2012 was pretty painful to live through as a Cubs fan, and even more so as a Cubs blogger who felt obligated to pay even more attention than is normally considered safe for human beings in an effort to bring you our non-classy, confidence-lacking, reundiscreditationalness that you all expect from us. So we're going to make you re-live the pain all over again. You're welcome, jabronis.
January 1 – The first full Year of Theo begins with rumors of Matt Garza getting traded to virtually every major league team that exists, the Cubs covertly pursuing Prince Fielder, and Cubs fans everywhere trying to learn how to pronounce "Yoenis Cespedes" just in case.
January 3 – Theo continues the annual Cubs tradition of signing Reed Johnson. It was immediately hailed as a "smart value signing" and we all count our blessings that the Cubs will no longer pander to the meatball fans.
January 4 – Carlos Zambrano is traded to the Miami Marlins for Chris Volstad. One of the b...
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PLAYERS:
Matt Garza,
Prince Fielder,
Reed Johnson,
Carlos Zambrano,
Chris Volstad,
Starlin Castro,
Andrew Cashner,
Kyung-Min Na,
Anthony Rizzo,
Paul Maholm,
Jeff Bianchi,
Kerry Wood,
Theo Epstein,
Bud Selig,
Rodrigo Lopez,
Jeff Samardzija
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox
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do you think that if the Cubs had gotten Anibal Sanchez that they would’ve signed Edwin Jackson as well?
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