Whenever a team lets a player go for no compensation, although they say all the right things and wish him well, they are secretly hoping that the player sucks throughout the course of his career. You hope he becomes Mark Prior or Matt Clement or Rueben Quevedo. You certainly don't want him to become the greatest pitcher of ... Read More
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #25: Greg “That They Let Him Go Still Makes Me” Maddux
Posted On 28 Sep 2011 By Bad Kermit. Under: Ex-Cubs, The Top 79.
Whenever a team lets a player go for no compensation, although they say all the right things and wish him well, they are secretly hoping that the player sucks throughout the course of his career. You hope he becomes Mark Prior or Matt Clement or Rueben Quevedo. You certainly don't want him to become the greatest pitcher of ... Read More
The Top 79 Cub Killers of My Time #50: Scott Downs “Syndrome”
Posted On 18 Mar 2010 By Bad Kermit. Under: Ex-Cubs, The Top 79.
If there's one thing that's absolutely infuriating about the Cubs, it's their mystifying inability to hit left-handed pitching. No, scratch that. If there's one thing that's absolutely infuriating about the Cubs, it's their 102-year championship drought. Number two is the other thing with the left-handers. A couple of offseasons ago, when Jim Hendry decided to make ... Read More
