Saturday Odds and Ends, What Rhymes With Sissy Edition
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse —
... have to feel like a Cub — I am a Cub," when he speaks to Chicago reporters.
And, "I'm a Cub now, and I'm happy."
And, "Whenever you guys get done tying me to the Cardinals, it'll be fine, so I can start getting a little bit of Cubs history in my background."
Wow. So much hatred of the Cubs, you’d almost think that you were reading a Jay Mariotti column!
Somebody must’ve fed LaRussa some of those quotes, because he chimed in:
"I think we ought to follow his lead," La Russa said, ...
La Russa to Edmonds: Nobody Quits the Cardinals … NOBODY
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... La Russa had told a newspaper he was disturbed by Edmonds’ comments to Chicago reporters that he wanted to be accepted as a Cub, asking them to stop associating him with the Cardinals. ...
The Week In Quotes: Week of June 30-July 6 by Alex Carnevale
Baseball Prospectus —
... (Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ) "He's a good hitter, and he's Canadian, so you've got to help him out a little bit. I know what I can do. I don't think it was a confidence problem, it was just a matter of going out and executing." -- ...
Tony LaRussa Skips the Step Where You Stop Being an Asshole
The Cubs Brickyard - Chicago Cubs Jokes, Sports Parody News, and Blog —
... he’s doing this program, and working on his life,” Cubs center fielder and former Cardinal Jim Edmonds said Sunday night. “But I don’t think he’s really completed the program. I don’t know the steps perfectly, I mean I know there’s that make amends thing, admit that you’re powerless thing. But I’m pretty sure in there somewhere is a step where you stop being an asshole. And Tony totally has not done that.” Edmonds was probably speaking from personal experience. Over the weekend, a mini-war of words erupted between LaRussa and his former center fielder, culminating in LaRussa ...
