That's right guys - be prepared.
Cubs we've depended on, worshipped, cheered and booed for, invited into our living rooms and become friends with just might be...not Cubs any more.
You might open the paper tomorrow morning and see a photo of Derrek Lee smiling while trying on a Padre hat.
Ryan Dempster or Kerry Wood may become Angels or Red Sox.
Henry Blanco might decide to not take a cut in pay - other teams know this guy's value.
Brian Roberts' name is going to be in our conversations again.
Jake Peavy?
Who knows, man.
But we'll all have to be ready for change.
Yeah, you can say this team's in pretty good basic shape, but even if Jim Hendry doesn't have that much cash to throw around I figure some significant moves will be made.
And that lack of cash means that people become currency.
I was a Cub Scout in Hawaii.
I think I got to badger or maybe wolf?
Can't really remember.
I was Boy Scout for a little bit in Illinois, went to summer camp and got eleven ticks when I hid in a hollow log.
Saw the scout master give us a demo on how to use a hatchet, and show us that you should NEVER turn it around and use it for a hammer.
Of course some kid went ahead and did it anyway.
He mis-hit a tent stake, the hatchet turned and sunk into his shin.
When the scout master got out the medical kit and stopped the bleeding, he actually told us about how he was prepared for this kind of thing.
Can't remember that kid's name, but he was in some pain.
Ended up having to go home and get stitches.
Anyway, that kinda burned the "be prepared" thing into my brain.
Kerry Wood not being a Cub?
You never know.
But be prepared.
