• Former Cub Muses About 2003

  • Interesting New York Times op-ed by former Chicago Cub Doug Glanville:

    With contributions coming from all sources — including the Chicago Police Department — it was obvious that we had been anointed.

    The problem was, the Florida Marlins thought the same thing.

    They had their own reasons for feeling that way. Their manager, stodgy, cigar-smoking Jack McKeon, had been brought in at mid-season to right a wrong ship, and as the most senior manager in the league had shown a lot of whippersnappers that he knew how to run a young team. The Marlins barreled their way to the wild card berth in the playoffs fueled by fire and brimstone.

    So what happens when two forces — destined, tired and playing awfully good baseball — collide in Wrigley Field?

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  • All-Star Voting Sucks

  • Since no one shows up to games at Joe Robbie Stadium, Hanley Ramirez lost his status as leading vote-getter among NL shortstops. 72-year old shortstop Miguel Tejada of the Astros is now up by almost 120K votes. Clearly, Astros fans are doing their job because all of the Astros infielders are getting quite a few votes.

    Tejada is having a good year (.300 BA, 7 HR, 39 RBI, .335 OBP, .466 SLG, 46 R, 5 SB) but Hanley is having a better year (.299 BA, 14 HR, 31 RBI, .389 OBP, .525 SLG, 53 R, 15 SB). Yes, I realize that Tejada has 8 more RBIs, but he bats 3rd in the lineup while Hanley has spent most of the season at leadoff.

    All I can say is keep voting Marlins fans.

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