Ken Rosenthal is reporting that the Sox and Reds have agreed to a trade that would send Ken Griffey, Jr. to the Sox. No other details are available. Griffey has to waive his no-trade clause.
I should wait until it's finalized (if that even happens), but I don't see the fit. Griffey can't play center field any more, so he's limited to the outfield corners and DH. Including first base, the Sox are currently set at those spots. I don't see Griffey as an upgrade over any of Carlos Quentin, Jermaine Dye, Nick Swisher (who has the odd combination of skills to play either CF or 1B), Jim Thome, or Paul Konerko. Not that they are all having great years, but then one of them has to sit every day. Maybe that's the point, to get them all more rest and give them a thumper off the bench every game. But then why can't Josh Fields to a reasonable impression of that when Joe Crede gets healthy?
This trade is too confusing to think about without hearing the details, so no more from me on it now.
UPDATE: It's Griffey for Nick Masset and Danny Richar. That's not much to give up, but I still don't understand what Griffey brings to the team that they don't already have.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Zell plays by his own rules
Since Bud Selig took over as commissioner (really just president of the owners), usually when a baseball team gets sold it's because he approves of it. MLB has an anti-trust exemption, the only major sport that does, so they can stop team moves and sales. Selig likes to reward his friends and those who will play by his rules.
Sam Zell, the new Cubs owner, just wants to maximize the amount of money he gets and doesn't give a fig about Bud Selig and the rest of the owners. Selig's favorite group? They underbid, probably thinking they could slide through thanks to Selig's support. But now they are out:
Canning declined to comment. He represented a group that included Aon Corp. Chairman Patrick Ryan, business leader Andrew McKenna and restaurateurs Richard Melman and Larry Levy, among others.
“His bid was not at a high enough level. He’s out,” a source said. “He could rebid. He could say, ‘I’m sorry, I forgot a decimal point.’ But as of now, he’s out.”
Who is in the final five? They only tell us of one, and it's going to give Selig heartburn:
Making the cut as the Cubs winnowed the list of bids from an original 10 respondents was Mark Cuban, owner of basketball’s Dallas Mavericks, said a source familiar with the process. The identity of the other finalists couldn’t be learned.
This just tells me that the more I hear about Zell, the more I like the way he works:
The bold move points to escalating tension between Tribune Chairman Sam Zell, trying to maximize the price for the Cubs, and the lords of baseball. Rules specify that 75 percent of the owners must approve any sale, and they could look at factors other than price in settling on a suitable Cubs buyer.
Thake that, Bud! Your buddies are going to cough up more money. Zell is in a unique position of having to maximize the Tribune Company's assets to pay off debt. He doesn't give a rat's patootie about who it goes to.
Sam Zell, the new Cubs owner, just wants to maximize the amount of money he gets and doesn't give a fig about Bud Selig and the rest of the owners. Selig's favorite group? They underbid, probably thinking they could slide through thanks to Selig's support. But now they are out:
Canning declined to comment. He represented a group that included Aon Corp. Chairman Patrick Ryan, business leader Andrew McKenna and restaurateurs Richard Melman and Larry Levy, among others.
“His bid was not at a high enough level. He’s out,” a source said. “He could rebid. He could say, ‘I’m sorry, I forgot a decimal point.’ But as of now, he’s out.”
Who is in the final five? They only tell us of one, and it's going to give Selig heartburn:
Making the cut as the Cubs winnowed the list of bids from an original 10 respondents was Mark Cuban, owner of basketball’s Dallas Mavericks, said a source familiar with the process. The identity of the other finalists couldn’t be learned.
This just tells me that the more I hear about Zell, the more I like the way he works:
The bold move points to escalating tension between Tribune Chairman Sam Zell, trying to maximize the price for the Cubs, and the lords of baseball. Rules specify that 75 percent of the owners must approve any sale, and they could look at factors other than price in settling on a suitable Cubs buyer.
Thake that, Bud! Your buddies are going to cough up more money. Zell is in a unique position of having to maximize the Tribune Company's assets to pay off debt. He doesn't give a rat's patootie about who it goes to.
Sox fans need to keep some things in mind
Paul Konerko is not having a good year. Some hometown fans have started to boo him:
Walker and Konerko heard the boos directed at the Sox first baseman Tuesday night, as Konerko left five men on base in the victory against the Texas Rangers.
