At some point in my formative years, I heard the phrase “hope springs eternal” used in relation to baseball Spring Training and until recently, I never questioned the connection. Since then, whenever I have heard the phrase uttered, I assumed the utterer was talking about Spring Training.
Of course, now I’m old and smart, and I [...]
Tag Archives: Oakland A’s
Hope Springs Eternal
February 26, 2010 – 5:35 am
Cubs Sign Xavier Nady
January 27, 2010 – 5:18 am
The Cubs signed Xavier Nady on Tuesday to a 1-year/$3.3 million contract. The contract also contains $2 million in incentives based on games played.
Nady is coming off a 2009 season in which he only played seven games before going on the DL with an elbow injury. He eventually had to have his second Tommy John [...]
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 [...]
Cubs Trade Fox, Miles To Oakland
December 4, 2009 – 9:48 am
It’s not the blockbuster I was hoping for, and Milton Bradley isn’t involved, but maybe it’s the start of something. Yesterday, the Cubs traded Jake Fox and Aaron Miles to the Oakland A’s (does anyone call them Athletics anymore?) for RHP Jeff Gray, minor league RHP Ronny Morla and minor league 1B-OF Matt Spencer. The [...]
Baseball Economy: Tax The Wealthy And The Poor
November 19, 2009 – 10:59 pm
In the past, I have railed for MLB to implement a salary cap and a salary floor. Although it concerns me that the Yankees spend so much more than all of the other clubs (they had a higher payroll in 2009 than the Marlins, Padres, Pirates and A’s combined), my more pressing concern is how [...]
The MLB Salary Cap Revisted
November 16, 2009 – 7:42 am
A while back, I wrote a post about the need for Major League Baseball to implement a salary cap. I’ve heard the arguements about small market, low payroll teams like Minnesota or Florida making the playoffs. I’ve heard that the players union will never approve a salary cap. I’ve also heard that teams like the [...]
More Milton Bradley News
September 24, 2009 – 7:34 am
The Cubs lost last night to the Brewers 3-2, but stayed 7.5 games behind Colorado, who lost to San Diego 6-3. The Cubs start an important (it makes me feel better to believe that the games are important) four game series tonight in San Francisco. The Cubs are currently 3.5 games behind the Giants in [...]
Cubs Beat Reds Again
August 5, 2009 – 8:23 am
The Cubs are pretty good at beating bad teams. They handed the Reds another loss last night by the score of 6-3. Tom Gorzelanny, who was acquired at the trade deadline from Pittsburgh, got the start and was impressive. He pitched 7.1 innings, giving up three hits and one earned run. He struck out six and [...]
