cubs ink wood

this is great news! he is the one link left from 2003 and it's good to know he loves chicago as much as it loves him. people seem to wonder why he wouldn't take more years and more money from other teams (milwaukee, boston, san diego), but the average salary per year was less. looks like he is confident in his health and will look to have a good year this year and look for a new contract at the end of the season.

supposedly, he will compete for the closer job with marmol and howry. i don't care who gets the job (as it is the most overrated position in baseball), but the back end really looks good now.