Evening Wrap-up
Some of this has already been reported in the previous thread, but rumor has it that there are a few jerks out there who don't read every comment of every thread. I can't imagine who would be such a loser, it's just something I heard...
For those ignorant non-message board reading unwashed masses, I sadly report that Henry Blanco's brother has been murdured in Venezuela. Carlos Blanco had been kidnapped two weeks earlier and held for ransom. For several years now, Venezuelan players in MLB have had cause to worry about their families' safety back home. Before making news for his attempt to use a machette to, uh, creatively beat out the fire he had started by dousing five employees with gasoline, Ugueth Urbina had to cope with his mother's kidnapping. The personal security measures that Venezuelan players have felt compelled to take since then are eye-opening. Our sympathies are with the Blanco family.
Our sympathies are also with Dusty Baker, if he thinks Kerry Wood will sign with Cincinatti in order to serve as set-up guy to Francisco Cordero.
The latest rah-rah piece from Muskat informs us that the Cubs like their current roster as they enter the winter meetings. As well they should.
Finally, there's some phony-baloney corporate-sponsored baseball awards that the fans can vote on, and that carry about as much weight and meaning as your vote on ratemypoo.com (I didn't link to it, on the grounds that no good could possibly come of it.)
My votes:
Pujols
Halladay
Soto
LouPa
Mariano
Marmol
McLouth
Zambrano
Johnson
Young
Maier
Friedman
Price
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