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Cubs that is! Wow! I didn't see this coming. Although once the shock is gone and you have a chance to think about it. Why not? The Cubs have been picking up high paid castoff, temperamental, malcontents from other teams for quite some time. Most of these "stars" never play up to their expectations but do retain their ability to upset any team chemistry. Milton Bradley did this to perfection and guys like Alfonso Soriano, with salaries the size of The Dominican Republic just show up every day and, usually, manage dress in the correct uniform. So, what are the Cubs going to do with Randy? In football he caught balls that someone would throw to him. In baseball there's a guy behind the batter that catches balls that someone throws to him. Catcher would seem like a appropriate position for him. (and remember the Cubs had pretty good luck with a catcher named Randy once before) As a catcher he would get to wear a sort of helmet with a face guard. He's used to that. And when running the bases, should he ever get on, he has a number of moves he could employ to avoid being tagged. (run ninty feet, cut left) One other benefit of him catching is that being relatively tall (6-4) he could possibly block the view of smaller, easily intimidated umpires while explaining how his foot was in bounds when he caught the ball for a strike. This should be a win, win situation for the Cubs as they have been losing a lot of high salaried players and can't use that as leverage to raise ticket prices again this year. Who knows with a little luck, they may be able to grab Favre after either his arm or foot fall off. With the possibility of his successive starts streak ending it seems only natural for him to become a "Closer". 2011 might be an interesting season after all.
Randy's charming demeanor should be a real asset on and off the field, Wrigley.Ryno to Vikings
Not to be left out in the cold (ha ha) the Minnesota Vikings announced today that they were picking up Hall of Fame, All Star Secondbaseman, Minor League Manager of the Year, (supposed 2011 Cub's Manager) Ryne Sandberg as a designated fan. It seems to be an appropriate move as he has already been left out in the cold by the Cubs.
Because his number, 23, has been pulled by the Cubs Ryno opted to pick one that should last for a long, long, long time.
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I don't know, I think the Cubs may want to consider Randy at short-stop. Sure, he's tall and could block the umpire, but since he likes to take a few important plays off every game, its probably best to put him somewhere where he can just watch the action around him. Plus, if he's out on the field, we can see him make those famous one handed grabs while running underneath the ball out in left field. Which brings me to the last benefit. Since you'll have Randy at short-stop running routes up left field - you can hire another old high priced free agent to just hang out in deep left field!
I can't wait to see him start yelling at the third base umpire for the pass interference call he didn't make.
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