Archive for November 2004

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November 30, 2004

Pedro a Met?

Posted by Mike J. | 8:50 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Omar Minaya and the New York Mets have offered Pedro Martinez a hefty 3-year contract worth about $38 million with an option for a 4th year that would bring the package to a cool $50 mil. No decision yet from Pedro, but it trumps Boston’s offer of 2 years for $25.5 million, which seems puny […]

Fun With Prospects, Part 2- Dwaine Bacon

Posted by Mike J. | 9:19 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Since the hot stove has been stuck on simmer since the Jason Kendall trade I’ve been combing the Cubs website for anything of interest, and I’ve found some pretty neat info about prospects in the minor leagues. I’ll be the first to admit I have no idea if a prospect will make it to the […]

November 29, 2004

Even Prospects Know What’s Wrong

Posted by Mike J. | 12:21 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Digging through the minor league news at cubs.com I found a quote by hopeful leadoff hitter Adam Greenberg, who’s playing with the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League-
“They led the league in home runs, but were near the bottom in on-base percentage (11th in the NL),” said Greenberg, who has a career OBP […]

November 28, 2004

Future shortstop?

Posted by Mike J. | 8:41 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Its been awfully slow in Cubland the last week or so. Sosa rumors are growing stagnant - although Al Yellon at and another thing! has a juicy rumor from his own Deep Throat involving Luis Castillo and Juan Encarnacion of the Marlins - and Bill James and his historical abstract have been keeping me busy […]

November 26, 2004

History lessons

Posted by Mike J. | 4:02 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

If there’s one thing blogging about the Cubs has taught me, its that there’s far more to learn about baseball that I believed possible. I picked up a used copy of “The New Bill James Historical Abstract” from Amazon a while back (for 4 bucks! It doesn’t even looked used) and I’ve taken advantage of […]

November 24, 2004

Slow Day

Posted by Mike J. | 11:16 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 1

It’s a slow news day today- no new trade rumors, only word that the Cubs are trying to install a rotating advertising board behind home plate. The Cubs say this would bring about $3-5 million in a year that would go directly to payroll, and so long as it does, I’m all for it. There’s […]

November 22, 2004

Two Mikes, Two Questions, Four Answers

Posted by Mike J. | 11:32 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

We’ve got something a little different from our normal format today- more of a dialogue than usual, both Mikes at Old Style Cubs will answer the burning questions that are on all Cubs fans’ minds. Or, at least on ours.
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1) Having signed Glendon Rusch to a 2-year, $4 million contract, the Cubs appear to be […]

November 20, 2004

Cubs sign Rusch

Posted by Mike J. | 1:27 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

“The Cubs won’t make it official until today, but they’ve agreed with left-handed pitcher Glendon Rusch on a two-year contract worth about $4 million guaranteed plus incentives that could make the deal worth about $6 million depending on how many games Rusch starts.”
-The Arlington Daily Herald

Ron Artest is Dumb

Posted by Mike J. | 1:13 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Without a doubt the Pacers v. Fans brawl in The Palace last night was one of the craziest, most disturbing, shocking, and secretly awesome events I’ve ever seen take place in professional sports. I’m not going to lay blame on anyone in particular because, well, they’re all idiots and all deserve a portion.
Is there anyone […]

November 18, 2004

Closing the Deal

Posted by Mike R. | 7:37 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

In case you haven’t heard the Cubs lost out on the Troy Percival race when the Detroit Tigers signed him yesterday to a two-year deal reportedly worth $12 million. This news came as a surprise to Cubs fans as reports claimed that Percival was expected to talk with the Cubs about a potential deal later […]