What would Sox fans do without the Cubs?

These people in Springfield organized their own Cubs 100th anniversary party and got themselves in the newspaper.

This party had goat cake, somebody dressed like Steve Bartman, everybody wore shirts with an "L" on it, they watched Cubs highlights, and I'm sure pretended that they're not obsessed with the Chicago Cubs.

What would Sox fans do if the Cubs didn't exist?

Cubs Rumors: Raul Ibanez

November 19th, Wednesday, 3:00PM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer, the Cubs are in pursuit of Raul Ibanez. Wittenmyer says that $7-9 million a year for a couple years would be ideal for the Cubs. Ibanez, however, is said to be looking for 3 years/$30 million as a starting point.


November 6th, Thursday, 6:38AM: According to The Seattle PI, the Cubs are still interested in Raul Ibanez.

Ibanez, who is a poor fielding outfielder in left, would be forced to play rightfield. With Soriano in left & Ibanez in right, the Cubs would have a brutal fielding outfield.

Cubs Rumors: Brian Giles

According to Gordon Wittenmyer, Brian Giles won't be coming to the Cubs. Giles has a no-trade clause that he'll never waive to come to Chicago.

Giles had the chance to play for Boston this past season and refused to waive the no trade clause.

Cubs Rumors: Bobby Abreu, Adam Dunn, Raul Ibanez

November 19th, Wednesday, 2:50PM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer, forget Adam Dunn or Bobby Abreu. Both outfielders are way too expensive for the Cubs right now.


November 14th, Friday, 8:49AM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer, expect the Cubs to go after Raul Ibanez, Adam Dunn, or Bobby Abreu to fill the left-handed power bat void that the Cubs have desperately needed in their lineup.

Cubs Rumors: Rafael Furcal

Wednesday, 2:45PM: According to Wittenmyer again, the Cubs have yet to make a serious effort to acquire Rafael Furcal. A rumor is out there that a team has offered Furcal 3 years/$39 million.


Tuesday, 11:01AM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs are interested in acquiring Rafael Furcal via Free Agency.

Rafael Furcal only played 36 games due to injury this past season. The switch hitting shortstop batted .333 vs. the Cubs this year in the NLDS.

Before the 2006 season, the Cubs pursued Furcal when he was a free agent. Furcal signed with the Dodgers after seemingly using the Cubs just to raise the Dodgers price.

Cubs Rumors: Mark Teahan

Wednesday, 2:35PM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, don't believe what you're reading about Mark Teahan, as the Cubs haven't pursued him in awhile.


Tuesday, 4:35PM: According to Bob Dutton at The Kansas City Star, the Cubs are interested in trading for left handed outfielder Mark Teahan of the Kansas City Royals.

Ideally, according to Dutton, the Cubs would like to unload Kosuke Fukudome in a trade to the Royals. Realistically, however, it could be Felix Pie who is moved in a potential deal. Ronny Cedeno or Mike Fontenot could be involved instead to shore up the Royals infield needs.

The Cubs are also interested in Royals outfielder David DeJesus, but the Royals will not be as willing to move him, according to Dutton.

Mark Teahan batted .255/.313/.402 in 149 games for the Royals this past season. Teahan hit 15 homers with 59 RBI, but he also struck out 131 times in 572 at-bats.

Teahan has also played leftfield, 1st base, and 3rd base.

In 2007, Teahan led the American League in Grounding into Double Plays with 23. In 2008, however, Teahan hit into only 6 DPs.


And is Mark Teahan a better option than Micah Hoffpauir?

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

9.) According to George Vecsey of The New York Times, the New York Red Bulls of the MLS has been compared to the Chicago Cubs. The Red Bulls 13 year title drought is somehow comparable.



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Cubs Rumors: Can they get this guy?

[Japan Probe]

Cubs Rumors: Coco Crisp

November 19th, Wednesday, 9:30AM: According to Tim Dierkes at MLBTradeRumors.com, Coco Crisp has been traded to the Kansas City Royals.

This trade could possibly free up David DeJesus or Mark Teahan, who are rumored to going to the Cubs. It also could eliminate the Royals need for an outfielder like Felix Pie in a possible trade.


November 6th, Thursday, 1:24PM: The Boston Herald says that the Cubs are not, in fact, looking to get Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox.

The Cubs, according to the Boston Herald's source, want a centerfielder with more power than Coco Crisp has to offer at the plate.


