Hairyducked Idiot

Yes. Yes, I did.

Out of the last 30 years of teams picking No. 1 overall: 23 were made by teams that did not subsequently win a World Series The 1981 Twins selected Tim Belcher, who did not sign. They went on to win two World Series under the guidance of Andy MacPhail, who then took his two WS rings to the Cubs, where he significantly expanded the scouting infrastructure and promised to build a long-term winner through the farm system. The 1984 Mets selected Shawn Abner and then won the 1986 World Series. Abner was never a factor in the major leagues and never played for the Mets. The 1990 Braves selected Chipper Jones, who was instrumental in the team's long-term run and World Series championship. The 1991 Yankees selected Brien Taylor, who is going to be joined by Matt Bush as the only top overall picks to not make the major leagues. They went on to win a bunch of titles anyway. The 1992 Phillies selected Pat Burrell, and he was still around and moderately useful when the won the World Series in 2008, his final year with the team. The 1995 Angels selected the pride of Jamestown, North Dakota, and he was a moderately useful contributor to their 2002 World Series team. The 2000 Marlins selected Adrian Gonzalez and traded him in 2003 for Uggie Urbina. The Marlins were mysteriously declared the 2003 World Series champions despite the season having been abandoned after Game 5 of the NLCS. Doesn't mean anything, I was just curious about the trivia of it all. Also, I'm a little surprised that Dunston was only worth 10.0 bWAR in his career.

Makes sense.

How many members of the next Cubs playoff team are currently in the organization?

Park should be full at least.

Soto and BABIP have spotted LaHair a huge lead, and I'll still take Soto for more WAR than LaHair this season.

Petition to change "[expletive]" to "[rackum frackum]"

Being mediocre in Iowa :( Which is why they should have called him up instead of the guy who was downright brutal in Iowa. Nobody's on the "Travis Wood > Randy Wells bandwagon bigger than I am. But in this case, Wood wouldn't have been lined up right in the rotation to take today's start. Our options were Wells and Coleman.

Soto and Soriano will have hot streaks that even this out. This team isn't *this* bad.

Being mediocre in Iowa :(

There's that inside corner again. Stewart got robbed.

All set up for Ian to be the Hero.

More than anything, I think it demonstrates well how interchangeable the vast majority of the position players are for the Cubs at this point. I still look at this roster and think "it can't be *this* bad." I mean, I know the offense isn't good, but Soto and Soriano didn't completely forget how to hit. Almost had our sixth homer there.... Castro has WTP in a good way.

Sveum rearranging all the deck chairs pulling all the levers today.

Sappelt for every day LFer.

Sammy Sosa 1995 all over again. 1995, right?

I just don't understand why he's on the roster. And not just in a "he's awful" sense. What he's supposed to be good at is redundant as well.

Why would we want our good players in the majors, using up service time and ruining draft position?

I keep reminding myself that Rizzo is *still* young for the league.

Actually, looking at the replay, that was just an awesome bunt.

Defense!

One more and Wells can be a Proven Winner for the day.

Half of Wrigley just popped a boner.

Randy Wells found an out pitch in Iowa! /overreaction

Big strikeout there.