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This afternoon Pre brought to my attention a little bit of oddness from Yahoo. In a post regarding the potential of a Matt Garza trade to the Cubs, "Louis" had some unkind words for Jim Hendry. I have said it before and I will say it again... Until Jim Hendry is fired and a real gm is hired the cubs ... Read More

As I'm sure you already know (and as Ned Ryerson and Pre reminded me), Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild picked up HIS contract option and will return for the 2011 season. I'm glad Rothschild is going to be back. It's pretty clear now that the idiotic way that the Cubs' pitching staff was handled in the early 2000s ... Read More

So, Mike Quade is off to a pretty good start as interim manager. He's won three games in a row and swept the mighty Nationals. Wow! I'm sooooooo impressed. What were the Nationals? 53-71 going into Monday night's game? And they had to face whom? Livan Hernandez? Hell, that guy was practically ... Read More

At the Mathematical Elimination Party this Saturday, one of my friends told me she was rooting for the Cardinals to win the World Series. "Why the hell would you do that?" I asked. "Because you have to root for the NL Central when your team gets eliminated," she replied. "Why the hell would I do that?" I ... Read More

No, not really. It's just our old pal David Kaplan at it again! Russ Kelly pointed out Kaplan's latest Cubs fix entitled, "The Cubs Need to Sign the #1 Free Agent This Winter." Hey, give Kaplan some credit for the headline. There isn't a single exclamation point in the entire thing. Sorry about the infrequency ... Read More

I told Dolan the other day that, considering how he acts now, I was always sort of proud that I never really cared for Steve Stone. I didn't really have anything against him. I just didn't think he was as big a genius as he or anyone else thought he was. After he left the Cubs, his ... Read More

Last week, I was worried that Ryan Dempster was developing Jason Marquis Disease. If you're unfamiliar with JMD, it occurs when you're a starting pitcher who gives up just enough runs for your team to lose. So, if the Cubs score 8, you're busy giving up 9. If they score 1, you just allowed a two-run homer. ... Read More

It's not a question of whether or not you've heard it this season. It's a question of how many times you've heard it. It's some variation of "This team would be so much better if they'd kept Kerry Wood and Mark DeRosa." Maybe over the course of the season, those people will be right, but they sure ... Read More

Phil Rogers is out of his goddamn mind. In his first Power Rankings of the season, he ranks Shea Stadium's big apple as #7. Even MetsMan1980 knows that the apple is at best a fifteen seed. Rogers also ranks "Greed" in his MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL POWER RANKINGS. So, we're left with 32 slots for 30 teams. ... Read More

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know your Friday mornings are oh-so-bright thanks to the Roundup, and I'm late. Why don't you cry about it? That will make everything okay. Here's your Roundup: Paul Bako's hot spring has made us ever so torn about who should be the backup catcher. Do we take the guy who plays like all ... Read More