November 6th, Thursday, 6:51AM: Just like last season, the Cubs appear to be interested in acquiring Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox.

Would Crisp platoon with Reed Johnson in centerfield? Or would Reed Johnson platoon with Kosuke Fukudome in rightfield?

Coco Crisp batted .283/.344/.407 with 20 steals in 118 games with the Red Sox last season.

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

8.) According to Brad Warthen at TheState.com, the Democrats have been compared to the Chicago Cubs. It was only a couple of days ago that the Republicans were compared to the Cubs.



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Cubs Rumors: Ryan Dempster re-signed

Tuesday, 3:35PM: According to Mike Spellman at The Daily Herald, here is how Ryan Dempster's contract lays out:
- $4 million signing bonus
- $8 million for 2009
- $12.5 million for 2010
- $13.5 million for 2011
- And a player option for 2012 for $14 million

Tuesday, 3:20PM: Ken Davidoff of Newsday asks, 4 years/$52 million for an inconsistent, 31 year old pitcher?


Tuesday, 2:25PM: Deal is official. 4 years/$52 million.


Tuesday, 12:30PM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, Ryan Dempster has been re-signed by the Cubs. The deal should be announced today.

Cubs Rumors: Ryan Dempster

Tuesday, 11:00AM: According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times, it's believed that the Cubs are offering $52 million to Ryan Dempster. A deal could be done as early as today.


Tuesday, 10:10AM: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs are real close to re-signing Ryan Dempster now.

He also mentions that the signing of Dempster will have no effect on going after Peavy in a trade or signing a free agent pitcher like Randy Johnson.

But any other steps will most likely have to wait until the team is sold, which should happen soon based on the recent urgency of Owner Sam Zell.


Tuesday, 9:35AM: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs are looking to finish up the Ryan Dempster deal this week. The Cubs are willing to offer the former closer a 4 year deal.

If a deal isn't reached this week, the Cubs will go after other free agent pitchers, according to Rosenthal.


Tuesday, 8:47AM: According to George King of the NY Post, Ryan Dempster is most likely to re-sign with the Cubs. King's source tells him that it will be for 4 years/$52 million.

Cubs Rumors: Jake Peavy

[Here are the Jake Peavy rumors from Nov 3 - Nov 9 as reference]
[Here are the Jake Peavy rumors from Nov 10 - Nov 16 as reference]


Tuesday, 9:34AM: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs aren't getting anywhere lately with Padres GM Kevin Towers. But according to Rosenthal, nobody is at this point.


Monday, 8:21PM:According to MLB.com, Padres GM Kevin Towers says that the Cubs are his current main focus right now. As stated before, the Cubs need a 3rd team to complete a deal.

Cubs Rumors: Rick Sutcliffe & Jake Peavy

According to Fred Mitchell in the Chicago Tribune, former Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe has been doing some informal recruiting of Jake Peavy.

Obviously, the trade isn't up solely up to Jake Peavy, as been mentioned many times by GM Kevin Towers and his trade wish lists.

As far as the Jake Peavy/Rick Sutcliffe conversations? Rick Sutcliffe hopefully sounds like this. That should help seal any deal.

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

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7.) According to CBSSports.com, the Chicago Cubs have been compared to NASCAR driver Kurt Busch.




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Cubs to play in first game at new Yankee Stadium

The announcement became official today, as the Cubs will play the 1st & 2nd games ever at the new Yankee Stadium. The games will be exhibition and April 3rd & 4th.

So about Mark Cuban owning the Cubs....

Monday, 2:30PM: According to Floyd Norris of the NYTimes, there's a conspiracy or whatever you'd like to call it that Mark Cuban is a victim of a political sabotage based on Cuban's financing of a movie that was extremely critical of George W. Bush and the Bush Administration.

I like our conspiracy better, that the MLB Owners used their clout to try and take Cuban down.

Either way, as Ryan pointed out to me, how dumb is Mark Cuban if this is all true? He's a billionaire and he was worried about losing some $750,000? That's the equivalent of Ryan doing this to save $5. Do you think it's an ego thing, where the guy will do anything not to lose, no matter how frivolous & small the amount could be? Strange.


Monday, 1:40PM: Mark Cuban, on his blog, says that he will be fighting these charges.


Monday, 11:56AM: Mark Cuban reportedly used insider info to avoid $750,000 in losses on stock in the company, Mamma.com (a search engine company). This happened in 2004, according to the SEC and filed a civil lawsuit against Cuban.

