Fire Joe the Somebody

ZJ beat to the punch on this one. My first though on hearing about FJM's demise was that I (and maybe some friends) could fill the void pretty easily. Not that I could hope to be half as funny as those guys, but I'd probably be just as good as ripping holes in terrible sports journalism. Of course my first though was to try to get firejoebuck.com, but it looks like I was little slow on the draw again. It also looks like firejoebuck.blogspot.com is taken, but not really being used for anything. What a pity. I bet either of those would generate a decent amount of traffic. I thought about focusing on Chicago sports, but with Marrioti gone from the Sun-Times, Rosenbloom is the biggest hack in town, and I'm not sure many people know who he is. Oh well, I'll think about it.

While I'm talking sports, Phil Rogers in the Tribune has this nugget:

Free agents Raul Ibanez and Bobby Abreu have been mentioned, but don't be surprised if Hendry instead adds a lesser hitter with more flexibility, such as the Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen...

DeJesus would not be moved cheaply, but sources hinted the Cubs could get the 27-year-old Teahen for a package built around either Felix Pie or one of two young infielders, Mike Fontenot and Ronny Cedeno.

More flexibility? Are we talking ability to touch his toes, or willingness to ride the bench for long periods of time? Hopefully it's the later, because this guy's numbers look even worse than Fukudome's. Pie and Cedeno I can live without, but Fontenot had a .911 OPS last year. Admittedly he platooned and only had about 280 PAs, but his OPS wasn't that much worse against lefties (.893, very small sample size, though) and actually his OBP was a little better. Teahen had a .715 OPS last year (with a whopping .313 OBP) and struck out almost three times for every walk he drew. I swear, if Hendry moves Fontenot (packaged or otherwise) for Teahen, I'm quitting the Cubs.

The coveted GiT endorsement goes to...

Barack Obama. There you have it. I will vote for him tomorrow. I probably even would have volunteered some time if I didn't have fifty papers to grade and a test to write tomorrow. I'm not going to write much more for the same reasons. My main reason for this choice is that John McCain is a repulsive scumbag who has run a revolting campaign. That's good enough for me.