Matt Holliday, Bill Buckner and Steve Bartman Star in "Droppin' The Ball".

haha...quality cheese.

To be fair, Bartman actually caught the ball. Maybe it should be Alex Gonzalez instead. [Disclaimer: I love Alex Gonzalez, but he's the one who actually dropped the ball. I know there is a figurative sense to this, but it's well past time to let the Bartman thing die, and knowing in my heart that Alex Gonzalez is a good-natured wonderful human being, I think he would willingly throw himself on that grenade.]

None of these guys dropped anything. Buckner never even touched the ball. But I think there's still a hit show here. Maybe Holliday can play someone who tests products for safety with each episode featuring him, in full Cardinal uniform, being hit in the testicles by a series of products shot from a small cannon. It can be taped in front of a live audience of Cardinal fans who, instead of providing a laugh track, can, in unison, explain why they're the greatest fans in the all the history of great fans whose greatness at being fans is not matched by any fans anywhere.

With the Cards unlikely to sign him, where do we think Holliday will land?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs...

Who has a lot of money to spend...
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Who has the most payroll coming off their books this offseason? How can we find this out?

Wait so because of one play St. Louis isn't going to try and bring back Matt Holliday? Ohhhh give me a break.

The Cardinals tend to spend money on sure bets and Matt Holliday hitting behind Pujols is a sure bet that they will try very hard to bring back. That offense and Holliday himself were awesome after the trade.

He has more of a chance of signing with St. Louis than any team in baseball. That franchise is great at retaining the talent they want.

I actually think the Yanks have the best shot at obtaining Holliday, and the crazy part is that they will still be shedding payroll while giving him a 19-20 million dollar a year deal. Damon and Matsui made a combined $26 million this year and will both be free agents. Holliday is an upgrade over both and would sadly represent a better financial bargain than those two. They still might bring one of them back at a reduced rate to be their DH, but the more I think about it, the more I am positive he is a Yankee. The Cards can't afford to pay Holliday $20 million a year for 5 years, when Poo-holes will be getting $30 million a year after next season. They just don't have the revenue for that.

some team is going to make a Soriano-like blunder signing Matt Holliday to a 6-7 year deal...good luck to them.

"I want [Brenly] to stay in the booth with Len Kasper, too; they're one of the two or three most entertaining and insightful teams around."

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sweetspot/0-6-48/Cubs-m...

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/node/2743

My gut says Hendry will pull out the lasers again and land Jaramillo or die trying. Even though first baseman Derrek Lee expressed his feelings on the last day of the season that hitting coaches are overrated, Hendry doesn't believe that at all. Lee is talented enough to know his own swing, and Cubs hitting coaches have pretty much left him alone. But others such, as Ryan Theriot, Geovany Soto, Mike Fontenot and even high-priced guys like Soriano, fall into patterns that a coach can get them out of in a few days.

~grain of salt alert~
According to WSCR Terry Boers' "cubs insider", Rickett in no financial shape to "eat Bradley" contract.

With Bradley's suspension he can see scenerio where Cubs will not have a trade partner and that the Cubs will be forced to trade another player or two on their team to free up money to release Bradley if he can not be traded.

I would say this would be the worse case scenerio.

Jim Hendry is a moron.