Originally posted by ESPN.comWood agreed Friday to a $32.5 million, three-year contract, the most lucrative deal for a pitcher in club history. It includes a mutual option for the 2007 that could increase the value to $43 million.
Good news for Cub fans, and, I dare say, for baseball. The existence of a strong Cubs team pleases me on some level. And that rotation is a thing of beauty, to be feared and respected.
Edit: I am an ass. I had the Kent thread on my mind. Meant to type "Wood." If any mod could fix that, I'd appreciate it.
Cub tickets for Wrigley went on sale at 10 AM today. As of 8:55 PM, 22 games are already sold out. Wow -- us Cub fans are optimistic. We haven't had back-to-back .500+ seasons since '71-72 (IIRC).
Of course, I've got tickets to three games there already, plus some lined up for Miller Park, too.
Happy Happy, Joy Joy. And we're working on an extension for Derrick Lee too. Moises is in the last year of his contract, so that's nine million gone after the season is over. I know Patterson is a very, very good center fielder, but I'm sure that'll translate to left well. We need to get a guy that can lead off. Mark Grudzahoozik ain't gonna cut it.
In the context of baseball, the use of drugs hurts only the player. In the context of baseball, the use of alcohol hurts only the player. In the context of baseball, womanizing hurts whom? Maybe the wife of the player? In the context of baseball, felonies are crimes against society, not against baseball. In the context of baseball, gambling is the only crime against baseball.
Gambling, in the context of baseball, is a capital offense and Rose has richly earned-- hell, he agreed to-- his death sentence. Let him hang.
Bob Kohm, co-owner of Rotojunkies.com (rotojunkies.com) , and a large market kind of guy.
Cubs definitely have the best rotation in NL. We may see that Cubs/Red Sox world series after all. The world might end then, I mean if you believe in all that "curse" crap and stuff.
Originally posted by Sec19Row53Unrelated to the thread, but Cub related:
Cub tickets for Wrigley went on sale at 10 AM today. As of 8:55 PM, 22 games are already sold out. Wow -- us Cub fans are optimistic. We haven't had back-to-back .500+ seasons since '71-72 (IIRC).
Of course, I've got tickets to three games there already, plus some lined up for Miller Park, too.
Red Sox put their tickets on sale a couple of weeks ago and sold out the whole season, except for some standing room only tickets available for the Devil Rays series in April
Green monster seats and the new seats on the roof in RF are going on sale later. I think those ones you will have to go to the park or call in to buy them. They didn't have the monster seats on sale over the internet last year.
Why will the Red Sox win it all in 2004? Because of new center fielder: Jesus Christ.
I'm happy about this. With the original logo, it always took me a second or two to put the blue jay's head together, starting from the eye, and then to the beak, and then around clock-wise.