Don't Be Surprised if the new WGN Radio analyst is a short-timer. Hint: Think Kerry Wood.

Kerry Wood is 33 years old. If his health hold up, he could pitch for another 5 years (or more). There are no guarantees that he’s going to be a Cub that long — I’d be willing to bet that Hendry will no longer be GM by then.

Hiring someone as a placeholder makes little sense. What competent announcer is going to want that? How is that fair to Pat Hughes?

David Kaplan said that Wood laughed at the report at told him that it was absolutely untrue. Take that for what it’s worth. All in all, I don’t buy it.

there’s simply no way there’s a clause in his contract about it. Whoever made that up must be having a laugh after seeing the reaction around the web.

Not a clause, and not interested

What did you expect Kerry to say? “Yeah, I plan on taking the radio job of whoever they hire whenever I choose, because the job has already been promised to me”. That would be ridiculous. I don’t expect there to be any kind of clause in his contract guaranteeing him anything. It just sounds to me like the subject has been discussed, that Kerry would like to do something to stay with the Cubs after he retires. Even that is not something that Kerry is going to say publicly, because no player wants to be viewed as Roger Dorn, focusing on life after baseball instead of his current job as a player.

Kerry also strikes me as the kind of guy who will have no trouble giving up the game when it’s time. I don’t view him as a Brett Favre or Michael Jordan type at all; someone who can’t imagine themselves doing anything other than playing the game. If he had a good job opportunity at the age of 35 (even if it’s not broadcasting), I could see him being the kind of guy who could just say “I’ve had a good career, screw this, it’s time to do something else.” Maybe I’m wrong, but public comments don’t always tell the whole story. It wouldn’t surprise me if Kerry is a Cub in some capacity for a long time to come.

Julie DiCaro’s LOHO blog is claiming to have an airtight source confirming — yes, confirming — that Kerry Wood does indeed have a secret deal with the Cubs to become their (presumably, radio) broadcaster after he retires. I remain skeptical, but who knows.

I expect in 10 years all 3 will be some part of the organization. Wouldn’t be surprised if Wood took a MAddux type route when he retires. dempster to the booth.

Personally as far as the booth goes, Keith Moreland will be the new color man on radio. I’m about 80 percent sure with Otto filling in when he has other obligations.

And this is something a B&B fan only will get the reference.

Maybe Terry’s peep called him on his answering machine to tell him about this or maybe it was Kerry who called him to tell him the Bears would get Jay Cutler.

(for the record Terry has claimed since the trade was made his peep called him on his machine at home and left a message the trade would go down and nobody believes this happened).