If you're Oleg, Mike D., flannj, TDubbs, or anyone else who gets their ANGER angered up by reading about video games, stop right now. For the rest of you normies, the MLB 2K9 demo was released in the wee hours of this morning for the Xbox 360. Rumor has it that PS3 owners will get the demo on ... Read More

As you guys are well aware, if there's one thing I'm known for, it's "making shit up." This Spring Training is horrendously boring, so let's take advantage of that fact by making up our own Spring Training news story. Here's what we're going to do. I'll start a story with one sentence. The next person in ... Read More

Maybe it's the hangover from the dreadful 2008 postseason, but this offseason has been horrendously dull. So dull, in fact, that I keep forgetting moves that the Cubs and other teams around the league have made. Just the other day, I was reminded on Desipio that the Brewers had hired Ken Macha as their manager. And, with ... Read More

Is this the most boring Spring Training ever? The only "position battles" we have are Mike Fontenot vs. Aaron Miles for second base and Sean Marshall vs. a giant pile of crap for fifth starter. No controversy makes Spring Training about as interesting as an Alan Trammell press conference. Ha ha ha! Seriously. Tedious. ... Read More

With the team reporting for duty this week, I'm sure Cubs fans have tons of questions about the upcoming season. So, what do our loyal Cubs fans ask about this week? A bunch of players who are gone from the team and Josh Vitters. Brilliant. With Garrett Olson and Rich Hill both gone, Aaron Heilman in the fold ... Read More

Gentlemen. First, I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I'm aware of the new Muskbox, and I still have something planned for pitchers and catchers having reported. Unfortunately, work wants me to do stuff, so I'm a bit backlogged. Fortunately for all of you, Rudy Gamble over at Razzball noticed that we were trying to ... Read More

Several people have asked whether or not I'm doing a Neifiball league this year. I am, and I'm trying desperately to perfect it. We had some decent results last year in the two leagues, but it was difficult getting the right settings, particularly for pitchers. Since last year was supposed to be a "keeper" year, but I ... Read More