Steroids in the Viagara maybe?

*****Cubs Rant Alert, Cubs Rant Alert*****

three bits of good news for the Chicago Cubs, one bit of bad news for baseball...

the Cubbies made the biggest move on a pathetic trade deadline day by trading for Pirates OF Matt Lawton. Hopefully he will provide the spark at leadoff that the Cubs have been missing since Kenny Lofton left for the Yankees. Guess this means Corey "Strikeout" Patterson's days in Chicago are over...oh well...better this way since Cubs fans are getting hoarse from booing him day after day. The only negative to this trade is that the Cubs traded away my new favorite player Jody Gerut (who had a history degree from Stanford, proving that you CAN do something with a history degree...as long as you can hit a 95mph fastball)

more good news...the Cubs get reinforcements in their probably hopeless quest for the playoffs when Nomar Garciaparra, Kerry Wood, and reliever Scott Williamson all come back on friday. Nomar will replace Neifi Perez (sorry again Neifi) and Wood and Williamson will bolster the horrible bullpen. Still don't think the Cubs have enough this year to beat out the Astros and Marlins for the wildcard though.

congrats to Ryne Sandberg on his induction into the Hall of Fame this weekend. Great player, classy guy....a baseball player that baseball players respect and fans love. Way to go Ryno!

Speaking of Cooperstown, say goodbye to it for Rafael Palmiero. Testing positive and being suspended for steroids just months after he vigorously denied before Congress that he had ever used them. Oops. Way to kill that 3000 hit, Cooperstown buzz. Should have stuck to the penis pills, Raffy. Palmiero claims that he never took steroids intentionally and that he has no idea how they might have gotten into his system....umm..right. And Barry Bonds head got that big naturally.