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Yovani Gallardo Is an Ironman

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.Yovani Gallardo, meet "the groove." Groove, meet Gallardo.The Brewers ace struck out 11, only allowed two hits and provided the deciding solo homer over eight juggernaut innings...

What Does Billy Beane Know That We Don't?

When I first found out yesterday that the Oakland Athletics had traded Rich Harden to the Cubs, my first reaction was "Why?" I didn't even know who Oakland had gotten in return from the Cubs, and already the deal didn't make that much sense to me. Then I heard who the A's got, and the deal made even less sense to...

NL Central Arms Race: Cubs Get Rich Harden

Just days after the Brewers made a splash by trading for CC Sabathia, the Cubs countered by acquiring an ace of their own, picking up Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the A's in exchange for Sean Gallagher, Eric Patterson, Matt Murton, minor leaguer Josh Donaldson and ... wait, that's it? Whoa. Advantage: Cubs.Harden is...

Joe Morgan Insults Ernie Banks

ESPN Sunday Night Baseball analyst and baseball Hall-of-Famer Joe Morgan isn't exactly the most beloved figure in baseball or the blogosphere. I mean, the man has a blog dedicated to rooting out the idiocy in the sports media coverage of the game named after him (I live for the day I write something stupid enough for FJM...

Matt Murton Returns to Chicago

Literally three days ago, Alfonso Soriano went on the DL, the Cubs called up Eric Patterson, and I wondered why Patterson got the call instead of former Cubs' starter Matt Murton. Well, after only two games, Patterson was sent back to AAA and Murton was summoned to Wrigley to be the fourth outfielder for the remainder of...