Boo Mike Downey! Um, yay Mike Downey!

May 1st, 2008 | Posted by PostmanE

Not huge fans of Mike Downey in these parts. I can’t remember reading a Downey column that lent any particular insight into anything, but that might be a case more of me being too young to remember Downey’s glory days. He’s just always sort of been there, you know?

Anyway, I was getting ready to summon TEH ANGER over this Alfonso Soriano column, when Downey totally turned me around like four different times. Expecting him to rip Soriano a new one for being, I don’t know, too jumpy, Downey did this:

Quite a few grownups at Wrigley Field could use a good talking to, too.

You could start with those who feel Mark Cuban is exactly the new owner that the Cubs need, oblivious to the fact his NBA Dallas Mavericks continue to be one of the biggest packs of choking dogs in all of professional sports.

And then you could have a word or two with any stupendously stupid knucklehead who knocks Alfonso Soriano.

If you are a true-blue Cubs fan with half a brain under your cap, you should be overjoyed to have Soriano back in the lineup if he returns Thursday as expected.

Grr Mike Downey! Mark Cuban would be a great Cubs owner, or at least a preferable one!

And screw your for ripping Alfons — wha? You like Alfonso Soriano? You don’t think he’s a prima donna because he has that big poster next to the Sports Authority on La Salle? You don’t think his little hop is worthy of invective? You’re not convinced he’s the Antichrist?

Touche, Msr. Downey. Tou. Che.

Trading deadline “extremely close” to being a huge disappointment

July 31st, 2006 | Posted by PostmanR

So, it has come and gone. And save for Bobby Abreu moving his service to the Yankees, no big moves to report. (Small chance something could be reported after the 4 pm EST deadline.)

Seems like every year, we are tantalized by big names moving to contenders, only to be let down. The hype is there. The results aren’t.

Oh well.

And on a personal note, I’m glad Alfonso Soriano is not a member of the White Stockings. Didn’t make much sense. Sure, he’s good. But we don’t need another power bat and mediocre outfielding skills.

But really, they’ll be fine. Right? I hope. Oh no, I can feel the weight of the Twins, Tigers and Yankees falling down upon me.

Someone help!

(PostmanE just informs me that Greg Maddux has been traded to the Dodgers for Cesar Izturis. Sad day for Cubbie fans, indeed.)