Not exactly a banner news day for humorous Cub fans. First, the news broke from the Las Vegas baseball winter meetings – and not just as a floaty tidbit from Peter Gammons – that formidable Padres starter Jake Peavy would not become a Cub. Of course this may be a further trade ploy, but right now it just feels disappointing. Peavy was but a tease, and Jason Marquis (the, uh, Marquee of all terrible free-agent signings in history. You’re welcome) remains in the Cubs’ rotation – the unmovable part which kept a trade full of movable parts from happening..
Not that the North Siders still can’t have a great 2009, but Peavy would have been a great addition for next year and beyond. You would think, right? Still, quite a few Cubs message-board denizens- notoriously concerned about deep pockets which aren’t their own – actually seem pleased Peavy got away.
I would rather have Randy Johnson, Josh Vitters, Sean Marshall and the trade pieces of Felix Pie and Ronny Cedeno over Peavy anyway …
Sure, some of you would. That’s because you’re morons. Who wouldn’t want a washed-up starter whose only current success is against the Cubs – whom we don’t yet employ, by the way; a completely unproven 19-year-old – useless on a team built to win in the next three seasons; a no. 3 lefty starter at best, and two future never-wases? That’s five replaceable parts instead of the second-best starter in baseball, joining a team which should peak either this year or next, at its ceiling. Sigh. I love being a fucking Cubs fan. (WHADDAYA MEAN DA ORIOLES WON’T TRADE ADAM JONES, MARKAKIS AND SCOTT FOR FELIX PIE? THAT’S WIN-WIN!)
And in more depressing news, this was announced last night on-air, but I didn’t learn about it till my lunch hour: Rob Riggle is leaving The Daily Show. We don’t devote much space to The Daily Show (how do you lampoon a lampoon?), but Riggle will be missed. Luckily, he’s developing his own show at CBS, which you should be able to catch for approximately 15 minutes longer than Gary Unmarried or whatever sitcom dreck the Tiffany network plans to shove down your throats. Everyone Loves Rob. We wish him the best. Speaking of the best, this is his:
