Per someone on my facebook page:

What the f*ck Hendry! You send Lee to Atlanta and get only prospects in return! You could've at least gotten someone to put into the line up right away. I guess he knows that our farm system is shot to all hell. How's that hole coming Hendry? Is it big enough for your fat ass to fit in come the end of the season?

I love when morons talk sports. This is the same guy yesterday that, when talking fantasy football was pretty sure Brian Westbrook wouldnt be in the top ten this year(NO FUCKING SHIT). He also thought Adrian Peterson would drop off big time, because if you look at his numbers he can't be that good(WHAT THE FUCK).

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

What the hell, I would. Post op is OK right? Right?!?!?!

When talking fantasy football we dont really bring up the other Adrian Peterson.

Come on Darkside. The Adrian Peterson.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

"First of all, when I made the decision, we weren't playing this bad, I think I just separate it. I don't look at it like, 'Oh, I made the decision to stay, I wish I hadn't.' I made the decision, and that's over with, and this is something else"

"Having to hear about losing kind of puts you in a negative environment"

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

What the hell, I would. Post op is OK right? Right?!?!?!

You expect a guy making 13-14 mil to do more than just be a good glove. So glad Double Play Lee is gone. I dont care if they didnt get shit for him.

He is also a giant pussy for using his kid as a reason to stay in chicago. Clearly, not really the issue was it?

Wasn't defending Lee, just calling out people who gave him shit because he supposedly didn't want to a play for contender, which the Angels weren't. Did he come out and say it was his daughter or was that just rumors?

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Sorry, that rant there wasn't directed at you. I smell what you're cookin.
I was under the impression he referenced "family" as a reason not to go.

Cubs Bring Back Pitching For Lee

by Jack Moore - August 18, 2010

Although word has been out for much of the day that Derrek Lee was on the way to Atlanta in a waiver deal, the deal wasn’t made official until 5:25 Eastern Time, according to Fox Sports’s Ken Rosenthal. We now know, as well, that the Cubs will be sending cash along with Derrek Lee to the Braves, and the Braves will send back three minor league pitchers. The pitchers are right handers Robinson Lopez and Tyrelle Harris as well as left hander Jeffrey Lorick.

The real get here is Lopez. The 19 year old from the Dominican Republic just missed out on Baseball America‘s organizational top 10 prospects list for Atlanta and ranked exactly 10th in Baseball Prospectus‘s pre-season look at the Braves’ system. Lopez has a fastball that reaches as high as 96, an extremely projectable frame, and at 19, that’s a player with a ton of potential. If his secondary pitches don’t develop, he will probably be limited to the bullpen. To date, he has thrown 110 innings as a starter and 33 as a reliever, and, naturally, Lopez has performed much better in the bullpen. However, I would not limit a player with Lopez’s potential to the bullpen at such an early stage in his career.

Lorick and Harris are exclusively relievers, which inherently makes their value much lower than that of Lopez, as does the fact that both were, at least at some point this season, teammates with Lopez at low-A Rome despite being 22 and 23 respectively. That doesn’t mean that Lorick and Harris don’t have some value, though, as both have performed well in the minors in their careers and have shown the potential to make up the back end of a bullpen. Harris has struck out 84 batters in 68 minor league innings, and Lorick has struck out 85 in 86 innings. Both have a tendency toward ground balls, as well – Lorick in particular. Both are far enough away from the majors that they are anything but a sure thing, but it’s not like these players are throw-ins. They definitely supplement the value brought in with Lopez.

The Cubs are a team with plenty of money and a large fanbase, so they really shouldn’t need to perform salary dump deals with players like Derrek Lee. Lee was making roughly $3.25 million for the rest of the season, a number that likely has little impact on the Cubs finances for this year or in the future. Instead of dumping Lee’s salary and getting little in return, the Cubs were aggressive, and threw cash into the deal to help coax some legitimate value out of this deal. Jim Hendry deserves major credit for this trade, as instead of spending his money on an aging first baseman on a fifth place team, he now has three more solid pitching prospects to load into his system. This is just an excellent overall pickup for Chicago.

I miss when people knew how to utilize paragraphs, or at least the occasional line-break ....

I have MANY years of experience in trying to appreciate steaming piles of dogshit.

I always liked DLee, and like a few others I don't really understand why he so often gets throw under the bus. Sure his play has declined, but he has been a solid player for this team for several years and I really think people are going to end up missing him, especially in the field when they see the Cub 1b in the future.

you could f@#k a chick and it would still be gay

The Cubs save 3 million in salary by dealing Lee and hopefully, get a player who winds up helping the major league team in years to come. I certainly hope that 3 million goes into next years team. The 14 million he was making this season, is more than likely to be saved to a large degree, as I highly doubt they will try to sign Fielder or another high profile guy at that position.

As a fan of the Cub, I don't blame Lee for all of the team's problems this year. He had help sucking. Lee was one of my favorites during his time here, but I think with the direction this team, his health, and productivity are going, it was time to part ways. Has he really been the same player since the wrist injury? He's still been good, but I think the power dipped since. I know someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

He had 35 HR's and 111 RBI last season, so the wrist was fine. However, he has problems now, with a bulging disk. It's been a problem all season and one reason the Cubs did not consider extending his contract. He just had an epidural injection on Monday to relieve the inflammation/pain. He will probably never have another big season. It was time to say goodbye. That said, he may well help the Braves the remainder of this season. With the epidural, he should be good to go for a few weeks, before the inflammation is a problem again.

you could f@#k a chick and it would still be gay

Makes sense I suppose over Soriano.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

but not over Hoffpauir

rpb is wrong. Phil McCracken is useful.

RPB is right. You suck.

Bully Hendry would have signed Harper for 2.5 Billion over 30 years

what's so funny?

My wife said 2 things about Bernstein today:

"He sounds like a man that was never challenged to be a man."
"He gives a lot of opinions without probably having many life experiences."