Stoney maintains that the Lilly - Theriot trade was all about cutting payroll and (along with the Derrek Lee nixed trade) provides a peek behind the Ricketts' curtain that payroll will continue to decline. Heading into this season the Cubs had the highest payroll in the National League and Stone contends that this new ownership is giving signs that those days are over. Is a good thing? Perhaps yes in that the true highlights of this season have surrounded the surprisingly consistent play of Tyler Colvin and Starlin Castro contrasted with the diminished returns of the free agent signings of Fukudome, Soriano, etc. More ->
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Steve Stone
Steve Stone is no spring chicken these days but it is amazes me that he has now spent 95% of his broadcasting career sitting next to aging/codgerly/elderly broadcasters ... How he can possibly stand that old man musty smell along with all the talk of "duck snorts" and "can of corns" is beyond me.
Steve ends his weekly Chicago baseball chat with Boers & Bernstein on 670 The Score. It's clear that Stoney has no love for Harden, Soriano, Crane Kenney's decision for a Greek Orthodox Priest to spread Holy Water in the Cubs dugout, Lou's NLDS lineup, and the thinking that this entire roster should be brought back for 2009. Get ready for some more offseason drama as Stoney believes that the Cubs (along with the White Sox) will heavily go after Brian Roberts again.
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