Tag Archives: Carlos Silva

What’s Next?

It’s always seemed to me that the days following the World Series up until the end of the calendar year were the toughest for baseball fans.  It was like an uphill climb.  Once the new year started, it seemed like things accelerated.  It was almost as if baseball (and it’s fans) were running downhill toward [...]

Dealing With The Winter Doldrums

I really hate this time of year.  It’s cold, the days are often grey, and worst of all, there’s no baseball.  I watched the 10-part Ken Burns Baseball documentary the other night.  It made me miss baseball even more.  My wife turned on Field of Dreams last night and I refused to watch it.

Cubs Own Two Of The Worst Contracts In Baseball

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 Cubs Christmas Wish List

 
Dear Santa:
Please disregard my previous letter.  The problem I told you about has been taken care of, so I’d like to revise my wish list for this Christmas.
As I admitted in my previous letter, I have not been a good boy this year.  I traded Mark DeRosa (one of our most popular players), let Kerry [...]

Is Milton Bradley Finally Gone?

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 [...]