Sammy Sofa

Broxton is so red. Must be that healthy Kenny Powers-esque physique. Jesus, how did Aramis do nothing with those first two pitches?

Yeah, I'd have no problem paying big for Wright.

Teams seem to have realize that he's going to be able to attack prety much any fastball you send his away so they're giving him a lot more offspeed stuff. Definitely going to be a big period of adjustment, and it would be nice if Quade quit dicking him around and just left him in the #2 spot.

What? No way. The rookie of the month or whatever the [expletive] was up next. Clearly that's proof that Darwin Barney is the guy that gets [expletive] done and will forever. When is the rookie of the month press conference? Right after the "batting Starlin Castro 3rd makes Mike Quade the Manager of the Universe for Life" press conference.

What? No way. The rookie of the month or whatever the [expletive] was up next. Clearly that's proof that Darwin Barney is the guy that gets [expletive] done and will forever.

an expiring contract? this isn't the nba. Wouldn't that potentially have some appeal to a team in serious financial trouble? not really, if they're in financial trouble then just trade wright for a bunch of prospects. how does paying aramis ramirez to underproduce for $10 million and then leave make any sense to a terrible team like the mets? Because they're a terrible team like the Mets. I mean, I'm figuring the Cubs would make prospects the focus of the deal anyway. Throw Aramis and some money in there for the hell of it since he and Wright effectively negate each other, unless they could trick the Mets into taking Pena and his money for next year instead.

I'm not even sure Blake Dewitt exists anymore... but hey, it actually worked. DeWitt got a PH last night.

Annnnnnnnnnd of course it works out. [expletive] YOU, BALDY.

Annnnnnnnnnnnd he promptly sends Johnson out to PH against a rightie. Brilliant.

*PHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW*

Come on, get him outta there after this AB, Quade.

an expiring contract? this isn't the nba. Wouldn't that potentially have some appeal to a team in serious financial trouble?

Really don't like Quade tempting fate here by sending Dempster back out.

Really would love to see him holding down an OF spot for the Cubs in 2013. Along with Pujols, another player I hope not to see on the Cubs in the future. What? Edit: Nevermind, I got it.

[expletive] yeah. That felt good to watch.

Really would love to see him holding down an OF spot for the Cubs in 2013.

No obviously safe even after the 2nd baseman tried to knock his foot off the base....jerry meals needs a line drive to the forehead No wonder they didn't show a replay. Dodger fans acted like they won the World Series when Ethier extended his hit streak...until a 99 Cent Store beachball distracted them. Waaaaaah-waaaaaaaah.

Wouldn't Rothschild have shared that info with Dempster?

Aramis, Vitters and whatever else it takes?

How do you know they would have taken a lefty regardless? It's basically between him and Berkman (Konerko was never a realistic option for the Cubs), and there are definitely very good reasons for signing Pena over Berkman besides him being LH (besides, LH power hitters ARE valuable, so it's not like this a Grabow-type situation where a guy is getting signed and paid way too much pretty much just because he's a lefty). Hell, for all we know Berkman wouldn't have accepted having his salary deferred.

I don't remember them signing Pena to "get more lefthanded." In fact, I don't recall any good right handed options at first base this offseason. You had Dunn, Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Johnson and Pena as the best options there (that I recall). All lefties. Assuming we couldn't/wouldn't match what the Red Sox gave up for Gonzalez, our best two options were Dunn and Pena. Dunn cost a ton and is unproductive so far, Pena cost a little and is unproductive so far. Hendry, to my knowledge and memory, never entertained the idea of signing Berkman. I don't mean to say that he would be duplicating the season he is having with the Cardinals, but it is looking like a major mistake that the Cubs did not even consider him as an option. Meh, it's one of those things that seems to make sense in hindsight when going back to the off-season when both were looking at 1-year-deals after coming off of bad seasons. Wasn't Konerko an option as well? Not that I would have been in favor of that particular signing either, but I'd expect Cubs brass to have a good handle on who they are adding to their team through deep scouting and game films, etc... Milton Bradley and Carlos Pena are not making these decision makers look too good right now. Come on, Konerko? What are the odds he was going to sign with anyone but the Sox? He wanted to stay there and they wanted to bring him back and ended up getting a 3-year-deal from the Sox. Who would want the Cub's to top a 3 year, $37.5 million deal to a 35-year-old Paul Konerko? And come on, are we really going to get pissed that they didn't pick Berkman over Pena? Yeah, at this moment I wish we had Berkman, but it's a 1-year-deal for two post-32-year-old players coming off crappy years.

I don't think anyone is denying that Rothschild is a very good pitching coach; it just seems unlikely that Dempster somehow "lost" or "forgot" something that Rothschild helped him with.

I don't remember them signing Pena to "get more lefthanded." In fact, I don't recall any good right handed options at first base this offseason. You had Dunn, Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Johnson and Pena as the best options there (that I recall). All lefties. Assuming we couldn't/wouldn't match what the Red Sox gave up for Gonzalez, our best two options were Dunn and Pena. Dunn cost a ton and is unproductive so far, Pena cost a little and is unproductive so far. Hendry, to my knowledge and memory, never entertained the idea of signing Berkman. I don't mean to say that he would be duplicating the season he is having with the Cardinals, but it is looking like a major mistake that the Cubs did not even consider him as an option. Meh, it's one of those things that seems to make sense in hindsight when going back to the off-season when both were looking at 1-year-deals after coming off of bad seasons.

Al Yellon is such a meatball [expletive].

How so?