Housekeeping

Well, Jim Hendry has continued his purge of the Cubs clubhouse, yesterday sending Kyle Farnsworth to the Tigers for prospects. Farnsworth was a classic example of a player with a million dollar arm and a ten cent head. The highlight of his Cubs career was undoubtedly the fist beating he gave to Paul Wilson in 2003. It appears to me that Hendry has responded to the fans, last year, all we heard were cries of "this team is too unlikable" and that it was full of clubhouse cancers. Well, with the club divesting itself of Farnsworth, Mercker, Sosa and Alou, we'll find out in 2005 if addition by subtraction actually works. The Farnsworth move also makes the closer situation slightly clearer, in that we know one thing: Kyle Farnsworth will not be the Cubs closer this year.