The SEC doesn't mess around (i.e Martha Stewart, Enron, etc.) when it comes to this.

Did Bud Selig & the other owners look deep into Mark Cuban's history and alert the SEC?

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


6.) According to the Miami Herald, the Cubs are compared to the book Les Miserables.


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Cubs Rumors: Leadoff Man

According to Paul Sullivan, despite the Cubs great record with Alfonso Soriano in the leadoff spot, the Cubs are still in search for a "prototypical" leadoff hitter. Sullivan puts Brian Roberts & Rafael Furcal as the top possibilities.

Cubs Rumors: Randy Johnson

Saturday, 9:35AM: Randy Johnson's agent tells Paul Sullivan that Randy Johnson would be a perfect fit on the Chicago Cubs.


Friday, 4:59PM: According to Ken Rosenthal at FoxSports.com, the Cubs appear interested in future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson.

Randy Johnson went 11-10 last season for Arizona, with 3.91 ERA and 1.23 WHIP.

Johnson is 45 years old, 2009 would be his 22nd season, and he's just 5 Wins shy of 300 for his career.

Johnson is also a notorious Cubs killer, sporting an absurd 13-0 record in 14 career starts vs. the Cubs.

Cubs Rumors: Jake Peavy

[Here are the Jake Peavy rumors from Nov 3 - Nov 9 as reference]

Saturday, 9:30AM: According to the San Diego Tribune, GM Kevin Towers says that the Cubs are still in it, as they haven't given the Padres a deadline like the Braves did.

Towers did admit, however, that the Cubs don't have enough to make a 2 team trade and would have to find a 3rd team to complete a Jake Peavy to the Cubs deal.


Friday, 4:45PM: According to FoxSports.com, Atlanta is pulling out of the Jake Peavy trade sweepstakes. San Diego made their final offer yesterday, it was not accepted, and they are now moving on.

The Cubs remain interested, but the Padres will also be hearing from the Yankees and Angels now on trades for the former Cy Young Award winner.


Thursday, 1:00PM: According to Ken Rosenthal and his sources, the Padres are not close to sealing the Jake Peavy deal with the Braves, clearly refuting CBSSports.com report from late last night.


Thursday, 8:45AM: CBSSports.com says that a Braves/Padres deal for Jake Peavy is near, awaiting approval from Jake Peavy.

Meanwhile, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com says that his sources are saying that's news to the Braves. And the Cubs.


Tuesday, 12:23PM: Dave O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution concurs with our belief that the Padres and Kevin Towers are only using the Cubs as leverage to pry whatever they can from the Atlanta Braves.


Tuesday, 8:57AM: According to Buster Olney of ESPN, the new center piece in a Cubs/Padres Jake Peavy deal would be 2007 #3 overall pick for the Cubs, Josh Vitters.

Because the Cubs are short on pitching trade options, the two sides are looking for a third team that would satisfy the Padres pitching need.

All in all, it's our opinion that it seems to be a ploy to get the Braves to give up more to receive Peavy and end this trade.

I will be very surprised if Peavy goes anywhere but Atlanta at this point.

Kerry Wood would have done anything to stay on Cubs

According to Paul Sullivan on his Hardball blog, Kerry Wood would have done anything to stay a member of the Chicago Cubs, even the possibility of taking a one-year deal. Jim Hendry has said that Kerry Wood deserves a 3 or 4 year deal, but the Cubs just can't offer that.

Wood says he would prefer to stay in the National League. The Texas Rangers are a team that's also a possibility, since he's a native Texan.

Question: if Wood stays with a one-year deal, why not give it to him? I know he "deserves" a multi-year offer, but why not sign such a loyal guy?

Cubs Rumors: Jeremy Hermida

While the Sun-Times had mentioned the Cubs looking at the big, expensive lefties available, Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com says that the Cubs are looking at an inexpensive lefty in Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins to play rightfield.

Kerry Wood won't be coming back

I'm not gonna lie, I'm sad about this news. Kerry Wood has always been one of my favorite Cubs players. I'll never forget watching his 20 strikeout game, or Game 5 of the 2003 NLDS, or the way the crowd went nuts when he made his closer debut last season. I'm even going to miss his birds nest goatee.

