I liked what Alison Payne said when the WGN news started, “Now that was a blowout.” Then again, I like just about anything Alison Payne says.
There isn’t just no need for John Koronka to get another start, there’s no reason for it.
Groucho on Phil’s return to the Lakers. How many ways can both sides say, “We had nowhere else to go?”
Teddy G. on Olbermann’s return and the departures of Rosenbloom and Telander.
Jurassic Carl is crazy as ever.
Mariotti puts down the doughnut to espouse as to why nobody’s watching the NBA Finals.
Bring ’em on. Sergio can take anybody.
It’s rained in Iowa once in about six months and it cost Kerry an extra rehab start.
Kiley thinks Rich Hill’s meteoric rise to the big leagues is almost here. I think it will be preceeded by a trade of Mike Remlinger to somebody…for squat.
Craig Krenzel, a man smart enough to be a brain surgeon, but not smart enough to learn how to fall down without dropping a football is an ex-Bear. Ooh, that clears room for World Bowl MVP Kurt Kittner! Pinch me!
The Wizard of Roz and I swapped e-mails a couple times yesterday, but apparently the Joe Morgan “Banks Boulevard” bit got bumped by a comparison of Kerry Wood to Roger Clemens. See, this is why I don’t have an editor.
TJ Simers on the return of Phil. This isn’t going to work. On that, TJ and I agree.
Marty Burns says it will work out. This why Kelly Dwyer throws Marty’s yogurt pretzels at him during staff meetings.
The Yanks ponder backing up the truck.
Tony Womack to the Padres? Hey, the Padres aren’t that stupid.
Rob Neyer still eats paste, still stinks and still poops his pants.
America’s finest news source on the hidden costs in GM vehicles.
Nice work, Andy.
I’ve been trying to articulate this about Hendry for years. But because I can’t transfer ideas to the public via the typed word as opposed to my mouth, I’ve failed.
The only thing you seem to have missed on is Hendry’s apparent reluctance to trade early when costs are higher rather than close to the deadline.
I don’t think he’s scared. I think he’s a bargain shopper. I would rather pay more and get a guy earlier. Sheffield in June for Korey, Mitre and another player vs. in July for Korey and Remlinger? Give up Mitre and give me 6 more weeks of Sheffield.
Hendry seems reluctant to do this.
If you’re considering Alou, why not go after Rondell White instead?
And I’m not joking.
In my “article” I say that Pujols is obviously the better PLAYER over Lee. Have I ever seen him run the bases or play first. All the man can do is hit, that’s it. I am a complete assbag who needs to go play in traffic.
Even if Lee wins the Triple Crown, I will win the MVP and the Gold Glove this year, watch me. Unbelieveable.
What good comes from Jim Hendry standing up and yelling, “We need at least two new outfielders! Ours suck! Oh, we’re doomed! Please other teams, fleece us until we’re blind?â€Â
heh heheh hehehhheeehhhheeeeehhhheehehh
Funny shit, Dolan.
18 hr
56 rbi
169 tb
35 bb
44 so
9 sb
.468 obp
.716 slg
.386 avg
.997 fpct
9.72 rf
Great dose. Not to pick hairs, but gay-rod tried to knock the ball from me, not my buddy Mientkieweicz.
Neyer, when you go running into traffic, take your stepson with you, too. I’m sick of reading about both of you.
16 hr
51 rbi
147 tb
31 bb
26 so
4 sb
.413 obp
.590 slg
.329 avg
.994 fpct
10.97 rf
Mo Alou and RWhite are exactly the kind of mediocrities that shouldn’t even be discussed until real desperation sets in…
How about we shoot for Sheff first…
If that doesn’t work, I say Jim puts in a call to the Twinkies and see if they’re willing to pony up Jacque Jones or Torii Hunter.
I realize right now his stats are Hollandsworth like, but still I’d like to get Aubrey Huff from the Rays. His post All Star stats over his career are always much better than his 1st half stats.
It’s amazing just how brittle Rondell is. In 12 seasons in the bigs, he’s had more than 500 ABs just twice and played in more than 140 games just once. I’d take Moises over Rondell for injury reasons alone
Tampa ownership is crazy. They’ll insist on Zamboni for Huff.
Screw them and let them rot with Pinella.
We’re better PLAYERS than Pujols, Eckstein and Jeff Kent, even though we just haven’t put up the numbers this year that they have.
So we’ll be starting for the NL, no?
I’m enthused about Rosenbloom leaving the Score. I can remember as a kid, reading his columns in the Trib every morning when he would blast Wanny and Curtis Enis and Jeremy Lincoln or whoever deserved and really laughing out loud about some of that. Then I heard him on radio and his smug, obnoxious voice just grated on my nerves. Here’s to enjoying his column again while hopefully never ever having to hear him speak.
I’m awake and on the Score with Dan and Terry. Fan club members need to tune in!
The Score is reporting that Rich Hill is in the Cubs’ locker room in Wrigley, which means a move is imminent.
Save a little something for the welcome home, Rally Lace!
Koronka catching a ride back to Des Moines on I-80 in the Rally Carp’s skin-toned Monte Carlo is a given. The interesting thing will be who goes from the 40-man roster to make room for Hill.
I hope it’s me that’s leaving.
