The 2012 Baseball Hall Of Fame Ballot – The Snubbed: Carl Everett & Jeff Fassero
I let this drop off due to... well, lack of interest, pressure to do a HoF post for the guys who actually were on the ballot, and stuff like that. Oddly, the ones that I've done before this (for Edgardo Alfonzo, and a two-for-one for Scott Erickson & Rick Helling) keep getting hits - I think mainly because Erickson managed to score Lisa Guerrero and I get Google image search hits from that. But hey - hits are hits.
So on we roll...
Good news for Cubs fans!
So the Marlins move into their new stadium next year and rename themselves the "Miami Marlins" (while old school Florida Marlins fans complain about tradition and the glory days of Chuck Carr), complete with new uniforms (we assume).
Why should Cubs fans care? Well, now that the Marlins are actually called "Miami", the pieces of the Cubs World Series victory - as foreshadowed in Back To The Future II - are all starting to fall into place.
"But the Cubs and the Marlins are both National League teams!", you say. Of course they are. But realignment has already been mentioned (with Houston being pressured to move to the American League), so why not move the Marlins to the AL? Surely Jeffrey Loria would jump at the opportunity to cause some controversy.
"But you don't seriously think that Back To The Future II could accurately predict the future, do you?"
Look - Nike made the Nike Mag, didn't they?
Birds grabbing a slice of Pie
The Baltimore Orioles have picked up former hyped center field prospect Felix Pie from the Chicago Cubs for starter Garrett Olson and minor league pitcher Hank Williamson. Pie needed to be dealt because after six seasons, you stop being a "prospect" and start being the guy who couldn't make the major league roster. His days were numbered after this past season - when your team chooses to stick a corner outfielder who couldn't make the Blue Jays 25-man roster (Reed Johnson) in center, then after realizing that was a bad idea chooses to reanimate the corpse of Jim Edmonds rather than give you another shot in center, you're never going to make it. Baltimore is a fresh start for him, and he'll get as much shot as anyone to get the center field job.
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