Wood is expected to get 3 & 4 year deals, according to Paul Sullivan, and the Cubs were only willing to offer a 1 year deal because they still want to make a run at Ryan Dempster.

We wish him luck and it'll just be awful the day we see him in another uniform, just don't sign with anybody in the NL or the White Sox. Please, Kerry? Hopefully you get that World Series you deserve, like Mark Grace did in Arizona.

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


5.) According to The Rice Thresher, the Rice University Owls football team is a lot like the Chicago Cubs.


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Carlos Zambrano wins hitting award

Carlos Zambrano has won his 2nd Silver Slugger Award, an award he probably would take over a Cy Young every single year.

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


4.) On the InDecision2008 blog on Comedy Central, the Chicago Cubs are compared to the current republican party.


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________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


3.) According to the Coronado Eagle & Journal, a girls high school volleyball team is compared to the Chicago Cubs.


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Cubs Rumors: Kevin Gregg

Thursday, 1:25PM: According to ESPN & Buster Olney, the Marlins will receive Jose Ceda in return for Kevin Gregg.


Thursday, 1:09PM: According to FoxSports.com and Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs have landed Kevin Gregg from the Florida Marlins.

Ideally, Gregg would replace the departed Bob Howry due to free agency. If the Cubs could re-sign fan favorite Kerry Wood, a Cubs bullpen could go Gregg-Marmol-Wood. That back-end of the bullpen would be nasty.

If the Cubs don't resign Wood, Gregg could replace Marmol and Marmol replace Wood, or Gregg would be Wood's replacement. Lou Piniella has said in the past that the set-up man is the hardest position in the bullpen anyways. Marmol is the best pitcher and was the best pitcher in the bullpen this season.

________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


2.) EPLTalk says that Newcastle United, a soccer team in the English Premier League, is the Chicago Cubs of the EPL.




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________ has been compared to the Cubs...

[We've noticed when searching for articles about the Chicago Cubs that there are an inordinate amount of them where a writer takes a random topic that has nothing to do with baseball and finds a way to take said topic, and compare them to the Cubs. The Cubs are an easy cliche these days for losing & we'd like to point them out to show you how often it actually happens. Here's a spoiler: it's absurd how often it happens. We've started this on November 13, 2008.]


1.) On ESPN.com, college basketball coaches Roy Williams is referred to as the Chicago Cubs of college basketball coaches.

Your 2008 NL Manager of the Year....

Wednesday, 6:45PM: According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune, Lou Piniella is donating his $100,000 bonus for winning the award to Cubs Care. That's just Sweet Uncle Lou for you.


Wednesday, 1:19PM:

Lou Piniella wins the 2008 NL Manager of the Year Award, his 3rd time winning the award.

Piniella has the same demand as last offseason

According to MLB.com, Lou Piniella wants a left-handed bat to put in his everyday lineup next season.

Piniella wanted that last season, Jim Hendry acquired Kosuke Fukudome from Japan, and that, well, fizzled.

And Piniella isn't necessarily looking for a left-handed bat to put at the top of the order. He still insists that Alfonso Soriano is best for the Cubs in that spot.

Guess who'll be back next season.....

that's right, Matt Sinatro. Actually, the entire '08 MLB Coaching staff will be back for the 2009 season.

Cubs Rumors: Ben Sheets

Jerry Crasnick of ESPN says that the Cubs could be in the mix for Ben Sheets if they were to lose out on Jake Peavy or Ryan Dempster. Or both.

Ben Sheets went 13-9 for Milwaukee last season, with a 3.09 ERA & 1.15 WHIP. However, Ben Sheets has an injury history that rivals Mark Prior's. Or current member of the Cubs, Rich Harden.

Jacque Jones is....

currently playing in the Mexican League.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Cubs Rumors: Jake Peavy

Friday, 1:00PM: My favorite Cubs beat writer, Bruce Miles, wholeheartedly refutes the Yahoo rumor about Jeff Samardzija being included in a potential Jake Peavy deal.

Miles also corrects Yahoo by saying that Jeff Samardzija has a FULL no-trade clause, not a partial.

Mike Fontenot is also not in play, according to Miles, because the Cubs are short on left handed hitting as it is and they're not about to get rid of what they have now.



Friday, 10:15AM: Buster Olney of ESPN writes that the Cubs best chance to get Jake Peavy is if the Cubs include the #3 pick of the 2007 draft, Josh Vitters.


