Random Jotting...

So little time this week and so much to comment on...

So, Todd Walker is now complaining about the OPPONENT'S broadcasting team? Must be a great gig to make millions of dollars and have time to watch TV while your job needs you elsewhere.

And if Jay Marriotti is a windsock, what is Rick Morrissey? He says, today, "Dump Patterson." He also notes how surprised he was to see the sun rise in the East.

Chris Spier is PO'ed that his players are missing signs.

"Why don't you ask those players? It happens because maybe my signs are too difficult. Maybe I need to make them a little easier for the players. So we changed them." - Chris Speier

Well, Chris, Todd Walker missed one of the signs. Maybe he was too busy watching TV. Jerry Hairston and Ronny Cedeno also missed signs. Cedeno got benched. Hairston said he didn't know he even missed a sign. "Nobody really talked to me about it," Hairston said.

Speier replied, "That's not true. I told him as soon as he came off the field that he missed a hit-and-run."

I think Chris doesn't understand that Hairston just called him a "nobody."

Hairston was punished by Matt Murton's benching.

TV ratings for the Cubs are way down. Now, it could be due to a change in how the ratings are measured - a switch from log books to people meters. It could also be due to the Cubs, you know, sucking. Remember, the more they go down, the more call there will be for change up in Tribune Tower.

Dusty Baker says Mark Prior's leg is hurt. Mark says it isn't. Sigh. Can't wait until spring training when Mark always goes on the DL?

WSCR shifted its lineup. They finally decided that having a 20 minute transition from Hot Dog Boy's show to Boers and Bernstein wasn't creating new listeners for Hot Dog Boy. See, they figured that, if you listen to B&B starting at 10, and Hot Dog Boy is talking with them until 10:20, maybe you'll listen to Hot Dog Boy at, say, 8:00.

Instead, they moved B&B to the prime afternoon drive slot (where they will get a bunch of my ear now that Roe is without Garry). Their lead in is now the lone Cub Fan on the station, Mike Murphy. If history and yesterday are any guideline, there will be no transition between the shows as Boers and Murphy hate each others guts.