Childish and stupid

Over at Viva el Birdos, some chump wrote a diary about how the Cubs are going to lose 90 to 100 games every year from 2010 to 2015 yesterday. Some people from here went over there and were initially quite decent. lboros shut the comments down in the thread and said the author's fan post was quite thoughtful. Was it? What I consider thoughtful and what he considers thoughtful are obviously 2 different things. If I spend a shitload of time writing about something and 80% of what I say is inaccurate, it isn't thoughtful, it's stupid. I'd like to point just one thing out that this author included and then later reached a conclusion. Signed Until Ave Salary Age No trade? Zambrano 2012 $18m 27 Full Ramirez 2011 $15m 30 Partial Soriano 2014 $18m 32 Full Lee 2010 $13m 32 Full Fukudome 2011 $13m 31 Full Lilly 2010 $12m 32 Full He then spends time talking about other stuff that, quite frankly, doesn't even matter because including this table makes his conclusion wrong anyway. Call me a complete homer, but this has the makings of a team that will lose 90-100 games every year from 2010-2015. Aging stars with unmovable contracts, a pitiful minor league system, and an ownership situation will likely damage the on-the-field product, at least in the near-term, will conspire to doom this team for many years. They had better win now. Interesting that he chose 2010 through 2015. Take a look at that table he provided above. 2 of the 6 players (Lee and Lilly) are signed only through 2010 and 2 others (Ramirez and Fukudome) are signed only through 2011. This guys says these contracts aren't movable? Yeah, you never see aging veterans traded in the final year or two of their contract. That never happens!!! The fact of the matter is that the only contract on there that is not tradeable is Alfonso Soriano and even that contract might be able to be moved if the right circumstances presented themselves. If anything, 2011 is about the time the team will start winning (if they weren't already) with $53 million coming off the books. Furthermore, only Zambrano and Soriano make more than $15 million annually. Lilly, Fukudome, and Lee have an average salary of $12 and 13 and are free agents after 2010 or 2011. It would be easy to trade those guys and considering the low cost of their salary, the Cubs may actually even get a prospect in return. I don't think the Cubs are going to lose as many games as this guy said, but whatever. My issue is with him using evidence he presented himself that disproves his theory as evidence it proves it. That's called being stupid. If you haven't nominated a douchebag, do so now by first voting (only one option) and then clicking the send comment link to add your nomination.