The Iowa Cubbies are officially under the management of my childhood hero, Ryne Sandberg. Ryno is on the fast-tracks to the bigs…showing success in Single A Peoria and AA Tennessee. Replacement for Lou? Time will tell. Congrats, Ryno; we miss you Harry. Especially your sweet glasses.

I was trolling around the comments section of a story on cubs.com and came across this entry… Good stuff. And spot-on. It reminded me of the story of John Odom…the minor leaguer who was, honest to god, traded for 10 bats. Long story short, Odom was a juvenile delinquent with an assault on his record. [...]