Coming off of a banner 2008 in which he introduced the landmark plus-minus system, Phil Rogers had quite a year in 2009. Logic fallacies. Blatant errors. Temper tantrums in print. They were all there:

January 11: WV23 predicts Rogers has jinxed the 2009 season for the Cubs. Done and done.

January 24: Rogers basically calls players weenies for opting out of the World Baseball Classic.

February 1: Rogers couldn't figure out why the Cubs had yet to sign Paul Bako - even though it had been reported elsewhere that they needed to free up a roster spot.

February 7: Rogers suggests Sam Fuld is planning on outplaying Kosuke Fukudome and Reed Johnson for the center field spot. In that post, he approves of Fuld sitting out his Venezuela Winter League team games to stay fresh, just two weeks after chastising other players for sitting out the WBC.

February 7: Rogers reports that the Astros are planning a "sneak attack" on the Cubs in 2009. Like the Redcoats at the Jamaica Pass. Or the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Or Phil Rogers on logic.

February 7: Rogers isn't convinced Rich Hill is a disappointment. Nor is Rich Hill's mother.

February 8: Rich Hill has nothing critical to say about Lou Piniella, a day after Rogers predicted he would take some shots.

February 15: Rogers says Khalil Greene will be a "welcome addition" in St. Louis because Cardinals shortstops only drove in 31 runs in 2008. Greene drove in 24 runs in 2009.

March 18: Rogers gets one right, saying Chris Carpenter is looking good for the Cardinals - making them dangerous in 2009.

April 7: Rogers is upset the Cubs helped open Yankee Stadium with an exhibition game. April 14: Rogers says the opening of bigger, better and cleaner ballparks makes Wrigley and Fenway seem all the nicer. Or something like that.

April 15: Chris Carpenter goes down to injury. We blame Rogers.

April 15: Rogers calls for adding the designated hitter to the National League because Carpenter got hurt. Using that logic, we suggest other changes.

April 19: Rogers declares Rudy Jaramillo "has done it again" by helping Andruw Jones get on track - after 11 whole at-bats (he had a batting line of .545/.688/1.091 at the time). Jones finishes the year with a .214/.323/.459 batting line.

April 30: Mark Prior goes down again - and Rogers has never acknowledged that he said the Cubs made a mistake by letting him go a year earlier.

May 7: WV23 is eagerly awaiting the long-planned sneak attack by the Houston Astros.

June 29: Rogers calls on the Cubs to trade Carlos Zambrano for "a bag of balls."

June 29: WV23 reminds the world that Rogers called for the Cubs to keep Mark Prior - and let Z go. Shrewd.

July 1: Z reminds Phil that he has a no-trade clause - and suggests he'd be happy in Boston and LA.

July 1: WV23 demonstrates that Z is, cumulatively, one of the five best pitchers since he entered the league.

July 3: Z goes seven strong innings to lead the Cubs to a win; WV23 suggests Rogers should resign.

July 18: Z stays hot; Rogers still bad at this job.

July 20: Rogers suggests that trades at the deadline don't help teams - except when they do. And he doesn't say when they don't. Other than that, great column.

July 22: Z still better at his job than Rogers.

July 26: Rogers suggests the Cardinals play Matt Holliday in left, Colby Rasmus in center and Ryan Ludwick in left. That would be the greatest left field in the history of left fields.

August 27: Rogers breaks out the pitchforks in suggesting the Cubs should cut Milton Bradley immediately and calls him the "leading contributor to the 2009 disappointment". No less than Crane Kenney calls that a stupid idea when Rogers again brings it up at the winter meetings.

August 30: Rogers praises "old-style" players. Um, OK.

August 30: Rogers predicts the Cubs will move Rich Harden to the Twins at the waiver deadline, leading to this WV23 headline: "Rich Harden Is Staying!"

August 31: Harden stays with Cubs.

August 31: Days after Rogers writes Joe Crede could retire (attributing it to nobody), Crede says: "I have no plans of retiring.

September 27: "Baseball people" tell Rogers the White Sox could trade Jake Peavy for Carlos Zambrano. WV23 suggests "baseball people" is code for "Rogers' Aaron Rowand bobblehead and the mannequin he dug out from behind Marshall Fields on that very odd night in 1987."

October 1: Rogers suggests pitcher Paul Byrd could solve the Cubs' outfield bat problems for 2010. The Cubs already have a hitting pitcher, but Rogers wants to trade him for a bag of balls. Strange.

October 17: Rogers takes to Twitter to complain about the lack of heat in the Yankees' press box - and gets facts wrong in the process.

October 18: Rogers oddly uses "Mama" in a Twitter post about a North Texas football player.

November 9: Rogers compares Milton Bradley rumors to bad acid at Woodstock. That would explain some things.

November 11: Rogers decides Luis Castillo is a player who "fits the Cubs long-term plans nicely."

November 11: Rogers apparently believes trades can only be made in person.

November 12: Rogers starts his jihad to bring Curtis Granderson to Chicago, pining for his "intelligence" and "uncannily cool presence" and calling him "the next best thing to Derek Jeter."

December 9: Rogers is absolutely despondent over the Cubs' failure to trade for Curtis Granderson, citing his "off-the-chart intangibles."

December 24: WV23 notes that Rogers has a mere 649 Twitter followers - far fewer than his peers. Wonder why? See above

December 27: Andy Dolan catches Rogers making a mess of a name - and nobody's even sure what he meant. So there you have it.

That's Phil Rogers' 2009 in review. What was your favorite moment? Can he possibly top it in 2010? Stay tuned.