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I was catching up on my Desipio message boarding, when I came across a link to this Bwuce Levine article. It's dumb. Did I need to clarify that? It was written by Bwuce Levine. But what stood out to me was this baffling line: Cubs GM Jim Hendry will gladly overpay in prospects if he gets the ... Read More

Just when you think the Cubs have wised up and are going to start making good decisions, such as the one to release Kevin Millar and keep Chad Tracy, they do something stupid. For example, hire Millar to be their roving minor league hitting coach. Millar presumably will spend the majority of his time with the AAA Cubs, where I ... Read More

For once, common sense prevails in Cubland. Kevin Millar was cut (presumably for saying "Cubbies") and Chad Tracy made the team. This is great news for the Cubs, but even better news for the American Diabetes Association. I'm going to wait until the end of the season to make my donation, just in case they do something ... Read More

Oh, Jim Hendry. Just when you had me excited about the Xavier Nady signing and the Chad Tracy signing, you do something silly, like sign Kevin Millar. There is likely no way this move will affect the Major League club. Millar sucks and likely can't outplay, well- anyone. If he makes his way to Chicago, the ... Read More

Get ready for a bunch of amazingly stupid "X" jokes. If Xavier Nady can successfully turn his head and cough while Mark O'Neal is cupping his balls, he's going to be a Cub. Yes, that article contains the first of your stupid "X" jokes. Nady has had two Tommy John surgeries. As a position player. That's about ... Read More

If you were too busy listening to that mutant Mark McGwire cry about how nobody understands what it's like to make millions of dollars by drowning oneself in a sea of steroids, you missed some big Cubs news. In what will likely be the best move the Cubs have made since Jim Hendry used the pen from his doctor's ... Read More

Or: How I Learned to Stop Caring About the Cubs and Hate Jim Hendry. It's almost official. Jim Hendry is about to pull off the most monumentally stupid trade since he traded for Steve Trachsel. It appears that Milton Bradley is headed to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for the amazingly terrible Carlos Silva. (HT: Dolan) ... Read More

Christmas came early to Sox-hating Cubs fans this year. The Los Angeles Dodgers have just traded Juan Pierre to the Chicago White Sox. If you were here for the Bottom 126, you will recall that my entry on Pierre touched off one of the hottest, one-sided debates in HJE history. Welcome back to Chicago, Juan. May your balls ... Read More

If there was one thing that Jim Hendry wanted to accomplish at the Winter Meetings this year, it was to stuff one item from each steam tray in the lunch buffet into his mouth at the same time. If there were two things Jim Hendry wanted to accomplish this year, the first was the buffet thing, but the second ... Read More

What's all that buzz around Wrigley Field today? Why, that is the crowd of people gathering in anticipation of the announcement that the Cubs have hired Rudy Jaramillo to be their new scapegoat hitting coach. Rudy had been the hitting coach for the Texas Rangers since the time before Kurt Cobain found out what buckshot tasted like and ... Read More