To: redeyesports@tribune.com
From: lebersole@tribune.com
Subject: Draft of concession speech
With a team as limp as a 70 year old at a After a not-so-long and not-so-hard fight, it’s time for the Chicken Selects to throw in the towel.
Clearly this pack of underachievers team doesn’t have what it takes to compete in RedEye’s Rotisserie Chicken this season. A lot of the blame rests on my gelatinous shoulders for drafting the personnel that I did.
But let’s be honest: Most of the blame lies with the Dodgers for injuring Derrek Lee. I’d wish eternal damnation upon them, but they spend enough time in L.A. traffic as it is.
On the flip side, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Jim Thome–the best hitter in Chicago, if not the AL–and appreciated that Jacque Jones found his swing after fighting through an early slump. And let’s not forget the magic Freddy Garcia worked before he started throwing like Gilbert Gottfried.
So we’ll pack it in for now, my beloved Selects, and wait til next year.
Finally, I’d like to address my fellow competitor, Jimmy Greenfield. . And the horse you rode in on.
(Hold for applause.)
Leo’s Chicken Selects
Hitters: Pierzynski, Thome, Iguchi, Cintron, Jones, Walker, Pierre, Barrett
Pitchers: Marshall, Buehrle, Garcia, Garland, Dempster
Jimmy’s Bird Brains
Hitters: Konerko, Dye, Crede, Podsednik,
Nevin, Cedeno, Murton, Ramirez
Pitchers: Maddux, Vazquez, Contreras, Zambrano, Jenks
WEEK 10 RESULTS
The Bird Brains won the week, 9-1. The Bird Brains lead the series, 7-2-1
