Early in 2009, one of my favorite writers, Joe Posnanski, wrote an article for Sports Illustrated explaining his belief that Andre Dawson does not belong in the Hall of Fame. It’s an important lesson to all you kids out there. Even though a person may be a great writer, they can still be wrong.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Cubs Own Two Of The Worst Contracts In Baseball
December 27, 2009 – 10:14 am
According to Sky Andrecheck of Sports Illustrated (Is “Sky” really his first name?), the Cubs are the (not so) proud owners of two of the worst contracts in all of baseball. Andrecheck starts with the undisputed worst contract, that of Toronto Blue Jays center fielder Vernon Wells. Then he turns his attention to the second [...]
A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 2 of 2)
December 22, 2009 – 6:39 am
Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I listed the free agent center field candidates that the Cubs may consider this off season. The free agents are easy to identify because we know specifically who they are. Trade candidates are a different story. We don’t know for sure who is available or what it will [...]
A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 1 of 2)
December 21, 2009 – 6:38 am
Jim Hendry claims that the situation with Milton Bradley did not prevent the Cubs from making any moves to fill the holes the Cubs have in center field, second base, the bullpen, and potentially the starting rotation, but I can’t help notice that no moves were made prior to trading Bradley. Now that Bradley is gone, [...]
Reactions To The Milton Bradley Trade
December 19, 2009 – 9:53 am
As the dust begins to settle on the Milton Bradley for Carlos Silva trade with Seattle, I want to examine the reactions I have seen around the blogosphere to the trade. By and large, the reactions have been running negative toward the trade. If I had to guess, I’d say that about 75% of the [...]
Is Milton Bradley Finally Gone?
December 18, 2009 – 12:00 pm
Reports are beginning to emerge that the Cubs have traded Milton Bradley to the Seattle Mariners for pitcher Carlos Silva. Larry Stone of the Seattle Times-Intelligencer is reporting that the trade is even up. Bradley is owed $21 million over the next two years while Silva is owed $25 million in 2010-11 with an $11.5 million [...]
A Busy Off Season…Except For The Cubs
December 16, 2009 – 6:37 am
It’s been a busy couple of days. Free agent pitcher John Lackey signed with Boston, center fielder Mike Cameron will be joining him in Boston, Roy Halladay was traded to Philadelphia, Cliff Lee is moving to Seattle and several prospects will be finding new homes. Yes indeed, it’s been a couple of busy days…for everyone except [...]
Is Lou Pinella A Hall of Fame Manager?
December 15, 2009 – 6:44 am
While baseball’s current crop of managers were hanging out at the Winter Meeting in Indianapolis this past week, they learned that former manager Whitey Herzog had been elected to the Hall of Fame. The Veterans Committee for Managers and Umpires elected Herzog and former umpire Doug Harvey to the 2010 Hall of Fame Class.
Will Cubs manager [...]
Why Not Trade Milton Bradley to The Braves
December 13, 2009 – 6:39 am
After signing relivers Billy Wagner and Takashi Saito early this off season, it became obvious that Braves GM Frank Wren would have to unload either Derek Lowe or Javier Vasquez in order to stay within budget. Although many teams would like either Lowe or Vasquez, not many teams can afford them.