Who else out there thinks the Cubs would never have made it to the postseason in 2003 if Corey *hadn’t* got injured and forced the Cubs to find another CF, who just happened to be a real lead-off hitter? Like everyone, I drool over Corey’s potential and occassional flashes of talent, but he seems unwilling or unable to make things happen. For all his talent, he seems to put very little pressure on opposing teams.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20050615&content_id=1090537&vkey=pr_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
The Koronka Experiment is over
Dolan,
Great dose today! Especially the trade discussions. I think everybody, even including Jim Hendry and Dusty Baker, agree that it’s time to ship Korey Patterson and maybe some talent like Sergio out of here to get an impact player to fill the void in the outfield.
I do agree with Chuck though that Hendry waits too long to pull the trigger. A deal needs to be done now before June and definitely not on July 31st like last year. It got us no where last year and Hendry should have learned a lesson. You make the trade now and get somebody like Sheffield, you send a message to this team that they are a real contender now and into Oct.
I wasn’t surprised by Sergio’s performance last night as much as that offensive performance. Everybody seemed to hit the ball except for Korey again however.
NOTE: Koronka’s going away party was held this morning as Rich Hill will join the team.
In today’s game, Maddux will throw another gem and the Cubs will win the series against the Fish.
GO CUBS!
Baker Basher
Hey, Baker Basher:
How many days have the Cubs spent over .500 during:
1) the short Bruce Kimm era?
2) the too-long Don Baylor era?
3) the almost stomachable Riggleman-era?
4) the dark days of Tom Trebelhorn?
5) Jim Lefebvre-days?
6) the Jim Essian era?
7) The age of Don Zimmer?
8) The Frank Luchessi fortnight?
9) The Gene Michael depression?
10) The Jim Frey era?
11) The Lee Elia era?
The fact is, the Cubs have played exactly two meaningless games on my watch. So suck it. And Jim Hendry, tells you to eat him too. He, after all, is the guy who brought you DLee, Neifi!, Greggie, Barrett and Aramis. He also ran player development when the Cubs were out getting Meat Tray, Zambrano, Wood, Prior, and even C-Patt. Wood and Patterson have been disappointments, but they’re at least serviceable major leaguers. And Wood has given us some good efforts in the past, no?
And you’re a peon. Eat shit and die.
All of the above is a direct effect of my super managing, not the fact that I have a lot more talent than any of the aforementioned.
Yeah, that 1984 team really sucked.
And Dallas Green produced a horseshit farm system.
And the Cubs didn’t go out and make big moves in any of those off-season which gave those managers chances to succeed.
And the 2003, 2004 and 2005 teams never had any big injuries to key players.
Neifi Perez, SS
Corey Patterson, CF
Derrek Lee, 1B
Jeromy Burnitz, RF
E-Ramis, 3B
Todd Walker, 2B
Todd Hollandsworth, RF
Michael Barrett, C
Greg Maddux, P
Yuck. Any of the 6-7-8 hitters would be much better suited for the top of the order than Neifi and Patterson right now.
(Thinking) Hmmm… I’m going to call Mitre a pony. That ought to help build up his confidence for his next start at Yankee Stadium.
From all indications, the Cubs will miss the Big Unit on their trip to the Bronx (he’ll start tomorrow against Pittsburgh) and will get to face Wang on Saturday.
I’m a great manager, look at all the Word Series rings I have…
Oh wait…
Wang, don’t tell ’em you’re Jewish!
Ok, I’m just throwing this out there and I don’t know if it’s right or not and please someone correct me if I am because I’m just trying to place blame where blame is due…
The Dontrelle Willis, Julian Tavarez, Ryan Jorgenson for Matt Clement and Antonio Alfonseca trade was made in the last days of Spring Training 2002. If I recall correctly, I don’t believe Jim Hendry was named General Manager until July-August 2002, the same day that Don Baylor was fired and Bruce Kimm was brought in…I thought that both the manager and general manager moves happened at roughly the same time [if not exactly the same day] in the waning days of a crummy 2002 season.
If that is the case, then it wouldn’t have been Jim Hendry who traded Willis it would have been Andy MacFail. Now, it could have been a case where the Cubs put together a list of prospects and the Marlins pick which ones they want, and the responsibility of putting together such a list would undoubtedly fall under the responsibilities of the Director of Scouting, who at the time was Jim Hendry.
But it was still MacFail who pulled the trade and allowed Hendry [his inferior at the time] to put Willis on the list. So, would it be fair to say that Hendry was the one who traded Willis or can we put that [amongst the many other things that are already on top of] Andy MacFail?
I’m just throwing that out there, that’s all.
I thought the word of the day was ‘euphonious’… but you’re right Andy, ‘ass-kicking’ fits it so much better.
Nice job Al–
So what? So let’s dance!!
I’m gonna call Burnett Burnitz, Mitre Meedray, and Beckett Burkett. Just cause I’m a fucking pimp.
Let’s see: Korey, .257, extremely strikeout prone, non-exsistant on base percentage, I’ll bat him 2nd in the lineup. Michael Barret, .296, good on base perentage, decent speed, I’ll bat him 8th. Yes, dude, I am a brilliant manager. Oh wait, I think I may be retarded.
Andy was the GM when the Willis-Clement trade was made, but he publicly credited me with doing all the legwork and negotiating it with the Marlins myself. It was kind of my on the job test before I officially got the job in July. Maybe Andy knew Dontrelle was going to be good and just threw me under the bus?