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Ha ha ha ha ha! Get it? Because the Cubs just signed Aaron Miles? What does this mean? Well, I'm guessing The Pulse is getting shipped out of town, meaning that Jake Peavy trade isn't as dead as Kevin Towers was pretending it was. If Jim Hendry manages to trade Jason Marquis, land Peavy, and sign Milton ... Read More

In this week's Muskbag, we are once again reminded that Cubs fans are idiots who are clueless about the rules of baseball and are obsessed with bad players. If they LOSE 97 games next year, will some of these dimwits go away? I heard that Veal was picked by the Pirates in the Rule 5 Draft. What exactly does that ... Read More

What's really taking so long to make the Jake Peavy trade? Some (Dolan) might say the Padres are waiting for the Rule V draft so that they can clear some room on their roster for the flotsam they're going to get from the Phillies and Cubs. And that makes sense. But HJE dug deeper and found the ... Read More

How long is the Jake Peavy hostage crisis going to trudge on? The fact that Peavy is going to be a Cub has gone from "worst-kept secret" of the Winter Meetings to "public domain." Padres GM Kevin Towers has apparently put together a four-team trade that would make Peavy to the Cubs feasible, but it involves cutting Ronny ... Read More

EDIT: It's come to my attention from my good friend PAUL SULLIVAN (through Dolan) that Carrie Muskat's father recently passed away. I know I have my fun at Carrie's expense on a weekly basis, but mine and I hope your thoughts and prayers are with the Muskat family in their time of grief. Oh, hey, I forgot to say ... Read More