Hitting coach Greg Walker is not happy:
''The one thing, the people that were booing -- they have a right to boo -- but when they walk into this ballpark and take a look at that statue [the Championship Moments Monument] out there, they better realize he's a big reason that statue is even standing and we're walking around here with rings on our hands.
''I would tell them that, if they asked me what I thought, 'You better be grateful this guy played here, and one day you will be.'''
...''The thing is that his legacy is still in front of him here,'' Walker said. ''If he comes on strong the rest of the way when it really counts ... I mean, I know his teammates have picked him up this year, but he could do the same thing for them down the stretch and make something special happen.
''I do hate to see some negative people that are totally down on him. But ultimately, the only person that can get Paul Konerko going is Paul Konerko, and he understands that, too. I always tell people that the game doesn't feel sorry for you. If you start feeling sorry for yourself, then it will just pile on.''
Walker said he talks to Konerko almost every day and continues to remind him that this season is salvageable.
''We all have to remember that Paul has produced on the biggest stage,'' Walker said. ''When people with those thundersticks in Anaheim were beating them so loudly that I couldn't hear myself think [in the 2005 ALCS], this guy goes out and hits home runs in the first inning two days in a row to absolutely take all the pressure off of his team. So he's handled it.
''This will not be the season that he looks on the back of that baseball card and says, 'Man, I was good that year.' But it might be the season that he can look back on and say, 'Hey, I didn't give into it, I fought, and we did something special that year.' That's what I'm hoping.''
I agree completely. The guy has been hurt this year, and he's out there trying. And, as Walker says, he was the best hitter on the 2005 championship team. He only deserves to be booed if he's not out there trying his best.
So what hometown players deserve to be booed? I think these are the categories:
1. Guys who are tanking it. That's easy.
2. Guys who don't belong on the team. This includes criminals and those guys who are just terrible who never belonged on a team to begin with. The second part included numerous Sox of the past, such as Royce Clayton and World Series hero Scott Podsednik (who I now will admit had his virtues as player).
3. Guys who hold out for a new contract, but this one is a little iffy.
Guys who are just overpaid don't necessarily bother me. It's only when you combine that with some of the issues above that they do, such as former Sox and Cub Jaime Navarro.
Walker and Konerko heard the boos directed at the Sox first baseman Tuesday night, as Konerko left five men on base in the victory against the Texas Rangers.
Hitting coach Greg Walker is not happy:
''The one thing, the people that were booing -- they have a right to boo -- but when they walk into this ballpark and take a look at that statue [the Championship Moments Monument] out there, they better realize he's a big reason that statue is even standing and we're walking around here with rings on our hands.
''I would tell them that, if they asked me what I thought, 'You better be grateful this guy played here, and one day you will be.'''
...''The thing is that his legacy is still in front of him here,'' Walker said. ''If he comes on strong the rest of the way when it really counts ... I mean, I know his teammates have picked him up this year, but he could do the same thing for them down the stretch and make something special happen.
''I do hate to see some negative people that are totally down on him. But ultimately, the only person that can get Paul Konerko going is Paul Konerko, and he understands that, too. I always tell people that the game doesn't feel sorry for you. If you start feeling sorry for yourself, then it will just pile on.''
Walker said he talks to Konerko almost every day and continues to remind him that this season is salvageable.
''We all have to remember that Paul has produced on the biggest stage,'' Walker said. ''When people with those thundersticks in Anaheim were beating them so loudly that I couldn't hear myself think [in the 2005 ALCS], this guy goes out and hits home runs in the first inning two days in a row to absolutely take all the pressure off of his team. So he's handled it.
''This will not be the season that he looks on the back of that baseball card and says, 'Man, I was good that year.' But it might be the season that he can look back on and say, 'Hey, I didn't give into it, I fought, and we did something special that year.' That's what I'm hoping.''
I agree completely. The guy has been hurt this year, and he's out there trying. And, as Walker says, he was the best hitter on the 2005 championship team. He only deserves to be booed if he's not out there trying his best.
So what hometown players deserve to be booed? I think these are the categories:
1. Guys who are tanking it. That's easy.
2. Guys who don't belong on the team. This includes criminals and those guys who are just terrible who never belonged on a team to begin with. The second part included numerous Sox of the past, such as Royce Clayton and World Series hero Scott Podsednik (who I now will admit had his virtues as player).
