Another Rerun

Now that Cub Nation has finally come around on Miguel Tejada, you had to wonder when they were going to come around on other suggestions made by this page over the years.

Well, Barry Rozner jumps on the Jose Vidro bandwagon today. He makes a good case:

Vidro ... is a switch hitter who has spent much of his career in the No. 2 hole, where he'd look good behind leadoff man Juan Pierre and in front of Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez.

Tejada has been more of a power hitter than Vidro, but Vidro reportedly will be healthy next spring and might be poised for a 20-homer, 100-RBI season, which is about where he was before injuries slowed him down.

At 31, Vidro is two years older than Tejada but surprisingly has a higher career batting average than Tejada (.302-.280) and a higher career on-base plus slugging percentage (.831-.815).

Vidro also is an excellent bunter, is terrific when behind in the count and does something the Cubs rarely do: he works the count in every at-bat.

With the Nats having just acquired Alfonso Soriano, they may not have a choice but to deal the $8mm contract that Vidro has.

Once again, this is not an either/or position for the Cubs. If Tejada is available, and there are doubts that he really is, you get him AND take a flier on Vidro. Vidro could be had for castoffs like Korey, if for no other reason than Korey is about $5mm per year cheaper than Vidro.

What's really too bad is that all these names that are being thrown around for 2006 should have been considered back in 2003 and 2004. I guess, instead of showing the anger and disgust by lobbying for change or removing your dollars from the equation, many fans take their cue from the Kindergarten school of fandom. That's the group of fans that are just happy to whip out their crayons and draw pictures.

Yeah, that's a great way to channel frustration.

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You gotta love the Blogger spellchecker. The suggested replacement for "Tejada" is "teased."