Finding a silver lining while losing

They say that you can find a silver lining in any situation, no matter how bad it is.

Well, I found one yesterday at the conclusion of another loss to the Nationals that dropped the Cubs to 3-5 after the All-Star Break. Scott Williamson was traded for a pair of Class A pitchers.

That's fine with me, because when I looked up Webster's Dictionary for the definition of 'bum', I saw Williamson's mugshot. Sorry to rip the guy, but he was pathetic in Chicago the past two years (2-3, +5.00 ERA) and I implore with Jim Hendry to stop signing post-Tommy John surgery reclamation projects! They are damaged goods from the outset and there is no use trying to dig for gold in that river, because chances are that 1-of-100 ever pitch decently again.

However, I commend Hendry on receiving anything more than a toaster oven for the Louisiana native, especially with the review that AllCubs.com wrote up last night. Fabian Jimenez Angulo (19) and Joel Santo (22) have been compared to Carlos Zambrano and Kyle Farnsworth, respectively, and if either contribute to the Major League team, then you would have to judge this trade a 'success' -- it is to me either way!