3. Guys who hold out for a new contract, but this one is a little iffy.
Guys who are just overpaid don't necessarily bother me. It's only when you combine that with some of the issues above that they do, such as former Sox and Cub Jaime Navarro.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Ichiro the Motivator
This story continues to make me laugh:
He pointed to Ichiro Suzuki, the Seattle Mariners’ wisp of an outfielder, a man who still uses a translator to do interviews with English-speaking reporters – and happens to be baseball’s amalgam of Anthony Robbins and George Carlin. Every year, after the AL manager addresses his team, Ichiro bursts from his locker, a bundle of kinetic energy, and proceeds, in English, to disparage the National League with an H-bomb of F-bombs, stunning first-timers who had no idea Ichiro speaks the queen’s language fluently and making returnees happy that they had played well enough to see the pep talk again.
The tradition began in 2001, Ichiro’s first All-Star appearance, and the AL hasn’t lost a game since. Coincidence?
Oh, what I would give to hear it one year.
The exact words are not available. Players are too busy laughing to remember them. Ichiro wouldn’t dare repeat them in public. So here’s the best facsimile possible.
“Bleep … bleep bleep bleep … National League … bleep … bleep … bleeeeeeeeep … National – bleep bleep bleepbleepbleep!”
“If you’ve never seen it, it’s definitely something pretty funny,” Morneau said. “It’s hard to explain, the effect it has on everyone. It’s such a tense environment. Everyone’s a little nervous for the game, and then he comes out. He doesn’t say a whole lot the whole time he’s in there, and all of a sudden, the manager gets done with his speech, and he pops off.”
Miguel Tejada, who moved to the Astros and the NL this year, had high hopes for one of his All-Star teammates:
“I hope Fukudome does it this year,” Tejada said.
Kosuke Fukudome, the Cubs outfielder, will start in center field for the NL team. He is not fashion conscious, does not have a sycophantic following and does not start trends. He is, aside from sharing a left-handed swing and exemplary bat control, the anti-Ichiro.
“I have no plans for that,” Fukudome said.
He pointed to Ichiro Suzuki, the Seattle Mariners’ wisp of an outfielder, a man who still uses a translator to do interviews with English-speaking reporters – and happens to be baseball’s amalgam of Anthony Robbins and George Carlin. Every year, after the AL manager addresses his team, Ichiro bursts from his locker, a bundle of kinetic energy, and proceeds, in English, to disparage the National League with an H-bomb of F-bombs, stunning first-timers who had no idea Ichiro speaks the queen’s language fluently and making returnees happy that they had played well enough to see the pep talk again.
The tradition began in 2001, Ichiro’s first All-Star appearance, and the AL hasn’t lost a game since. Coincidence?
Oh, what I would give to hear it one year.
The exact words are not available. Players are too busy laughing to remember them. Ichiro wouldn’t dare repeat them in public. So here’s the best facsimile possible.
“Bleep … bleep bleep bleep … National League … bleep … bleep … bleeeeeeeeep … National – bleep bleep bleepbleepbleep!”
“If you’ve never seen it, it’s definitely something pretty funny,” Morneau said. “It’s hard to explain, the effect it has on everyone. It’s such a tense environment. Everyone’s a little nervous for the game, and then he comes out. He doesn’t say a whole lot the whole time he’s in there, and all of a sudden, the manager gets done with his speech, and he pops off.”
Miguel Tejada, who moved to the Astros and the NL this year, had high hopes for one of his All-Star teammates:
“I hope Fukudome does it this year,” Tejada said.
Kosuke Fukudome, the Cubs outfielder, will start in center field for the NL team. He is not fashion conscious, does not have a sycophantic following and does not start trends. He is, aside from sharing a left-handed swing and exemplary bat control, the anti-Ichiro.
“I have no plans for that,” Fukudome said.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Go Rays! Boo M's!
Searching for a post today, I came up blank. Here's something:
The best team in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays, need to go at least 26-53 the rest of the way for me to win some money on their over/under on wins for the season. I took the over, obviously.
The worst team in baseball, the Seattle Mariners, need to finish the rest of the way no better than 52-27 for me to win some money on their under.
Both look pretty safe right now. Thanks to BP (for their computer projections) and my co-conspirator on these wagers.
