USA advances; who else misses DeRo?

…although I really enjoyed watching that game, and while it wasn’t quite like seeing him in an Indians uniform, it sunk in he wouldn’t be wearing blue pinstripes again. For those who listen to podcasts, I highly recommend checking out Waddle & Silvy (sp?) – in particular the last interview they did with DeRosa a few weeks ago (a couple days after the trade). He was just an all-around good dude…

…but he’s gone and and we can’t do anything about it. As for it being one of the worst trades ever — It’s a bit early to jump to that conclusion. For all you know, one of those pitching prospects could turn into a Cy Young Award winner and this trade will go down as one of the best — You never know!

…but can we all agree not to write Fanposts like this every time DeRo drives in a run or turns a double play? I mean, I love the guy as much as the next blue-blooded Cubs fan (in a manly way, of course) but, to quote Ron Santo, “Geez!”

But this year he has a place on my fantasy roster in one of my leagues, so I can follow him that way… :)

I’d want to see how the Cubs do this year with other people playing the positions he played (quite effectively) and then decide if I miss him or not.

If they win and are a better team in his absence, whether it’s because of anyone they got in the trade or not, I suspect my memory – and that of many here – will prove shorter than expected.

Still, it’s hard to think of a more generally useful guy on the diamond…

… in this case, the value received was less than DeRo was probably worth.

It’s not bad to trade a player at the peak of his value, but at least get value back. I don’t think the Cubs did, unless they can turn some of those minor leaguers into something else later on.

 . . . until this season gets underway. And even then, whatever Mark does, it won’t settle the debates or change opinions.

1) DeRo has a season where he smashes and people will say, “See?! Told you we should have kept him!”

2) DeRo returns somewhat to form in 2009, 2008 looks more like a career year that won’t be repeated, and people say, “See?! Told you it was a good idea to get rid of him!”

And, of course, the people who were wrong will defend their points by saying, "Well, that’s what SHOULD have happened. We got lucky/unlucky. "

What we need is some sort of concrete method of tallying the accuracy of everyone’s opinions on everything. Like a place to put down in E-ink what we think. That way, we could refer back to it when making a guess about current goings-on, in order to add weight to our opinions.

I, certainly, would be like Smooth Jimmy Apollo from the Simpsons.

Jimmy: “Well, when you’re right 51% of the time, it means you’re wrong 49% of the time”

Homer: “Doh!”

but that triple should have been a single, except the CF (Blanco) took a bad route. Sure I miss him, but I think the Cubs will win 95-100 games this year, so I don’t miss him too bradley. Oops, I mean badly.

Wait, I don’t.

into Ricky Nolasco?

Get over it.

Ron Santo got traded. Andre Dawson was let go. We saw Mark Grace win a championship for a team barely out of diapers.

DeRosa is a fine player and yes, I appreciated his willingness to play every position except pitcher and catcher.

But you people act like someone ripped down the ivy.

“We need you. Hell, I need you. I’m a mess without you. I miss you so damn much. I miss being with you, I miss being near you. I miss your laugh. I miss your scent; I miss your musk. When this all gets sorted out, I think you and me should get an apartment together.”

This reminds me of people’s obsession with Mark “GOD” DeRosa.

filled in at up to 6 spots admirably, was a great team player, yadda yadda yadda.

Some folks need to move on.

Overheard in the RF/CF berm at HoHoKam this past weekend: “Gees, I’m really gonna miss #34”. My comment, “Yeah, Sweetness was the greatest. Not only the all time leading rusher in the NFL for years but what a blocker, receiver and even passer. A real class act and a gentleman, may he RIP forever….. Oops, I guess you were talking about Kerry Wood.”