Heard Hub and Brad Biggs on this afternoon talking some baseball, and it was really bad. Hub was talking about Harden with Schuster and kept saying how he has a option for next season. No, he is a free agent. Hub, I know you want to act like you know all sports, but stick to football, even if your knowledge of that is limited also.

Rich Harden rhp
4 years/$9M (2005-08), plus 2009 club option

* 4 years/$9M (2005-08), plus 2009 club option
o signed extension with Oakland 4/1/05, replacing 1 year/$0.3365M contract for 2005 signed 3/8/05
o $1M signing bonus (paid between 4/2005 and 2006)
o 05:$0.5M, 06:$1M, 07:$2M 08:$4.5M, 09:$7M club option (no buyout)
o 2009 option may be guaranteed based on IP, starts, Cy Young vote
o escalators for annual salaries based on IP, starts, Cy Young vote
o award bonuses: $50,000 each for All Star, Gold Glove, LCS MVP; $0.1M for WS MVP; $0.1M for MVP ($75,000 for 2nd place, $50,000 for 3rd); $0.1M for Cy Young ($75,000 for 2nd place, $50,000 for 3rd)
o acquired by Chicago Cubs in trade from Oakland 7/8/08
o Cubs exercised $7M option for 2009 10/8/08
* 1 year/$0.306M (2004)
o re-signed 2/27/04
o split contract paying $0.103M in minors
* 1 year/$0.3M (2003)
o contract purchased 7/17/03
* signed 5/18/01 (draft and follow)
* drafted by Oakland 2000 (17-510)
* ML service: 5.074

It could've been worse...Hub could've done the show yesterday afternoon with "Stuttering" John Melendez, I mean Dan Hampton...Oh wait, they're holding court instead of Ozzie Guillen, Jr. tonight following the Bears/Broncos' preseason game...