The best team in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays, need to go at least 26-53 the rest of the way for me to win some money on their over/under on wins for the season. I took the over, obviously.
The worst team in baseball, the Seattle Mariners, need to finish the rest of the way no better than 52-27 for me to win some money on their under.
Both look pretty safe right now. Thanks to BP (for their computer projections) and my co-conspirator on these wagers.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Jerry Manuel has gone crazy
Jerry Manuel managed the White Sox for a number of years, his last in 2003. I always considered him to be perfectly competent, but not worth keeping around necessarily, so his dismissal didn't bother me much.
In addition, he had a calm, gentle, patrician public demeanor when he was here. I always thought he was quite professional is his dealings with his team and the media.
Apparently the his firing from here did not treat him well, because he appears to have lost his mind in the intervening years. I understand that the New York media will blow everything out of proportion, but Manuel still appears to be acting very unlike he did when he was here. He's publicly ripping his players and the fans. We can assume that he probably won't get the job on a permanent basis this offseason.
In addition, he had a calm, gentle, patrician public demeanor when he was here. I always thought he was quite professional is his dealings with his team and the media.
Apparently the his firing from here did not treat him well, because he appears to have lost his mind in the intervening years. I understand that the New York media will blow everything out of proportion, but Manuel still appears to be acting very unlike he did when he was here. He's publicly ripping his players and the fans. We can assume that he probably won't get the job on a permanent basis this offseason.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Big homecoming
OK, not big, but Scott Podsednik (of the 2005 champs) is coming back to Chicago this weekend as a member of the Colorado Rockies. As much as I disliked him as a player, I can't complain that the guy won a World Series game with a walk-off home run.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times tackles the tough issues
Who has hotter fans: Sox or Cubs? It's an interesting question. Cubs fans are quite snobbish at even considering it, but it's pretty close.
Girls at Cubs games tend to be more understated in their dress. They will more often (seemingly) wear a hat with shorts and a t-shirt like the former sorority girls many of them were.
Female Sox fans, however, have the South Side trashy look going. When I write trashy, I mean that in a good way.
It's a tough call, so I won't vote. I bet the Cubs will the poll due to their reputation, though.
Girls at Cubs games tend to be more understated in their dress. They will more often (seemingly) wear a hat with shorts and a t-shirt like the former sorority girls many of them were.
Female Sox fans, however, have the South Side trashy look going. When I write trashy, I mean that in a good way.
It's a tough call, so I won't vote. I bet the Cubs will the poll due to their reputation, though.
UPDATE: Um, this picture comparison they put on the website isn't fair:
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
MLB draft preview
The baseball amateur draft is tomorrow, and Kevin Goldstein over at BP has been on it like white on rice (or, at least on white rice). Today is his mock draft. I think it's open to non-subscribers, so check it out.
If Kenny Williams gets Justin Smoak (as Goldstein predicts), I will be a happy guy. Slugging college first basemen drafted high tend to do well (or so I hope), and the last time the Sox took one was in 1989 with Frank Thomas. With Jim Thome in the last year of his contract and Paul Konerko's deal expiring after 2010, the Sox could easily move Konerko to DH in 2010 and have Smoak as the everyday 1B. I'm giddy at the thought, especially since the farm system is bereft of impact hitters (I love you, Josh Fields, but you don't count). The Sox haven't drafted this high since 1990, which ended a streak of 4 years of top ten picks of Jack McDowell, Robin Ventura, Thomas, and Alex Fernandez. That was the backbone of those stud early 1990's teams that couldn't quite get past the Blue Jays and then Indians.
Goldstein is also going to have a chat over on the site later today, and it may also be open to non-subscribers.
If Kenny Williams gets Justin Smoak (as Goldstein predicts), I will be a happy guy. Slugging college first basemen drafted high tend to do well (or so I hope), and the last time the Sox took one was in 1989 with Frank Thomas. With Jim Thome in the last year of his contract and Paul Konerko's deal expiring after 2010, the Sox could easily move Konerko to DH in 2010 and have Smoak as the everyday 1B. I'm giddy at the thought, especially since the farm system is bereft of impact hitters (I love you, Josh Fields, but you don't count). The Sox haven't drafted this high since 1990, which ended a streak of 4 years of top ten picks of Jack McDowell, Robin Ventura, Thomas, and Alex Fernandez. That was the backbone of those stud early 1990's teams that couldn't quite get past the Blue Jays and then Indians.
