It’s been a pretty interesting day living in the state of Illinois. I woke up this morning and logged on to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE’s website to see if there was any news coming out of baseball’s Winter Meetings surrounding the Cubs and White Sox, and instead I was hit with a barrage of stories about our Governor Rod Blagojevich. Yes, our wonderful Governor was arrested this morning by the FBI at his home thanks to his apparent attempt to award Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat to the highest bidder.

Now I wasn’t exactly shocked to find out that my Governor was going to jail — Corruption in Illinois politics!?  Get out of town! — because our last Governor is currently in prison.  No, the shock was that the $25.53 I bid for the Senate seat just wasn’t enough. What’s truly unfortunate about this whole thing though is that Rod’s corruption wasn’t just limited to trivial things like Senate seats but also to more important matters — like the sale of the Chicago Cubs.

From the CHICAGO TRIBUNE:

Blagojevich and [Chief of Staff John] Harris also allegedly conspired to demand the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members responsible for editorials critical of Blagojevich in exchange for state help with the sale of Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs baseball stadium owned by Tribune Co.

The man is a Cubs fan and he wouldn’t even help his favorite team without getting something in return. That could be the most unforgivable crime of all.

Next thing you know it’s going to be discovered that Blagojevich is somehow responsible for the Cubs not winning the World Series because the team refused to give him a playoff share.