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February 2011
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Positional Players Report, And Other Spring Training Bullets
This is starting to feel like a regular feature… Pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training earlier this week, and today is the reporting date for everyone else – though most Cubs are already in camp. Indeed, the only players yet to report are Kosuke Fukudome, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Starlin Castro and Max Ramirez. [...]
Humorous Take on Alfonso Soriano’s Contract
The Onion suggests a method for dealing with Alfonso Soriano’s cripplingly large contract. Emphasis on cripple. Thanks to reader Brent for the find. Onion SportsDome Tweet
Allow Your Albert Pujols Fantasies to Run Wild for a Day or Two
Now that Albert Pujols will officially (more like theoretically) become a free agent at season’s end, you can go ahead and do it. You know you want to. Indulge yourself. You’re allowed to picture him in Cubbie Blue for just a little while. Three competing executives say they expect the rival Cubs to make a big [...]
Marlon Byrd is Beefy, But It’s All Supplements and Exercise
Chicago Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd is a thick, hulking dude. And if he had the power numbers of an Albert Pujols or Alex Rodriguez, or say, Jose Bautista, people would probably speculate about the source of Byrd’s prodigious biceps. As it is, no one is particularly concerned with PEDs when it comes to Marlon [...]
Keith Moreland to Join Pat Hughes in the WGN Radio Booth
Today, WGN Radio and the Chicago Cubs announced that former Cub Keith Moreland will take Ron Santo’s spot as Pat Hughes’ partner broadcasting Cubs games on WGN Radio. The announcement comes after a long search process, and Moreland was selected over the other presumptive finalist, Dave Otto. Moreland has served as the back-up color man [...]
Sources: Albert Pujols Deadline Expected to Pass with No Deal
Albert Pujols’ totally arbitrary extension deadline – a hypothetical extension on a deal not set to expire for another 8 months – is one hour away. Feel those goosebumps? Well, massage them down, because word is already leaking from multiple sources that the Cardinals and Pujols will NOT reach an extension by noon. Pujols will [...]
More Spring Training Bullets
I know, I know – you’re being inundated with bullet posts. If you hate them, let me know. But for now, they seem to be the most efficient and thoughtful way of keeping you updated on the points of interest coming out of Mesa. Carlos Silva is sticking to his there-is-only-one-rotation-spot-open-because-I’m-the-fourth-starter theory. ”For them, it’s open and for [...]
Randy Wells Is Not the Partier You Might Think Him to Be
Randy Wells, who should be guaranteed a rotation spot but is not, says he was treated unfairly by the media last year, who painted him as a bit of a partier. Wells, you may recall, was far less effective during day games (4.95 ERA) than night games last year, and folks hinted that the reason could [...]
