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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Oh, me fame went abroad through the Cub nation, An’ folks came a-flockin’ to see
An’ they cried out, without hesitation, “You’re a fightin’ man, Jay Mariotti!”
Mush, mush, mush toor-i-li-ady…Mush, mush, mush toor-i-li-ay
You say Piniella, in introducing ``Cubbie occurrence’’ to the lexicon, has coined a phrase for eternity. I say you’re right. Pie’s twisted testicle—has it untwisted yet?—is a Cubbie occurrence. Zell is a Cubbie occurrence. Blaming the Evil Stoney in ‘04 was a Cubbie occurrence. Trading Lou Brock and not keeping Greg Maddux in 1992 were Cubbie occurences. All the various animals associated with a century of futility are Cubbie occurrences. Thanks, Lou, for new material. Unless Piniella, too, is a Cubbie occurrence.
You say Kosuke Fukudome will have no problem acclimating to Cubdom. I say he runs for cover the first time trash is thrown from the bleachers. You say you’ll be very cordial to him out there. I say some of you become filled with rage when the mood strikes and will treat anyone like Jacque Jones. I also say you don’t want any international incidents when we’re trying to land the 2016 Olympics.
Repoz
Posted: March 25, 2008 at 11:24 AM | 13 comment(s)
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Then what the heck was getting Fergie Jenkins, Ryne Sandberg, Derrek Lee, and Aramis Ramirez for garbage then?
Yeah, Jay, you're right. If Fukudome gets doubled off second base on fly balls to left three times in one month, you can be damn sure we'll treat him like Jaques Jones.
2. Wow, he really thinks Hill sucks based on one bad game against Colorado and spring training? Hey, Brandon Webb was last seen giving up four runs in six innings against the Rockies, and has a 5.90 spring ERA. He must blow!
I think there are reasons to doubt the Cubs taking the Central, but I'm not sure he correctly identifies any of them. For example, the words "Mark DeRosa" or "Ryan Theriot" are not mentioned once, and "Jason Marquis" is only mentioned in passing.
DeRosa was above average last year, and was the year before, his only other full year. He may not be above average again, but he won't be some albatross that kills the team.
Theriot probably won't either, but I see less upside there.
IVAN DEJESUS WAS NOT GARBAGE!!!!
I think both teams now require counseling.
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