Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lot has been made in recent years about the 2003 season being the year that changed Cubs fans, but that is not true. That 2003 season was merely a point in time one can precisely point to, but it was not when the expectations of the fans were raised. That happened years earlier. Actually, I could make the argument that it happened in 1984, but by the mid-90s the fan base had settled back down to...
gauri3xitg | 2 hours ago
CHICAGO – General managers grabbed their bags, caught a quick lunch and headed down the corridor a short distance to their flights Wednesday after their annual meeting ended in a hotel at O'Hare International Airport. No trades were announced during the three-day session. "It's the same thing every year at this time of year," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said. "There
MetsBlog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
SNY’s Ted Berg, of Ted Quarters, explains why it is pretty obvious that Omar Minaya and Jim Hendry are looking for a ‘sucker.’ In a post to Always Amazin, Matthew Artus points out that Shea Stadium makes an appearance in the film Old Dogs. Will, of Blue and Orange, uses words to explain why, “Words can’t adequately [...]
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
With two weeks to go before the winter meetings in Indianapolis there are more rumors surrounding the Chicago Cubs than actual news, which is to be expected. With the 2010 payroll reportedly set very close to the amount that was paid to field the disappointing 2009 squad ( between $140 and $150 million ), most of the changes Jim Hendry is expected to make will come from moving players and their contracts....
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
The Chicago Cubs made a little noise last week with the two-year, $7.5 million deal for John Grabow and send Aaron Heilman to Arizona for a pair of prospects. Then Friday afternoon, the Cubs added five players to their major league roster ... three expected and two, well a little surprising. John Gaub , Welington Castillo and Blake Parker along with Rafael Dolis and James Adduci were protected from...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Chicago Cubs hitting coach might be able to help him against left-handers Many in the Cubs' front office think they would be foolish to give up Starlin Castro to get Curtis Granderson , but there are a lot of other ways to do the deal. General manager Jim Hendry appreciates all Granderson brings to the table, even though he has had trouble hitting left-handers in two of the last three seasons. Perhaps...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tim Lincecum picked up his second consecutive NL Cy Young award on Thursday. The BBWAA awards will take a break on Friday and pickup next week with the announcements of the NL and AL MVPs. One note on the NL Cy Young award, Keith Law and Will Carroll might steer clear of St. Louis for a few months. Let the free agent frenzy begin ... just not on the North Side of Chicago. The majority of changes the...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More photos » by Al Behrman - AP No scenes like this will be seen in 2010. Aaron Heilman is headed to Arizona. Browse more photos » With all apologies due to BCB reader brian custer, a close friend of Aaron Heilman , he'll have to head to Phoenix to see his buddy pitch in 2010 -- the Cubs sent Heilman to the Diamondbacks today for two minor leaguers. Personally, I'm happy about this --...
Cubbie Nation (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Filed:November 18th, 2009 Mark DeRosa (Cubbie Nation/file) You ever found yourself reading a well-written piece, and feeling like it all sounds logical and sensible, then think about it a little more, and wonder if the writer if off his meds? I had a moment like this when I read a recent piece by Foxsports writer Dayn Perry, who proposes in the column a number of moves that teams need to make this...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Zack Grienke became the first Kansas City Royal since Brett Saberhagen in 1985 to win the AL Cy Young award on Tuesday . The NL and AL Managers of the Year will be announced on Wednesday . In between the debate and the rumors surrounding Curtis Granderson there is Milton Bradley . By all accounts Milton Bradley's time with the Cubs is over but Jim Hendry must find a way out of the more than $21 million...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Last week the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards were handed out and Carlos Zambrano won his third silver bat for being the best hitting pitcher in the National League . This week the majority of the BBWAA (Baseball Writers Association of America) awards will be handed out ... NL and AL Rookie of the Year on Monday, AL Cy Young Tuesday, NL and AL Manager of the Year on Wednesday and NL Cy Young...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP about 1 month ago: Detroit Tigers' Curtis Granderson rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the Minnesota Twins in the eighth inning of Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009, in Detroit. The Tigers defeated the Twins 6-5. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson) Browse more photos » Yesterday Phil Rogers from the Chicago Tribune...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The Chicago Tribune 's Phil Rogers heard from a source close to the Cubs that said general manager Jim Hendry is "absolutely" interested a package full of prospects to the Tigers for Curtis Granderson . (And really, if he wasn't, would Hendry be doing his job?) The key word in Rogers' second paragraph, however, is "if." If Dave Dombrowski is willing to trade Granderson, Hendry wants...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Cubs' GM Jim Hendry "absolutely" is interested in offering a prospect-heavy package to the Tigers for Curtis Granderson according to a source close to the team, says Phil Rogers of The Chicago Tribune. Yesterday we heard that the two sides were not yet in trade talks, but Rogers' source says that Hendry and Tigers' GM Dave Dombrowski "spoke about Granderson and other Tigers players during...
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watersblogged! (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Cubs' GM Jim Hendry, who single-handedly ruined last season and turned a two-time defending division champion into an also-ran, may be about to ruin the next ten or twelve seasons at a single swoop. Hendry is reported to be aggressively pursuing Detroit center fielder Curtis Granderson. Fair enough. But talk is that he'll be offering a "prospect-heavy" deal- and if it includes either shortstop...
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gauri3xitg | 2 hours ago
CHICAGO – General managers grabbed their bags, caught a quick lunch and headed down the corridor a short distance to their flights Wednesday after their annual meeting ended in a hotel at O'Hare International Airport. No trades were announced during the three-day session. "It's the same thing every year at this time of year," White Sox general manager Ken Williams said. "There is nothing to report."...
stanley72paq | 11/07/2009
CHICAGO – Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. "I'll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year," Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference. "The fact is, there is enough...
cameo9p056 | 11/04/2009
CHICAGO – Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one. "I'll be honest. I think we have a team that can do it next year," Tom Ricketts said without hesitation Friday at a Wrigley Field news conference. "The fact is, there is enough...
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