Spring Training
Cubs Bench finalised, not good.
According to today’s Trib, the Cubs’ bench is all set. Remember the Gashouse Gang? The Big Red Machine? The Whiz Kids? Well, this bunch of stiffs is nothing like any of those.
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Don’t Worry, Matt. Iowa’s Ummm, LOVELY This Time Of Year.
In the ongoing HJE Roundtable (aka, “our drawn out answer to HBO’s drawn-out John Adams series”), we asked our panelists about the fate of Matt Murton.
The responses were all similar in appraising Matt. Solid hitter, nice approach, and undervalued by the club. Everyone also shared the sentiment that Murton’s days as a Cubs [...]
Lou Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day By All But Declaring Most-Irish-Sounding Guy Closer
Get ready for the realization of the recurring wet dream you’ve been having since Kerry Wood was converted to the bullpen. It looks like Lou Piniella is on the verge of naming Wood the Cubs’ closer for the 2008 season. I thought for sure it was going to be Howry, but had secretly [...]
Okay, Ryan, I’m Taking Back One Thing
Okay, Ryan Dempster. I’m a big man. If I were to give you the beat-downs you so often deserve without ever stopping to give you a deserved thumbs-up, well, I’d probably be Chuck. But you know what? As PenFoe attested in this thread, you actually did something kind of cool during [...]
Apparently, Chicago Does NOT Have A Monopoly On Lousy Sportswriting
With all of the time we spend here pointing and laughing at Dusty Baker, one might come to the conclusion that we harbor an unhealthy obsession with the man. I suppose this may be true. Considering his tenure here, where he fooled us all with that [...]
Trying To Look Forward, But I Can’t Help Looking Back
So Felix Pie appears to be proving that he’s up to the challenge of playing centerfield every day in the bigs. Having been a believer of Pie’s since last season–when his numbers may not have warranted it but his presence seemed to–I’m happy about this. Of course, even if you weren’t a [...]
It’s Only Spring Training. It’s Only Spring Training.
INT.–JIM HENDRY’S OFFICE–DAY
Cubs manager LOU PINIELLA and general manager JIM HENDRY sit around a desk in Hendry’s office. Lou’s Cubs have just dropped another game to the Diamondbacks, their Lou breathes slowly into a paper bag as Jim throws pencils at the ceiling, trying to get them to stick.
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If “Ifs” and “Buts” Were Broken Fingers and Nuts, Then This Team Would Be Chock-Full of Conjunctions
If I’m Kosuke Fukudome, I’m worried. So far in Spring Training, my two outfield partners have been sidelined by injuries that can only be described as “ What the hell? ”
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Galled!
Bwahahaaa! Did you get a load of what Jason Marquis said over the weekend (emphasis on the word LOAD)? He said he wants to start or be traded? Marquis? Look, I could understand if Zambrano demanded to be in the rotation or to be traded. Or Lilly. Or Hill. [...]
Scott Eyre hilarious - fat, lazy.
As you may already have read in this morning’s Daily Herald, Kosuke Fukudome was the “victim” of a “hilarious”, “practical”, “joke” yesterday, the perpetrator being none other than the prince of funny, the king of chortle, the sultan of fnarr fnarr - yes, the man whom Richard Pryor named as his biggest influence - the [...]
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