Yankees decline Option on Wood

[cubsneedmiracle]

cubs 0 sox 1 hawks 1 bears 1=sad sad sad

if we all had at least one.. it would be "okay"

Sure we'd all like to have 2 or 3 per team.. but thats not really likely with any city.

 

[Jntg4]

if we all had at least one.. it would be "okay"

Sure we'd all like to have 2 or 3 per team.. but thats not really likely with any city.

What Chicago needs to do is help fund new Major Leagues and get new Franchises to be like this:

Baseball - Cubs (MLB-NL), White Sox (MLB-AL), Whales (Federal League)
Basketball - Bulls (NBA), Stags (NBA)
Football (American) - Bears (NFL), Unions (UFL)
Football (Canadian) - Americans (CFL)
Football (Arena) - Rush (AFL)
Hockey - Blackhawks (NHL), Cougars (Western Hockey Association)
Lacrosse - Machine (MLL), Shamrox (NLL) (revive them)
Soccer - Fire (MLS), Stingers (MLS)

That's my dream world, we'd have playoff runs every year (FL and WHA used to exist, but a revival could be cool).

 

[DewsSox79]

if we all had at least one.. it would be "okay"

Sure we'd all like to have 2 or 3 per team.. but thats not really likely with any city.

tell that to boston and nyc. even pittsburg has been doing well and they dont have a baseball team that matters, plus the pirates back in the day were sick.

how about that whitesox fan who was born that day or around the day of the ws....he or she is 5 now, when is it time for them to see a championship? now the cubs are a different story, that is just way too long to go.

 

[waldo7239117]

Wood would be welcomed back to Chicago:

Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood may be the missing link to a young and improving bullpen on the north side of Chicago. A source familiar with the situation said Wood would be welcomed back to the Cubs organization if general manager Jim Hendry has enough money in the offseason to be able to sign Wood and add the other dimensions to become a contender.

The Cubs' need three major elements to contend for the NL Central in 2011 are a left-handed RBI bat, starting pitcher and a shutdown seventh-inning or eighth-inning bullpen man.

A call to Wood's agent Pat Rooney was not returned.

Wood, the Cubs' No. 1 pick in the 1995 June free-agent draft – and No. 4 overall selection, finished the 2010 season in the New York Yankees bullpen as the primary set-up man for Mariano Rivera.

The Yankees on Wednesday declined the option on Wood's 2011 contract, which would have been worth $11 million. That doesn't preclude the Yankees from re-signing Wood at a later date, and at a lower number.

Wood left the Cubs after the 2008 season when he signed a multi-year contract with Cleveland.

Various injuries have punctuated Wood's career ever since he came out of Texas as a high school phenom.

The intangible of Wood's leadership and street cred with the Cubs' fan base would make re-signing Wood a win-win for the team and the player.

Wood told me during the season that his family was going to make Chicago its primary home in the offseason. Wood and his wife Sarah – a Chicago native -- have three young children with the oldest starting school. Wood and his family have kept residences in Chicago and Arizona. The Woods are known for their philanthropic endeavors, raising millions of dollars in the Phoenix and Chicago areas.

Wood will be 34 in June and still has a tear in his right shoulder, but he's been able to pitch through it over the last four seasons.

He had an 0.69 ERA in 24 games with the Yankees after being traded by the Indians on July 31 for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

Wood won a career-high 14 games in 2003, including the clinching win in the postseason series over Atlanta.

His career started out on an extremely high note as he struck out 20 Houston Astros on May 17, 1998. He made the conversion to the bullpen in 2007 and became the primary closer in 2008, saving 34 games as the Cubs won the division.

Source: Wood would be welcomed back - Chicago Cubs Blog - ESPN Chicago

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

tell that to boston and nyc. even pittsburg has been doing well and they dont have a baseball team that matters, plus the pirates back in the day were sick.

how about that whitesox fan who was born that day or around the day of the ws....he or she is 5 now, when is it time for them to see a championship? now the cubs are a different story, that is just way too long to go.

boston didnt have shit for a long time.. theyve had a decade with several champs in the nfl, and mlb then the celtics have been good.

pittsburgh has the pens and steelers.. pirates are piss terrible..

it all evens out over time.. some of us.. very long.

 

[Jntg4]

boston didnt have shit for a long time.. theyve had a decade with several champs in the nfl, and mlb then the celtics have been good.

pittsburgh has the pens and steelers.. pirates are piss terrible..

it all evens out over time.. some of us.. very long.

You mean the Cubs are going to win more than a 100 in a row? :crazydance:

 

[USCChiFan]

As long as they can sign Wood to a reasonable deal, I'm fine w/ the signing. But Jim Hendry always overpays FAs

 

[Captain Obvious]

As long as they can sign Wood to a reasonable deal, I'm fine w/ the signing. But Jim Hendry always overpays FAs

Ted Lilly, Marlon Byrd, and Mark DeRosa say hi.

What Chicago needs to do is help fund new Major Leagues and get new Franchises to be like this:

Baseball - Cubs (MLB-NL), White Sox (MLB-AL), Whales (Federal League)
Basketball - Bulls (NBA), Stags (NBA)
Football (American) - Bears (NFL), Unions (UFL)
Football (Canadian) - Americans (CFL)
Football (Arena) - Rush (AFL)
Hockey - Blackhawks (NHL), Cougars (Western Hockey Association)
Lacrosse - Machine (MLL), Shamrox (NLL) (revive them)
Soccer - Fire (MLS), Stingers (MLS)

That's my dream world, we'd have playoff runs every year (FL and WHA used to exist, but a revival could be cool).

I find it funny that Dewey likes this and he is always preaching about how we need to be realists.

 

[DewsSox79]

Ted Lilly, Marlon Byrd, and Mark DeRosa say hi.


I find it funny that Dewey likes this and he is always preaching about how we need to be realists.

what the **** are you talking about?

I am not the one going around saying it is going to happen, that is the difference between you and i.

it was also a thanks for a creative idea that he had, which he admitted will never happen, unlike yourself with these damn FAs. the substance of his post totally different than creating fantasy threads for every little twit blogger that has this great idea of a FA signing. oh and he didnt make a thread about it either, he just said it in passing.....go on.

 

[Capt. Serious]

I find it funny that Dewey likes this and he is always preaching about how we need to be realists.

Don't be hatin on dew.

 

[sara.furry]

I don't see him coming back .. but that's should not be a matter of concern for either both the teams.