First off, a nod to readers Paul Drye and Stephen Roney, who both took me up on my triple-dog-dare from last week. Referencing Dazzy Vance‘s strikeouts and Babe Ruth‘s homers, I challenged readers to find another instance in which one player so thoroughly dominated his league in any significant category. Both Drye and Roney rose…
CHICAGO CUBS Placed RHPs Rick Aguilera and Kevin Tapani on the 60-day DL; designated the contract of OF-R Raul Gonzalez for assignment; purchased the contracts of CF-L Corey Patterson and LHPs Joey Nation and Will Ohman from West Tenn (Double-A). [9/18] In a sense, this is all progress. Pulling the plug early on Kevin Tapani’s…