Friday, 9:35AM: Chris DeLuca of the Sun-Times writes that the selling point for a Peavy deal will be a Major League ready or experience pitcher, Sean Marshall or maybe Rich Harden.

DeLuca says that Mike Fontenot could also be offered to help seal the deal as well, with the Padres needing help at 2nd base.

A Peavy trade, according to DeLuca, would wipe the Cubs out of enough bargaining chips to also complete a Brian Roberts deal as well.


Friday, 8:40AM: According to Yahoo, the San Diego Padres want Jeff Samardzija to involved as the main piece in a Jake Peavy trade.

Along with Jeff Samardzija, the Padres would also want a couple more players that may include Felix Pie, Sean Marshall, Ronny Cedeno, Kevin Hart, and Donnie Veal.

According to Jeff Passan, including Jeff Samardzija would more than likely seal the deal for a Cubs/Padres trade.

Samardzija has a limited no-trade clause.



Friday, 8:30AM: According to the Daily Herald, some names are finally being thrown around in a potential Peavy deal.

Major League experienced players have included Sean Marshall, Ronny Cedeno, Felix Pie, and Jose Ceda.

And according to Bruce Miles sources, minor league players such as Josh Vitters, Welington Castillo, and Mitch Atkins have been thrown around.

The Cubs would be crazy not to entertain offers for these players for a Cy Young winner who is 27 years old, and probably just coming into the prime of his career.


Thursday, 4:00PM: Peter Abraham writes that San Diego Padres GM Kevin Towers acknowledged the fact that Jake Peavy has a very, very small chance of coming back to the Padres at this point and a trade is inevitable. According to Towers, "the train has left the station."


Thursday, 2:15PM: Rosenthal says that the Peavy Trade Sweepstakes is solely Braves vs. Cubs.

The Braves are offering Yunel Escobar, Jo-Jo Reyes or Charlie Morton, and a 3rd player.

No details on what the Cubs are offering. Seems kind of strange that the Braves info has been leaked, but no mention of any Cubs players yet. As in, the Cubs are just being used as leverage for the Padres to pry out the prospects they want from the Braves.


Thursday, 6:33AM: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Chicago Cubs have emerged as the front-runner to receive San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy in a trade.

For the time being, the essentials haven't been revealed in what the Padres would receive in return from the Cubs.

The Cubs are going after Peavy and Dempster, and if they received both, it figures the Cubs would part with one of the Cubs all-time fan favorites, Kerry Wood.

Cubs Rumors: Ryan Dempster wants 5 years/$70 million?

Friday, 9:34AM: Chris DeLuca of the Sun-Times has changed what Ryan Dempster is asking for in a contract, from $75 mil over 5 years to $70 mil over 5 years.


Thursday, 11:43AM: The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that a source of Chris DeLuca claims that Ryan Dempster is asking for 5 years/$75 million.

This will cause, as DeLuca says, the Cubs to make a stonger push for Jake Peavy. Peavy's current deal is 4 years/$56+ million.


Wednesday, 10:02PM: The Mets are interested in Dempster, as well. The Mets want to go after the pitching market, while taking a pass at Manny Ramirez.


Wednesday, 9:25PM: The Atlanta Braves are showing interest in signing FA pitcher Ryan Dempster.


Wednesday, 6:10PM: According to Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs are willing to offer Ryan Dempster a 4 year deal for the righthander to stay in Chicago.

It's possible that Ryan Dempster will be offered 5 year deals by other ball clubs, but the Cubs will have to hope that Dempster will accept a hometown discount in the form of one fewer year. A 5th year option could be offered on the Cubs end as well.

Kyle Lohse received a 4 year/$41 mil at the end of this past season, so you can imagine Dempster will be looking for more than that.

Ryan Dempster went 17-6 in 2008, with a 2.96 ERA & 1.21 WHIP in his first season as a full-time starting pitcher since 2003.

Cubs Rumors: CC Sabathia

Not a big surprise, but the Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald says that CC Sabathia will be just too far out of the Cubs range in terms of money in order to sign him.

CC Sabathia will most like command a contract that pays him $20+ million a season.

Cubs Rumors: Kosuke Fukudome

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs have received trade inquires for Kosuke Fukudome.

Another source says that a trade will be tough because while Fukudome may end up fulfulling his hype, his current contract will be a tough obstacle.

Fukudome went from cult hero to platoon situation in a hurry.

