Soriano to Cubs: espn report

2007 World Series: Red Sox v. Cubs

2008: Baseball cancelled. Why the fuck should it go on?

 

Game 1: Cubs 3, Red Sox 2
Game 2: Red Sox 5, Cubs 3 (10)
Game 3: Red Sox 8, Cubs 2
Game 4: Cubs 6, Red Sox 0
Game 5: Red Sox 10, Cubs 1
Game 6: Cubs 1, Red Sox 0
Game 7: Cancelled due to nuclear holocaust

 

Cubs lineup:
Soriano
Lee
Ramirez
Jones

Cubs rotation:
Zambrano
Wood
Prior
Miller.

Lots of 12-10 losses in the Cubs' future...

 

Wrong.

Wood is going to the bullpen. They're not expecting much out of Prior or Miller and Zambrano has been one of the three best starters in the NL the last two years. Watch out for lefty Rich Hill (he was lights-out in the second half) and after that, who knows?

 

They're not done spending, and surely to God they'll go get some pitchers now.

And if the Cubs get to the World Series soon, I don't give a shit what they're paying Soriano when he's nearly 40.

And as a fanboy, I didn't care how much it would cost to get Soriano. Just outbid everyone else and get him. And they did.

 

And, like Doc said, fuck you all.

Sorry, Doc. I would have backed you up earlier, but I haven't had as much time the past few weeks.

 

Eh, better late than never.

 

Too bad there are no good pitchers to get.

Fortunately, they have plenty of money to overspend.

 

So they've got that going for them, which is nice. Overpaying to win is better than underpaying and losing. But nothing is worse than overpaying and losing, so .......... fingers crossed.

 

As much as I want to believe this will work out for the best I can't help but remember what happened the last time they did this in 1991 when they went out and signed George, Bell, Danny Jackson and Dave Smith. Major. Fucking. Disaster.

This would also be a good time to point out that if they had pulled their heads out of their asses and done this two years ago Carlos Beltran would be their center fielder and Miguel Tejada would be their shortstop.

And I can't believe somebody hasn't called the Trib on their "we want to win now" spiel. Bullshit. They don't give a flying fuck about winning. They're just trying to make the team look more valuable so they can sell it.