Shoutout or Ripoff?

If you haven't read Jay Mariotti in a while, today is a day that you just might want to do so. HE echoes the thoughts of many of the Cubs blogs. In fact, he even seems to quote give a shout out to some of them:

Hendry painted himself into a corner when he put all his offseason eggs in the Furcal basket.

Jay closes on a shockingly clear and sane note:

Don't be surprised, though, if the Cubs are a hodgepodge wrapped around the hope of Lee, Aramis Ramirez and pitching. Don't be surprised if Ronny Cedeno is your shortstop and Matt Murton is your left fielder. Don't be surprised if Juan Pierre, another leadoff man on the Hendry wish list, ends up elsewhere. Don't be surprised if the Kerry Wood trade talk is nothing but nonsense. And don't be surprised when the Cubs win 85 games.

But, hey, at least the profit margin will be higher. That's the important thing, you know.

OK. Not so sane. 85 games? Right now, it's 75 games. Even with Lugo, Huff, Kearns and Pierre.