Abbreviated Cubs Rants
Lots going on with the Cubs these days. It seems every day inspires another rant. I could probably go on for 10 pages on each of these topics, but in the interest of time I'll try to be brief.
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DeRosa Traded to St. Louis - Jim Hendry had a chance for a do-over but for whatever reason he couldn't get it done. Instead, DeRosa lands in hated St. Louis and the Cubs are stuck with tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum for the foreseeable future. (Who's tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum? Pick a name out of a hat.) This one cut deep, but it's not because DeRosa was all that great. I mean, he was pretty good but the Cubs had nine All-Stars last year and he wasn't one of them. He was just a solid, likable player who always gave 100% and could play anywhere without a hint of lip. And now he's in St. Louis. Yuck.
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Zambrano Blows Up - Big Z had a bit of a meltdown and Phil Rogers suggested that the Cubs should place him on waivers and trade him. This was such an asinine comment that I don't even know where to begin. Aside from two games, he's been their best pitcher this year. And its not like he wilts in high profile situations anymore. His last two playoff starts were losses but neither were his fault. Then, a "scientific" web poll on the site suggested that 57% of fans agreed with him. I call bullshit. Of their 5,000 "yes" votes, I bet a good two or three thousand were Sox fans just startin shit. Real Cubs fans don't want him gone.
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All-Stars - All-Star voting ends Thursday, and cubs.com is pushing for Cubs fans to vote in Soriano. Laughable, to say the least. One year after sending nine, the Cubs don't deserve any All-Stars this year. I suppose Lee, Lilly, or maybe even Theriot will get the Cubs lone, default nod; but really nobody should be within 200 miles of St. Louis this year.
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Sam Fuld - Fuld did more tonight than Soriano has done in the last 6 weeks. Seriously. And what does that tell you, that some scrappy, fringe major leaguer, fifth outfielder type from AAA shows more spark/heart/hustle than our $136 million dollar supposed superstar. Pathetic. I seriously think the Cubs would be better off with a Fox/Johnson/Fuld/Hoffpauir mega-platoon than the Soriano/Bradley combo for the rest of this season.
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Lou's Eruption - Lou had a rant of his own tonight after a questionable call and got tossed. It just seemed so tired and rehearsed. Time to make the donuts...time to yell at an umpire and fire up my team. Yawn.
Big four game series versus the Brewers starts Thursday. Sure, it was nice to win 2 of 3 against the Pirates, but it was just the Pirates. Time to take 3 of 4 against real competition if you want us fans to even think about the postseason.