Defensive Indifference

Seriously, announcers and analysts need to stop this whole comparing Japanese players to other Japanese players. Let me set the scene for you. It is a lovely Monday night and the Cubs are playing the Mets. Yigael is watching the game on ESPN and I am watching the game on MLB Extra Innings (SNY, the […]

Unfortunately for Carlos Zambrano, he plies his trade in a land of inferior potassium.

Kazakhstan greatest country in the world, All other countries are run by little girls. Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium, all other countries have inferior potassium. Kazakhstan home of Tinshein swimming pool, it’s length thirty meter and width six meter. Filtration system […]

I could get used to Brewers-Cubs games like the one on Opening Day. It was easily the best viewing on Monday, chock full of tasty storylines — from Carlos Zambrano getting hurt, Carlos Marmol dealing, Kerry Wood struggling, Eric Gagne struggling even more and Kosuke Fukudome becoming a fan(tasy??) favorite. Five of the division races […]

Deadspin ran this earlier today and it’s too good to pass up, even with the pro-Obama stuff at the end. “Well, I would probably have to, um, alternate sides.”
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And, OK, I’m not politically inclined in the least, especially when it comes to the two […]

But not in a good way if you’re a Baltimore fan. According to Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs are closing in on a deal for Baltimore second baseman Brian Roberts. That’s not, though. According to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal, the Orioles and Mariners are only one player apart from agreeing on an […]

From the always valuable, and occasionally hilarious, ESPN.com winter meetings blog:
…[S]ome people in the organization want to see GM Jim Hendry pursue a trade for the Angels’ Chone Figgins, a switch-hitter. But the Cubs probably don’t have what it takes to land Figgins. The Angels value Figgins so highly, one person with ties to the […]