12/04/2003 12:33:00 PM by Rob

One day, and mah pre-dilictions are tore up all to hell

1) The Yankees have just stolen Javier Vazquez from the Expos for a bunch of man-goo, starting with Nick Johnson. (Don't EVEN get me started as to what it could have taken for US to get him)

2) The Cubs have tendered offers to Grud, Lofton, and Goodwin.

Well, OK, I'm glad to see that we are considering keeping our two speedee outfielders.

But to me, all this means that we have no chance in hell of getting Jose Vidro.

It probably is no longer a priority for Les Expos to get rid of his contract. Jim Hendry has said that finding a second baseman is the next priority, and in the same breath kind of did the whole "Grud is one of the options we are considering" tapdance. Um, Jimmy? If you tendered Grud, and he happens to ACCEPT, then isn't he ours?

Then, what? I assume the tendered offer was around the ballpark of what he made last year, $5M. Not a whole lot less, if it is. Are you gonna pay this man this much to be your fifth infielder, since you already have Martinez and Simon? Are you going to still go after Vidro? Hell NO...if he accepts the offer, he's the man, and while in the whole Sloth Second Baseman Wish List, he certainly lies above Vina, Walker, and whatever else is out there...they all stand far, far behind Jose Vidro.

I'm thinking pennant this year. But, the Cubs are not so strong that you can consider "several options" at second base that will suffice, especially since you have a ? in CF, shit behind the plate, inconsistency at SS, new guys on the corners that have never done it a full year for us, and the aging, less swollen, less effective Dominicans in left and right.

We need the BEST option at second. As in the Sandberg years, other positions are so weak that we need the state-of-the-art offensive option there. That is Jose Vidro.

Yes, I tend to get obsessed with particular names. Last year it was Lowell. The year before that, Rolen. Before that, Mike Piazza (....gay amore!) It's because I'm not interested in "good enough" or "let's see". I want them to say "That FITS!" When Mark Prior was not picked by the Twins, THAT was a "That Fits" moment. That's all I'm interested in. Let the deeper thinkers wonder how Todd Walker would look here. I don't give a fat fuck.

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