Doc Raker makes a good point in his latest "blog." (He still thinks that an email with more than two recipients is a blog. Don't tell him. What's the point? It pumps up that resume of his: Eye Doc, Raker, T-Ball coach, "blogger.")
His aforementioned point? That next year's World Series, if played in Chicago at the end of October/early November could be berry, berry cold. Freezing, with snow, even. Because the brilliants powers that be in baseball are led around by the nose by that evil mistress, money. So a team could earn the right to get into the World Series and have the whole thing tainted by the weather. You can't play the same way you do all summer in November. They are called the Boys of Summer, remember? Not the boys of Spring, Summer and now much of Winter, too. Why not just play year around? At least that way, we could GET BACK to the warmer weather for the World Series. Play a 300 game schedule. Give the players a "Winter Break" from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15. Expand the rosters to maybe 40 - 45 players. Institute a salary cap to keep the rich teams from stockpiling players. Throw out the old record books. Why not? Think of the money!
Or mandate domes! Yes, that's it. Domes for everyone! By 2010, or else.
Baseball question for the day: Setting aside that we might get Jake Peavy in the deal...would you be upset to lose Mike Fontenot? Anyone think that he'll turn into a very good 2b someday? I'm talking a .300/25/90 good, not a .265/10/55 good. He's compact...I think he's going to bring some power and consistency to a team who gives me a fair shot to play everyday. Thoughts?
Holliday is an Oakland A. Better than a Card or Girl Horse (Filly) -- let the AL west worry about him.
Who thinks we re-sign Wood?
Who thinks we re-sign Dempster?
Congrats to Soto for NL ROY honors. A little more plate discipline and he'll be a great one someday.
Blanco's tattoo man. Good one, Raker.
best to cb
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if a guy tosses you a ball underhand, or a machine lobs cookies your way whilst aging attorneys duck out of the way of line drives, does it really make one a raker? The raker thing is tired. I guess doc swings hard at balls that hit him in the barrel is to verbose, but we need a new nickname for the eye doc. If the Cubs can pick up Khalil Greene in the Peavy deal as reported, I wouldn't mind giving up Fontenot, but in that situation, I'd rather see Theroit moved...Fontenot hits for some power, and to all fields, whereas Theriot gets 150 singles the opposite way yearly....which would be great if the Cubs had a leadoff hitter that hit a lot of singles, too a few walks, and stole bases. They don't, and won't, so my thinking is to move Theriot.
"Ahead, get we ,of our selves", said Yoda. Much as we agonized over a world series pitching rotation, worrying about the weather is last on the list. Getting there is job one. I don't care if it is a snowman convention, if one of the teams is in cubbie blue (not to mention the color of their extremities).
Docrakers point about an email being a blog that you are forced to read is valid. But loyal shermrant readers care enough to make the effort of hitting our favorites button routinely.
Ready for sacrilege? A retractable roof would be a good idea. Difficult, but not impossible to retrofit.
Though I like the little cub scout, Fontenot is awfully small to expect a lot of power out of. If deciding him vs Theriot at 2b was the issue, it might be a tossup. Green does not really impress me as having a lot of career left, but they said that about Kurt Warner when he was bagging groceries, so I could be wrong.
Holiday to Oakland makes him practically irrelevant to Cub fans.
Likely will resign both.
Note to Mojo: Hitting line drives at attorneys is great fun. There is a bounty if you can disable them from litigation.
Fontenot is too small to have power. Like Joe Morgan was. Like Craig Biggio.
Looking forward to your comments on just how the hell Lou could have been named NL manager of the year, after failing to wina playoff game with the most talented roster in baseball.
Amazing.
Badmojo suggests to move Theriot because our leadoff spot does not do his job. Doesn't that sound a bit foolish or backward thinking, kinda of like the dumbing down of the Cubs line up, I am sure the Los Angeles Unified School district is all for it but maybe we should be trying to elevate the other line up positions instead of dumbing down Theriot's spot.
As for Lou winning NL manager of the year, the voting occurs before the playoffs begin, obviously.
Also, the history of Doc Raker is forever etched in stone, just ask Carrie Muskrat.
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