2010-11 Cubs Offseason: I, For One, Welcome Our New .196-Hitting Overlord

[Slaky]

Maybe the Cubs can sign this guy to replace Pena in 2012, heard he's pretty good.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove10/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=5900442&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

[CBStew]

They're still shitty.

THI

Seams logical.

Problem is, unless you believe that Cincinnati has built themselves a dynasty, shitty could still win this division.

And we all know once you get into the playoffs, anything can happen.

/HOPEJINX

How can you say that the Division is bad when the DeadBirds have  THE GREATEST PLAYER ALIVE?

[Quality Start Machine]

They're still shitty.

THI

Seams logical.

Problem is, unless you believe that Cincinnati has built themselves a dynasty, shitty could still win this division.

And we all know once you get into the playoffs, anything can happen.

/HOPEJINX

How can you say that the Division is bad when the DeadBirds have  THE GREATEST PLAYER ALIVE?

"St. Louis Cardinal" + "Alive" = Temporary

[Eli]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

[morpheus]

Rule 5 draft was today.  http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/129_rule_5_draft.html

Nothing to see here.

[Oleg]

Rule 5 draft was today.  http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/129_rule_5_draft.html

Nothing to see here.

So, we can pencil Mason Tobin in for the 2014 Cy Young.

[Bort]

Rule 5 draft was today.  http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/129_rule_5_draft.html

Nothing to see here.

So, we can pencil Mason Tobin in for the 2014 Cy Young.

We shoulda never traded dat guy!

[morpheus]

Rule 5 draft was today.  http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/129_rule_5_draft.html

Nothing to see here.

So, we can pencil Mason Tobin in for the 2014 Cy Young.

We shoulda never traded dat guy!

I'm actually very surprised we did, given that he's a 28-year-old "prospect" with Tommy John Disease.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

[PenPho]

Rule 5 draft was today.  http://muskat.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/12/129_rule_5_draft.html

Nothing to see here.

So, we can pencil Mason Tobin in for the 2014 Cy Young.

We shoulda never traded dat guy!

I'm actually very surprised we did, given that he's a 28-year-old "prospect" with Tommy John Disease.

First off, "Mason Tobin" is clearly a made-up name.

Secondly, thisfeelsjustlikeJoshHamiltonI'veseenitamilliontimes.

[PenPho]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

DPD.

I'd jizz more buckets if he pulled a Theriot and came to the right side of the rivalry.

[Eli]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team the Cubs and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

My apologies for all those HGH jokes, Albert'd.

Edit: Faced by PenFoe?  Time to hang 'em up.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

DPD.

I'd jizz more buckets if he pulled a Theriot and came to the right side of the rivalry.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team the Cubs and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

My apologies for all those HGH jokes, Albert'd.

Edit: Faced by PenFoe?  Time to hang 'em up.

In that case, I'd be jizzing buckets even as paramedics tried to restart my heart.

[Bort]

What's a player like Albert Pujols worth? We all know the answer. And if he were a member of the Yankees or the Red Sox, or even the Cubs or Mets, there wouldn't be much question where his negotiations were leading.

But the Cardinals like to believe their players are so honored and so humbled by the privilege of being a Cardinal that there should be some sort of discount that reflects that honor.

What is it I despise about the Cardinals again? I can't...quite...put a finger on it...

Oh, that's terrible.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

DPD.

I'd jizz more buckets if he pulled a Theriot and came to the right side of the rivalry.

I know it's not likely to happen, but I think I'd literally jizz buckets if Pujols were to sign with an AL team the Cubs and immediately start badmouthing the Cards and their fans.

My apologies for all those HGH jokes, Albert'd.

Edit: Faced by PenFoe?  Time to hang 'em up.

In that case, I'd be jizzing buckets even as paramedics tried to restart my heart.

I would probably die from lethal levels of schadenfreude.

[Internet Apex]

Gross.