Clem Fandango

I would really like it if Albert Pujols wore a Cubs jersey next season... but if Carlos Pena is manning first base instead, it damn sure better mean that Joey Votto will be there in 2013

[expletive] FINALLY

Nelson Cruz walk off grand slam? To be expanded a bit, MLB record 6HR in one division series for Nelson Cruz?

Nobody wants to watch two small market teams with a fanbase exclusive to their own cities? Shocker.

Wow... so we take the Padres GM and make him our GM and he brings with him one of his guys and we give up two low level minor leaguers... but we take Boston's GM and make him our President and they wanted the ace of our starting rotation. Seems about right

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/id/7127302/theo-epstein-get-tony-la-russa-albert-pujols-cubs After reading this article from Johnette Howard on how Theo needs to sign Pujols AND LaRussa I'm convinced of two things: 1) Johnette Howard probably wants to have sex, or HAS had sex, with Tony LaRussa based on how she publicly felates his ego in this article 2) Her father was really pissed off that his wife didn't give birth to a boy.

Wilken isn't the assistant GM so I don't see why it would. I never disliked Wilken's picks, but they weren't overly amazing either. Solid, but not atrocious, but what kind of old school resources was he working with? Bring in these three and give him more information and resources to make better calculated picks, he might be an improved version of himself

It's Jason McCleod of the Clan McCleod

Agreed. Thank you San Diego for not acting like I did when I was 7 and didn't get the Nintendo game I wanted for Christmas

=D>

This is shitty phrasing... is he reporting that Hoyer to Chicago is a green light as soon as the Theo deal is done or that Theo to Chicago is a green light and as a result Hoyer is as well?

Hyperbolic question: If Theo convinced Hoyer to jump ship to Chicago, wouldn't that be tampering on the Red Sox part?

[expletive] them, this is important.

But seriously... either just McNutt or Castillo + Jay Jackson

Zambrano, Soriano, and a black guy

He has been for years. Like his opinions or not, he at least gets the info from people that know what's going on behind the scenes with the Cubs. Like I said earlier, he was all over the Harden trade WEEKS before it happened when nobody else was. I've always been curious as to who his sources are, but all I know is they have a pretty good idea what's going on with the Cubs. the harden trade was over 3 years ago. what else has he been right about? He accurately reported that Aramis Ramirez is indeed hispanic

Theo Epstein AND Jed Hoyer?

Why, are they going to pay them with good intentions? California sunshine? Promises to not beat their asses in the parking lot? That's oh so wrong, yet oh so funny

Why stop at 06? 2007: 1. Felix Pie, of 2. Donald Veal, lhp 3. Jeff Samardzija, rhp 4. Tyler Colvin, of 5. Sean Gallagher, rhp 6. Eric Patterson, 2b 7. Scott Moore, 3b 8. Ryan Harvey, of 9. Chris Huseby, rhp 10. Mark Pawelek, lhp 2008: 1. Josh Vitters, 3b 2. Geovany Soto, c/1b 3. Tyler Colvin, of 4. Jose Ceda, rhp 5. Sean Gallagher, rhp 6. Donald Veal, lhp 7. Josh Donaldson, c 8. Jeff Samardzija, rhp 9. Tony Thomas, 2b 10. Kevin Hart, rhp 2009: 1. Josh Vitters, 3b 2. Jeff Samardzija, rhp 3. Andrew Cashner, rhp 4. Dae-Eun Rhee, rhp 5. Wellington Castillo, c 6. Kevin Hart, rhp 7. Starlin Castro, ss/2b 8. Ryan Flaherty, ss 9. Jay Jackson, rhp 10. Hak-Ju Lee, ss There's a lot more players on these lists who have either a) Turned into useful and/or valuable major leaguers b) Been used as valuable trade pieces to acquire other players c) Still retain MLB quality skillsets and have a chance to make, at the very least, an appearance at the major league level, whether it be in a small role or not Your use of two years worth of Top 10 prospects filled with failed choices neglects the next three years which represent the years AFTER the Cubs hired Tim Wilken. While these lists aren't setting the world on fire, they have many more useful players on them that have been either beneficial to the club or beneficial via trades vs. outright busts.

Link? Rotoworld... Not sure what they're on about as the back-end-of-rotation material though, I too was under the impression he's got at least 2/3 potential

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did it tweet Yup, both times... and probably a third now

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