Jock Jones now a Cub

[TG]

Jock Jones.

Your new right fielder.

Three years, $16 million.

Fuck.

[Timmy B]

Guess I picked the wrong week to quit doing amphetamines.

[Dan]

[Brian]

So this is it?

1) Pierre
2) Walker/Perez
3) Lee
4) Aramis
5) Jones
6) Murton
7) Barrett
8) Perez/Cedeno

What a bunch of crap.  Anyone think the Cubs score 730 runs this year?

[Rounding Third]

I can't say that I'm disappointed.  I really didn't expect Hendry to step up here.  He can now feel free to go away with Dusty ASAP.

[TG]

So this is it?

1) Pierre
2) Walker/Perez
3) Lee
4) Aramis
5) Jones
6) Murton
7) Barrett
8) Perez/Cedeno

What a bunch of crap.  Anyone think the Cubs score 730 runs this year?

Nope.

[berserker]

Andy, time to revise one of the slogans...maybe we CAN be lousy forever

[Mike D.]

Donuts was just on Sports Central where Kaplan--as per usual-- threw softballs.

Jim said "we're very happy" with Jones, saying that  Kenny Rogers look-alike Gary Hughes scouted him and thinks they can get him to produce.

Ugh.

When Kaplan asked where he envisioned Jones in the lineup, Hendry deflected the question by just spewing random non-sequiters. 

"Well of course, we've got Juan at leadoff.  And Neifi.  And John Mabry who'd be a bat off the bench.  We needed to get another left-handed bat."

What?

I'm wondering why he said Neifi after Lucky Peter, and then somehow morphed into talking about the bench.  Kind of like the "brain"trust was on the fence still when it comes to Neifi.  At least it sounded like Hendry thought he had said too much when he blurted Neifi.

He did say that Ron Ce is doing "phenomenal" in the fall league and should be the MVP.  Or something.  I was still temporarily deaf from the Neifi remark.  It seems Cedeno would need to save Darren Baker from a burning fire--in addiiton to hitting his ass off-- to get the job.

I've gone from canonizing Hendry to wanting to punch him in the face in the span of 18 months.

And then, after the commercial, Kaplan put his angry--NON-asslicking--fan hat and played a radio montage of Cubs blunders (bad throws, Santo's bellowing etc.), and then expressed how unsatisfied he was.

Would have been nice if he played the blooper reel BEFORE Donuts came onthe air  and actually revealed his frustration then.

[CT]

Well, we've got Pierre and Jacque now, maybe we're going to field the French National Team.

[Slaky311]

Don't forget boys, Big Boy Jim gave up draft picks for this sack of crap because the Twins offered him arbitration.

[TG]

Don't forget boys, Big Boy Jim gave up draft picks for this sack of crap because the Twins offered him arbitration.

And we gave up draft picks for Eyre and Howry, too.  Meaning we lost our 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks because of these signings ... very nice work.

[CT]

Don't forget boys, Big Boy Jim gave up draft picks for this sack of crap because the Twins offered him arbitration.

And we gave up draft picks for Eyre and Howry, too.  Meaning we lost our 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks because of these signings ... very nice work.

But at least we didn't overpay for Furcal...

[Slaky311]

Yep, a real winner of an offseason. Its less annoying when a friend of mine at work continues to tell me that they are a better team than last year. Shoot me.

[Shooter]

The Cubs are going to finish behind Pissburgh. Does anyone have that on their radar?

[berserker]

I have the Cubs 2006 season on my radar, and it looks like this