The Cubs suck and are getting worse.......hilarity ensures
by Dave from Louisville on Jan 3, 2010 12:08 AM EST
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This post is dedicated to the Cubs, Jim Hendry, and the hilarity that is their offseason. Let's do a quick recap....with commentary.
Let's start with their loses to free agency.
Rich Harden - a 1.8 WAR player while with 140 IP, worth 8.2 mil according to Fangraphs. He's a Ranger now, and probably happy about not having to wear a effeminate (C) on jersey.
Kevin Gregg - Hendry parted ways with a flamethrower prospect in Jose Ceda last year to obtain 1 year of Gregg. Gregg had a -0.3 WAR while "closing" for the Cubbies with a 4.72 ERA. How this guy was a Type A FA is beyond me. It should be noted that Ceda had a shoulder injury last year, so the Cubs haven't actually "lost" this trade.........yet.
Reed Johnson - Who cares, but he probably was the only OF on the North side who knows how to play any defense.
And now the fun begins.....Trades and signings.
Milton Bradley for Carlos Silva - Hendry signed Bradley to a 3 year/30 million deal last year while Adam Dunn was getting no love from anyone. Given Dunn's 3.0 WAR ($13.4 mil) performance in Washington, you think Hendry wishes he had a mulligen on that one. Lucky for him Bradley couldn't play the field and constantly got in fights with the fans and Sweet Lou all year. Even though he was marginally productive, they traded him for a complete sunk cost in Carlos Silva. Silva got his big payday from our now assistent GM (Bavasi) and has sucked ever since. But at least they don't have that asshole Bradley anymore!
John Grabow - resigned to a 2 year 7.5 million dollar extention. Really, that guy that played for the Pirates?
Marlon Byrd - 3 year / 15 million...what is it with the obsession with Rangers? This signing isn't terrible, but I guess we'll see.
In summary this offseason the Cubs have lost Harden, Bradley and Gregg and gained Marlon Byrd. Great job Hendry........Go Reds!
And just because I want to laugh some more lets look at a few long term contracts the Cubbies have. How much you want to bet 2 of 4 of these guys is on the DL next year?
Soriano through 2014 at 18 million a year
Zambrano through 2012 at ~18mil a year with a 2013 vesting option
Fukudome through 2011 at ~13 mil a year
Dempster though 2011 at ~13 mil a year
As rough as the Reds' outlook may be next season I think they will finish higher than the Cubs in the division. Let's bring in the new year by bashing the Cubbies! Discuss their horrible contract situations, incompetent GM, and their annoying fans. Mads feel free to post pictures of hot Cubs fans, throughout.
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I wish we had the money to make moves like this...
Wow, that’s one terrible GM…
People Don't Kill People. Burning Couches Kill People.
the Cubs have a lot more money to burn too
so they can afford to make terrible decisions.
"There is no harder thing than to have Glenn Beck outlive your child."-The Onion
Why?
Not a Cubs fan here so I don’t have a horse in this race but why pick a fight with Cubs fans over their struggling franchise when the Reds have plenty of problems of their own?
it was 10 feet
not 10 inches.
Apparently, the variety of grass used on baseball fields will grow that tall if not mowed.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
and they'll have still not won the world series
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
we don't need an excuse
to pick on the Cubs.
Division rivals, y’know. Nothing wrong with a little trash talk among fans.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
the only non boring thing about the Cubs is Lou.
So by virtue of Sweet Lou they are in a better position to win the are the Reds with Toothpick Man.
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
by Madville on Jan 3, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
keep away.
"The USA despite its flaws and corruption and overall messiness is still a great and powerful instrument of freedom and hope for the entire world." - Madville
I was playing Beatles Rock Band a couple days ago
with a guy who named his saved player or whatever “Daedalus93” and my first thought was “Daedalus? Isn’t that a girl’s name?”
You and Andromache have taught me/made me forget more mythology than I knew existed.
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
Cubs have one thing ...
… a full ballpark every day. That does matter.
Don't try to win every game, just the last one.
Yeah it has
It’s given them more than enough monetary resources to build a winner. However, they chose not to build a winner. Big difference.
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Jan 3, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
They could teach a class
How Not To Win A Championship 101.
(cuz that’s how many years it’s been since they’ve won a World Series, you see)
holy cow
Speaking of division rivals, the Miami-Pittsburgh game is nuts.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
yes
Wild game. I almost thought Miami was going to pull it off.
My friend in Pittsburgh must have been going nuts. (She’s known to scream so loud during games the neighbors think her husband beats her.)
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
If he beats her twice
He might as well wear orange and black.
by Brendanukkah on Jan 3, 2010 5:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And she can wear black and blue
Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.
Larry Mcmurtry
yikes
I see the Bengals game is already a blowout.
Did they decide to sit all the starters?
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Sadly, not yet
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Jan 3, 2010 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
so, are the Jets actually good?
Strange world, where the Jets are rolling and the Giants suck like a black hole.
All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?
Z-I-O-U-R-I?
"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
to be fair
many of the starters, at least on defense, were sitting anyway with various injuries.
still, not a confidence booster here.
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jan 3, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
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