Goldstein is also going to have a chat over on the site later today, and it may also be open to non-subscribers.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Ozzie vs. Kenny
No matter how busy or uninspired by the day's news I am, I am going to try to satiate the masses' thirst for my writing and opinions by posting at least once every day from now on. Racking my brain this afternoon, I thought this story would work.
After the Sox lost 4-3 on a 10th inning walk-off home run by Gabe Gross (which led to them losing 3 of 4 to the surging Tampa Bay Rays), manager Ozzie Guillen got a little worked up and said this:
"I expect [general manager] Kenny [Williams] to do something Tuesday. Because if we don't do anything Tuesday, there's [going to be] a lot of change in the lineup. That's all I'm going to say about the offense," said Guillen, whose comments were spiced with an occasional expletive.
My first thought was that this is just stupid. They have a veteran team, and the main guys who are no performing were also their projected best hitters: Jim Thome, Nick Swisher, and Paul Konerko. What else would change? Who would replace these three?
The rest of the mine-up is at least acceptable, and the whole pitching staff is doing a good job, so they aren't going anywhere, either.
What I didn't think about was that Williams would be mad at Ozzie for this tirade, but it makes sense since Ozzie just crapped all over the team he built:
"It's just not a good idea to throw your boss under the bus, especially when that boss has had your back as much as I have had his," Williams wrote. "I expect this team, if the leadership remains positive and the players stick together and continue to play hard, it will be a fun summer.
"The offense will begin to produce when collectively they say the hell with all the theories, stay loose, pick the pitch you want to hit and hit it hard. It will be nice to see them lighten up and have some fun."
That's basically right. This team is set to win now, and there is no organizational depth to replace the thumpers in the lineup.What exactly would Ozzie propose he do? I am sure he's just trying to motivate them, but since these guys have all been around a while, I wonder if even that would work.
Another common Ozzie move, though, is to blow up in the media to take the attention off his team and put it on him. The problem with that here is that the media is focusing on both his team and him.
After the Sox lost 4-3 on a 10th inning walk-off home run by Gabe Gross (which led to them losing 3 of 4 to the surging Tampa Bay Rays), manager Ozzie Guillen got a little worked up and said this:
"I expect [general manager] Kenny [Williams] to do something Tuesday. Because if we don't do anything Tuesday, there's [going to be] a lot of change in the lineup. That's all I'm going to say about the offense," said Guillen, whose comments were spiced with an occasional expletive.
My first thought was that this is just stupid. They have a veteran team, and the main guys who are no performing were also their projected best hitters: Jim Thome, Nick Swisher, and Paul Konerko. What else would change? Who would replace these three?
The rest of the mine-up is at least acceptable, and the whole pitching staff is doing a good job, so they aren't going anywhere, either.
What I didn't think about was that Williams would be mad at Ozzie for this tirade, but it makes sense since Ozzie just crapped all over the team he built:
"It's just not a good idea to throw your boss under the bus, especially when that boss has had your back as much as I have had his," Williams wrote. "I expect this team, if the leadership remains positive and the players stick together and continue to play hard, it will be a fun summer.
"The offense will begin to produce when collectively they say the hell with all the theories, stay loose, pick the pitch you want to hit and hit it hard. It will be nice to see them lighten up and have some fun."
That's basically right. This team is set to win now, and there is no organizational depth to replace the thumpers in the lineup.What exactly would Ozzie propose he do? I am sure he's just trying to motivate them, but since these guys have all been around a while, I wonder if even that would work.
Another common Ozzie move, though, is to blow up in the media to take the attention off his team and put it on him. The problem with that here is that the media is focusing on both his team and him.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Warning
Since last night was the Corporate Challenge, and since my job was company denmother and I spent the race drinking a sixer of Budweiser and reading the latest issue of Forbes and watching the pile of jackets and bags, and since I blacked out and was out until who knows when, there will be nothing insightful today.
"So how is that different than usual?" asks the regular reader. To that I have no response. In other news, at least, the Sox have won 8 games in a row! Wait until they win the World Series again and the Cubs fans will be on 101...
OK, I'm clearly still drunk. I am listening to what is possibly the greatest album of ALL TIME - Death Certificate by Ice Cube. 20 tracks, every single one of them being great.
"So how is that different than usual?" asks the regular reader. To that I have no response. In other news, at least, the Sox have won 8 games in a row! Wait until they win the World Series again and the Cubs fans will be on 101...
OK, I'm clearly still drunk. I am listening to what is possibly the greatest album of ALL TIME - Death Certificate by Ice Cube. 20 tracks, every single one of them being great.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
I love the South
Some dude fell 150 feet at a Braves game last night and died:
A 25-year-old man died from injuries sustained after falling about 150 feet down a stairwell at Turner Field during Wednesday night's game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.
Not surprisingly, good ol' boy horseplay was involved:
Campbell said Hayes may have been sliding down the hand rails when he fell and that alcohol may have been involved.
A 25-year-old man died from injuries sustained after falling about 150 feet down a stairwell at Turner Field during Wednesday night's game between the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.
Not surprisingly, good ol' boy horseplay was involved:
Campbell said Hayes may have been sliding down the hand rails when he fell and that alcohol may have been involved.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Mine is now only the second-best blog on Blogger
But that's only because DePo has one now. That's right, former Dodger GM and Moneyball subject and current Padre executive Paul DePodesta now has a blog.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Rob Neyer is a machine
For Opening Day yesterday, ESPN.com baseball writer Rob Neyer decided to do a 12-hour online chat. It was supposed to go from 1 pm ET to 1 am ET. He also wanted to destroy Bill Simmons' chat record of 7 hours 12 minutes.
Mission accomplished. I'm amazed how cogent his answers at the end are.
Mission accomplished. I'm amazed how cogent his answers at the end are.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
The Renaming of Wrigley Field
I find it funny the way the media and Cub fans are going apoplectic over the prospect of new Cubs owner Sam Zell selling naming rights to the stadium. The Sun-Times (and probably every other media outlet in Chicago) has craploads of coverage on it. The windsock columnists, who I refuse to read or even link to, are predictably going insane also.
A few points:
1. Why do Cub fans think they are the special ones who get to have a park with no corporate sponsor? Every other team has to face the humiliation of going to "United Center" or "US Cellular Field" (except the Bears and a few others). History isn't good enough for me.
2. Sam Zell didn't get rich by giving away assets. The naming rights to Wrigley Field are a big asset. If he's going to use the money to upgrade the park, how can fans complain? It's a dump, and they should hope for some improvements even if the name changes.
3. To fans who are angry, keep in mind that you've railed against the Tribune for years as poor owners becaue they treat the team like a line item rather than a millionaire's toy. Well, now you've got that millionaire, so take the good with the bad. Do you really think that anyone who buys the park from Zell is going to just leave the name and not consider selling it? If so, you're crazy and stupid.
You may not like it, but unless Wrigley (the gum company) coughs up some cash, it's going to be changed.
By the way, With Leather has a funny picture of the renamed park.
A few points:
1. Why do Cub fans think they are the special ones who get to have a park with no corporate sponsor? Every other team has to face the humiliation of going to "United Center" or "US Cellular Field" (except the Bears and a few others). History isn't good enough for me.
2. Sam Zell didn't get rich by giving away assets. The naming rights to Wrigley Field are a big asset. If he's going to use the money to upgrade the park, how can fans complain? It's a dump, and they should hope for some improvements even if the name changes.
3. To fans who are angry, keep in mind that you've railed against the Tribune for years as poor owners becaue they treat the team like a line item rather than a millionaire's toy. Well, now you've got that millionaire, so take the good with the bad. Do you really think that anyone who buys the park from Zell is going to just leave the name and not consider selling it? If so, you're crazy and stupid.
You may not like it, but unless Wrigley (the gum company) coughs up some cash, it's going to be changed.
By the way, With Leather has a funny picture of the renamed park.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Baseball Hall of Fame voting results
Whoever voted for Shawon Dunston needs to have his voting rights revoked permanently. I'm am not joking.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
A-Rod is about to re-sign with the Yankees
I won't post a link, because anyone who is interested can find the story easily enough. I also won't post my thoughts here, since I left a lengthly comment on Fubar's blog that sums everything up. I encourage interested readers to check out his thoughts.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Dusty's back!
Oh dear, Dusty Baker is the new manager of the Reds. And here I thought this was just a hazy, drunken discussion Saturday night based on some lame rumor.
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