The Cubs' .525 win percentage in 2007 put Lou Piniella 8th among all-time Cubs' managers in win percentage, among managers who have managed at least 100 games. The rankings page has been updated.

A look at some good, recent writing from the Cubs Blog Army:

• Phil Bencomo of Cub Town writes of "Life, Baseball, And Cynicism." Specifically, as it relates to Mark Prior. We remember the greatness. We now see the futility. The result could be despair ("How times have changed," as Wrigleyville23 writes), or it could be continued hope.

A few items of interest:

• FanGraphs has some exciting plans: real time(!) Win Probability data for all big league games in 2007 and a minor league stats database. I, for one, am looking forward to a historical minor league stats site less cluttered than the incomparable (at this time) The Baseball Cube.

• In other site happenings, Phil Bencomo of the underappreciated Cubbiepalooza has joined Derek Smart at Cub Town, forging a well worth reading duo.

• I received The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2007 for Christmas and am now in the process of enjoying reading it. Rog G. of The Cub Reporter gives us "Ten Things" he's learned from the book that will give you a glimpse of how good it is.

A look at some good, recent writing from the Cubs Blog Army:

Evan Brunell from www.all-baseball.com reminds us of one of the Cubs most patriotic plays on the field.

The Flag Burners Vs. Bicentennial Rick
http://www.all-baseball.com/archives/022...

A look at some good, recent writing from the Cubs Blog Army:

A look at some good, recent writing from the Cubs Blog Army:

A look at some good, recent writing from the Cubs Blog Army:

A look at some good writing in the Cubs Blog Army over the past week: