most of you cub fans out there know that i don't miss too many opportunities to chomp on the cubs but on this all-star monday morning, kick your feet back and enjoy the blog because fair is fair.
the chicago white sox are the biggest regular season disappointments in chicago, BAR NONE, over the last twenty years. loaded with high priced talent, they have morphed into (gulp) the cubs by throwing the expectation lasso over their fans and then adding frustration, angst, aggravation and various soap operas, all the while whittling away the season with gross levels of incompetence and under-achievement.
the sox looking like the cubs??? no way??? read on for a couple of quick examples.......
how about a do nothing outfielder like alex rios who steals his 12 million dollar annual salary by hitting .210, loafing in both the outfield and on the basepaths and being sullen and withdrawn in the locker room? remind you of a couple of people on the north side? and the sox are stuck with him for as long as the cubs are stuck with soriano, 2014. nice.
or how about jake "i talk a great game" peavy, the 17 million dollar answer to carlos zambrano. 11-9 over the last two seasons, he hasn't pitched a full season in five years and gets under the skin of his teammates with his 'it's all about me' attitude. signed thru 2012, his e.r.a. is currently 2 runs a game OVER his career average and now he's whining about seeing a pysical therapist after getting lit up by the twins on sunday. how about a different kind of therapist?
which brings us to adam dunn. or is it d-o-n-e? he is SO BAD that announcers get excited when he just puts the ball in play. a ground out to second and they act like he's 'coming around.' what a croc.
a breath taking batting average of.160 earned him 7 million first half dollars and god only knows what he'll do for the other seven in the second half. he is an automatic out and killing the white sox who won't sit him because of the money issue.
GM kenny williams is on the hot seat with the adam dunn situation. stuck with him thru 2015, dunn will be an everyday reminder (as rios currently is) of how to ruin your budget with bad free agent signings. FORTY-THREE MILLION annual dollars for these three players and you're effectively getting nothing out of them and ruining your team's chances at success.
enjoy the all star break.
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