My Perfect World

In my perfect world, even the marketing department of a baseball team would be realists...

Too bad life isn't perfect.

Do We Want This Guy?

For those who haven't seen it yet, here is the video of Brandon Marshall's latest practice that lead to him being indefinitely suspended:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/20590420/index.html

There is no question that the Broncos are going to have to move Marshall. They made the mistake earlier this offseason showing they will move disgruntled players. Should the Bears be interested? It is no secret that the Bears lack at the Wide Receiver position, but is Marshall someone you would want on the team? After seeing this video, I have to say I'm not so sure. The guy causes more problems off the field than any other player in the NFL. He has been a problem child since college and it has not gotten any better. Even if the Bears do get Marshall, they would have to pay the guy since that is the reason for his latest tantrum. I'm not so sure they will be willing to pay him knowing that they are going to have to pay Cutler next year.

A Horrible Throw

This video speaks for itself.

I'll Never Understand This

A Kid Asking Alex Rios For An Autograph

Ever since I was a little, tormented, and unfortunate Cubs fan I never and still don't understand why anybody goes crazy over an autograph. To me, there is nothing more pathetic than begging someone to give you their signature. What are you possibly going to do with that autograph? You're going to put it in a drawer at your house and never take it out again, hang it up on a wall somewhere in your house where your wife won't yell at you to take it down, or you will sell it on Ebay. The latter is the reason I think athletes are so reluctant to sign things.

Just so you know, the kid in this video asking Alex Rios for the autograph is known in Toronto to work for guys who send kids to get autographs for those guys to sell on the internet.

In Good Company

Just thought some of you would like to see Jay Cutler's numbers compared to the QB he is compared to most (mostly by Cutler himself), John Elway. I threw in Brett Favre just because he was in the news today. Maybe you heard or not, but Favre is going to play for the Vikings. You have to be pretty impressed with the way Cutler's numbers look. Especially when seeing that Cutler has been on worse teams during his first couple years in the NFL when compared to Elway and Favre.

What Was He Doing?

If anyone was as unfortunate as me last night to have watched through the Cubs game, then maybe you were wondering the same thing I was in the 8th inning. The Cubs were up by one run and Carlos Mamol was brought in. In Marmol's 2/3 inning of work he allowed 3 walks and hit one batter. One of those walks brought in the game tying run.

Ok, I know. Carlos Marmol is continuously struggling with his command. But what about Lou Piniella's struggles of being a manager. It wasn't until the bases were loaded, from 2 walks and a hit batsman with Ryan Howard coming to the plate mind you, that Piniella started to get Grabow warmed up in the bullpen. Guess what? Marmol walked Howard to tie the game and that is when Piniella finally went in there and put Grabow into the game.

What was he waiting for? Obviously Marmol did not have it. You could see that from the 3 men he put on. Why wouldn't Piniella have had someone warming up after Marmol walked two? You know Marmol has been struggling. Why not have a backup plan available?

You know what angers me the most. At one point during that inning, the camera zoomed in on Piniella in the dugout. I'm making my own assumptions here from what I saw, but it looked like someone was asking Piniella if someone should get ready in the bullpen. Piniella, looking frustrated, said something like, "just leave him out there". Like he was punishing Marmol for doing a bad job. Well Lou, not only did you punish Marmol, but you punished yourself, your team, and all the Cub fans out there for leaving Marmol out there for a batter or two too long.

Congratulations. You proved your point to Marmol. He had a bad game. Do you think he doesn't know he is struggling? That is some effective managing. Maybe you should get back to reading those "Managing for Dummies" books you were talking about in spring training.

Some Bad Opinions and Acquisition

Whatever Jim Hendry is drinking, Kenny Williams has surely found it.

Eddie Schmid of MLBTradeRumors.com wrote today that the White Sox acquired Blue Jays for NOTHING!!! Are you sure about that Eddie?

That sure looks like something to me. I wouldn't mind this so much if all this money was going to a decent player, but have a look at Rios' numbers.

David Davidoff at Newsday likes this deal for both teams...WHY?! The only team benefiting from this is the Blue Jays who have officially gotten rid of one of their two horrible outfielder contracts. The king of all bad contracts belonging to Vernon Wells.

I'm kind of surprised Kenny Williams didn't take this guy off the Jays' hands as well.

He Has My Vote

Did anyone hear Brenly's comment last night about Soriano after not hustling on that bloop single?

Kasper said something like, "I don't think Soriano was running out of the box and he never really turned it on."

And Brenly said, "Are you surprised?"

Brenly is officially my favorite manager to replace Lou after the "left handed lineup regime" comes to an end.

Not only does he have a ring on his finger, but he has some balls. He has to take the same plane flight with these guys and stay in the same hotel. Yet, he still has no problem saying what he wants to say. It sounds like he would have the balls to tell the pre-Madonnas on this team exactly where they can shove their egos.

Steroid Use Doesn't Pay?

For all you youngsters contemplating whether or not to take steroids I've got some information on David Ortiz for you to take a look at.



*Just click on the pictures to see them a little better.

I'm willing to give Ortiz the benefit of the doubt that he didn't start taking steroids until 2003 when he met Manny and his drug dealers. So if all you young players out there are thinking about doing steroids just look what it gets you; a Major League career, millions of dollars, All-Star selections, World Series rings, Silver Sluggers, and Hall of Fame numbers. Should you take steroids? I don't know...only if you like those sort of things.