2 Cubs fans sentenced to 45 days

Remember when those 2 Cubs fans broke the jaw of the Brewers fan outside Miller Park?

45 days in jail for each.

A judge ordered Adam Miechle to 90 days in the House of Corrections, and Jerry Emert must serve a 45-day term.

Police said the victim, 24-year-old Brandon Feezor, threw a bag of trash at a busload of Cubs fans. The two men sentenced Thursday then jumped out and chased Feezor down, battered him and broke his jaw.

So case closed on this terrible story.

Well, until the Brewers fan said something completely idiotic, that is:

“They can't be coming over here and starting stuff with Brewers fans and thinking they can get away with it,” said Feezor about the incident.

Technically, you, Brandon Feezor, started the whole thing by throwing a bag of garbage at them. Did you deserve to get your jaw broken? Absolutely not. But don't go saying stupid things. You're just as big of a meathead like the Cubs fans.

Cubs fan robs tobacco store

Times are tough during this current recession, even for Cubs fans.

Police said they were called at 5:27 p.m. Monday to the business at 217 E. Army Trail Road. A man wielding a gun reportedly demanded cash from a clerk along with a carton of cigarettes before fleeing the store.

Police describe the suspect as between 5 feet, 6 inches and 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a chubby build. He was wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt with a Chicago Cubs logo on the front, white tennis shoes, blue jeans and a black ski mask.

Who is our guess as to who robbed the store? This guy.

What I want to see during the Barack Obama Administration

Obviously there are a ton of real issues everyone would like to see new President Barack Obama handle when he steps into office in 2009. But the one sports-related item I'd like to see a White Sox fan President deal with is this:



President & White Sox fan Barack Obama welcoming the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs to the White House. To see the new President welcome the Cubs, a team and a fanbase he openly and playfully bashed on ESPN, would be quite fitting.

The Cubs winning the World Series: Change you can believe in.

[thanks go to Chief for the picture]

Cubs Rumors: Aaron Heilman

According to the Denver Post, the Cubs are showing interest in New York Mets pitcher Aaron Heilman.

Aaron Heilman would be added to shore up the bullpen, now that Bob Howry is gone and probably won't be resigned.

Heilman pitched in 78 games this past season, going 3-8 and 5.21 ERA.

Cubs Rumors: 2009 Rotation

According the Chicago Tribune, if the Cubs don't re-sign Ryan Dempster or acquire Jake Peavy in a trade, expect Jeff Samardzija to enter the rotation.

Samardzija went 1-0 with 2.29 ERA in 26 games in relief this season.

Sorry we couldn't help you out...

Someone found this little blog by Google searching "Mark Derosa naked."

As much as Dave would love to have that type of material here on this blog, we don't. Sorry, random searcher.

Can the Cubs immediately offer the job of pitching coach to him?

I'm sure Larry Rothschild wouldn't mind looking for new work, right?

Derrek Lee doesn't repeat as Gold Glove winner

This year's winner is Adrian Gonzalez from the San Diego Padres.

Gonzalez had 6 errors at first base, while Lee committed 9 errors this season.

DePaul University offers class about the Chicago Cubs

Does every semester taking this class end like a Cubs season, where everyone fails?

That month studying the history of Ronnie Woo Woo must be riveting.

Rumor has it DePaul University was going to offer a class on the Chicago White Sox, but figured attendance would be too low. They figured they'd have to offer incentive packages to students to guarantee their attendance. If you brought in an empty can of Pepsi on Mondays, you didn't have to do your homework for the day. Students would also be allowed to bring their dog to class once a month.

And then they figured they would end up using 15 out of the 16 semester weeks talking about the Cubs anyways, so nixed the idea all together.

Awful news if you're a Cubs fan that hates most Cubs fans

Guess who wants to play in 2009?

Who's the centerfielder that many Cubs fans have asked Cubs management to re-sign since he left after the 2003 playoffs?

That's right, Kenny Lofton wants to play baseball again in 2009.

Before you bonehead Cubs fans start flooding The Score with your can't miss offseason suggestion, you just stop it. Right now. I'm serious. Don't even mention his name. Don't force me to hunt you down if you start talking about acquiring him.

Here's Kenny Lofton's 2008 stats:
- batted 0.000
- OBP: 0.000
- stole 0 bases
- played 0 games
- was a member of 0 teams

Kenny will also be turning 42 years old next May.

2003 was 5 years ago. Let it go people.