Dec 31, 2009 | Andy
Last year, I was driving in my car on New Year’s Eve when I heard that the Cubs had signed Aaron Miles to a two-year contract. This year, I was in the car again, when I heard that the Cubs had signed Marlon Byrd to a three-year contract. Clearly, I need to...
Dec 18, 2009 | Andy
If there was any wonder whether the Cubs were going to trade Milton Bradley this offseason, it probably ended the night Lou Piniella was asked at the winter meetings what they were going to do with him and he said, “Look, ah-ah, he played 125 ah-ah, 130 games...
Dec 3, 2009 | Andy
Because you can’t spell “Attack of the Angry Dwarves” without A’s, the Cubs have found a taker for awful, little, utility infielder Aaron Miles, and all it cost the Cubs was Miles, a million dollars and a balder version of Jack Cust. The Cubs...
Dec 2, 2009 | Andy
Yesterday the Cubs officially announced that they would not be offering arbitration to four of your all-time favorite Caucasians. Gritty, bald, bad-backed centerfielder Reed Johnson; sometimes-dominant, of-injured pitcher Rich Harden; terrible mongoloid Kevin Gregg;...
Nov 19, 2009 | Andy
We had heard rumors for a couple of weeks that the Cubs were “close” to re-signing lefty reliever John Grabow to a two year contract, and today, they did, and we found out how much 70 innings of sub 3.50 ERA will get if you’re lefthanded. ...