OMG

I just got done reading this article off of ChicagoSports.com. And i am just gonna high light a few of its contents below before i comment.......

The Cubs are interested in obtaining the left-handed hitting Palmeiro to platoon him at first with Eric Karros. But the Texas veteran told his club he wasn't ready to waive his no-trade clause yet to rejoin the Cubs.......

Boone did become available after Bowden and Boone's father, ex-Reds manager Bob Boone, were fired Monday. But the Cubs already had acquired a third baseman in Pittsburgh's Aramis Ramirez, and their interest in Boone would have been as a second baseman in case Mark Grudzielanek doesn't return in 2004.......

They also entertained offers for struggling reliever Antonio Alfonseca, but found no deal to their liking.

The Cubs don't plan on eating the remainder of Alfonseca's salary, which comes to around $1.3 million, feeling he still has some value in spite of his recent problems.

What is going on in the front office of Jim Hendry???? Get Palmerio to platoon with Karros? Offers for Alfonseca, but no deal to thier liking? Boone for 2nd base? Has Hendry completly lost his mind?! OMG.
1st off for the price the Yankees got Boone surely Jim Hendry could of pulled a slightly better deal out of his magical top ranked farm system to land him. Aramis Ramirez could of easily been dealt to LA, exactly the same way Ventura got easily dealt to LA. Now you have an offensive 3rd basemen who also plays gold glove defense.
Yeah i know it sucks for Ramirez to be quickly bouncing around but who cares, the job of the GM is to improve his team and Boone would of improved the team more than Ramirez. Not that i am unhappy we have Ramirez.

On to the getting Palmerio trade.......WHY? Why would you trade for him and then platoon him?? I think the only reason Hendry went after Palmerio was because Baker is the only person on this team that would actually platoon Karros and Palmerio. I am sorry Palmerio is not a platoon player even if he is hitting .250. His power and RBI totals if traded to the Cubs would lead our team. Karros is no where near as good as Palmerio, and to even suggest that those 2 would platoon is insulting, mainly to Palmerio and he turned it down for good reason.
And sitting on the bench watching all of this is Choi. He lost virtually all of his playing time due to injury and now they want to send him away for who knows how long if they get Palmerio.
I dont know Hendry why dont you just let Choi play and stop trying to trade for every former Cub thats out thier on the market. You might find the lefty power hitting 1b basemen your looking for.

And finally Alfonseca. Your telling me a sack of used baseballs wasnt a good enough offer to trade this guy? What does Hendry want in return Kieth Foulke? Or is he simply over pricing his talent thinking they actually have some value. Which would explain why Harris still has a job. Hendry must think someone wants the career pinch hits leader, he could surely bring in a mid level prospect.

I am just soooooooo upset now with the inept GMing of Hendry right now. Deals he is pursing, deals he let fall thru the cracks, deals he should of done just to move dead weight. Read the whole article.