The problem is that you usually don't want the guys who will sign a one year deal.

Maybe, but here's last year's notable FA list that signed 1 yr deals:

 

Jeremy Accardo

Rick Ankiel

Rod Barajas

Erik Bedard

Lance Berkman

Melky Cabrera

Tod Coffey

Johnny Damon

Octavio Dotel

Justin Duchscherer

Kyle Farnsworth

Jeff Francis

Frank Francisco

Jon Garland

Jason Frasor

Vladimir Guerrero

Aaron Harang

Andruw Jones

Hiroki Kuroda

Gerald Laird

Derrek Lee

Fred Lewis

Russell Martin

Hideki Matsui

Hideki Okajima

Lyle Overbay

Carlos Pena

Brad Penny

Joel Peralta

Chad Qualls

Jon Rauch

George Sherrill

Jason Varitek

Javier Vazquez

Kerry Wood

Chris Young

 

They may not be top of the line FA's, but their is some definite talent and production out of that group.

Free ticket to see Tim Lincecum pitch on one of the nicest days of the year? I can't say no to that, even at Wrigley.

+1. Doug Davis blows

 

It only took the Cubs 9 starts to realize that. He gone!

Sox going to face Lopez instead now?

It only took the Cubs 9 starts to realize that. He gone!

Thank God because soft tossing lefties like him kill us sometimes.

Just noticed that Zambrano was pulled in the 2nd inning. Did he get injured? Traded?

Lower back soreness for Zambrano

I would mock Zambrano. But we've got Peavy going today. I don't want any bad karma.

Sox going to face Lopez instead now?

 

Right now there is talk of either 35-year old Lopez or 38-year old Ramon Ortiz. s***, with the BP Cup on the line, how could you not pitch Dempster on 3 days rest. It's the BP Cup for Gods sake!

A thief broke into a car in Wilmette and stole a $200 iPod from the cupholder, but left two Chicago Cubs tickets right where they were.

Snicker

Rodrigo Lopez it is. I'm scared.

Snicker

 

Nicely done.

lol@the thief who didn't steal those tickets :0

Rodrigo Lopez it is. I'm scared.

 

This post worked out really well.

 

The Cubs went back to losing on Monday though. Probably because they suck.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/20...omics-and-sport

 

“LET'S go watch the Cubs lose!” said the driver last Friday, as the crowded subway car made its way to Chicago’s Wrigley Field for the first of a three-game series between the great cross-town rivals, the Cubs and the White Sox. Half the car groaned; the other half cheered.

 

This kind of banter is the lingua franca of Chicago summers. Like all sports rivalries, it has a civic function; it gives people something to talk about, a channel for feelings that might otherwise go unexpressed, and a sort of shorthand for where they stand. The cultural dimensions of Sox and Cubs fandom are slightly opaque and probably exaggerated, but it seems to be that the Sox, with their Yankees-esque pinstripes and 2005 World Series rings, are grittier. The Cubs have a more cuddly face and the longest losing streak in baseball, having not won the World Series for over a century. Cursed (according to lore) or simply doomed, they happen to be the most lovable losers left in baseball.

 

But watching the game on Friday, I was sceptical. The Cubs have a slightly smaller payroll than the Sox—a typical indicator of underdog status—but they’re still one of the most expensive teams in baseball. My favourite player on either team was Juan Pierre of the White Sox. “He’s pesky,” my brother said, explaining that although Mr Pierre is not one of the sport’s celebrities, he’s a reliable hitter, a fast runner, and quick to steal a base when the chance comes up. Mr Pierre turned out to be as pesky as billed; he was busy the whole game and hit a two-run triple in the seventh inning, bringing the Sox to a 6-4 victory. The next day the papers would herald the “unlikely hero.” By contrast the highly paid Cubs star Alfonso Soriano, loitered around left field looking at a fly ball that eventually landed fair.

 

It raises the question: does a team become a lovable loser simply because it loses? Is there something about losing that is inherently lovable? In a recent book called “Scorecasting”, Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim consider such “hidden influences” on how sports are played and won. In particular, they examine the effect of “loss aversion”—the tendency to care more about avoiding a loss than about making a similar-sized gain—on decision-making by players and officials. As The Economist explained earlier this year, Tiger Woods, for example, is more likely to hole a putt to save a par than to make a birdie.

 

Is something similar going on with spectators? To pick a team that is known to lose is technically to anticipate a loss, but in a manageable, predictable way. There is no real loss to avoid; a win would merely be an unexpected bonus. Backing a more successful team raises the stakes by making wins just as viable as losses, so losing is more of a loss.

 

Teams like the Cubs give people a safe space in which to lose. Fans get the benefits of commiseration without incurring any real costs. The predictable losers also allow other teams to win. So really the Sox fans should be grateful for the Cubs. Such losers may not be so lovable on scrutiny, but their ineptitude has an extra civic function: they take one for the team. They’re a sacrifice fly.

Subway car? Did they take it from manhattan?

According to my source MHizzle85, Aramis to the Angels. Haven't seen it elsewhere so I'm not sure.

Edited July 13, 201114 yr by kjshoe04

https://twitter.com/#!/MarkSaxon1

Apparently it is a fake account, I don't f***in know

Ill be glad to see him gone to be honest. He's always been a thorn in our sides.

Apparently it is a fake account, I don't f***in know

yeah who knows, would be weird if someone had a fake account since January and then all of a sudden decided today and Aramis Ramirez was the way to get attention.

His real twitter account has been found. http://twitter.com/#!/markasaxon

Kind of tough to close a game when you walk the first 3 batters on 13 pitches

Kind of tough to close a game when you walk the first 3 batters on 13 pitches

I feel like that's pretty much a normal game for him except no one swung.

I feel like that's pretty much a normal game for him except no one swung.

 

I remember hearing either Steve Stone or Ed Farmer say that you could go to the plate without a bat and most of the time count on him throwing 4 balls before he throws 3 strikes.