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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
According to Sun-Times beat reporter, Gordon Wittenmeyer , with the signing of John Grabow to a 2/7.5 contract (backended as only Jim Hendry can do) and the trading of Aaron Heilman to the Snakes, the Cubs have supposedly made their final bullpen move of the offseason. The deal appears to secure the final key piece to the Cubs' projected 2010 bullpen, coming one day after the team traded veteran Aaron...
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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 --...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP A-Rod has a good day. In the postseason. Who knew? Browse more photos » In case you didn't stay up late last night -- and the game went a ridiculous three hours and fifty-four minutes with the teams combining for thirty men left on base -- the Dodgers beat the Cardinals 5-3, taking a 1-0 lead in their division series matchup. The home teams won all three...
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Cubbie Nation (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Filed:October 4th, 2009 Wrigley Field at season's end (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of this weekend's games It's over. The Cubs ended the 2009 season in a game that pretty much sums up the year; they got some good pitching, someone homered, and in the end, they couldn't come through in the clutch, this time losing 5-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Cubs finish the season 83-78....
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Nine - Cubs 3 Diamondbacks 12 WP - Billy Buckner (4-6) LP - Tom Gorzelanny (7-3) Save - None Since being officially eliminated on Tuesday night from post-season play, Lou Piniella's crew has mailed in their remaining games. After being shutout on Wednesday, scoring just two runs in the nightcap (being blanked before the rains came on Thursday) and scoring a grand total of three...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Eight - Cubs 2 Pirates 8 WP - Jeff Karstens (4-5) LP - Carlos Zambrano (9-7) Save - None The Chicago Cubs are just going through the motions at this point. After dropping game one 4-0 and managing only four hits on Wednesday afternoon, the Cubs scored only two runs in the second game and the Pirates swept the Cubs in the day-night doubleheader . Entering play on Wednesday the...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Five - Cubs 1 Giants 5 WP - Matt Cain (14-7) LP - Randy Wells (11-10) Save - Brian Wilson (37) After an excellent start to the four-game series against the Giants, the Cubs could not complete the sweep on Sunday afternoon behind Randy Wells . The Cubs' offense managed three hits against Matt Cain in eight dominant innings ... and one of the three was a double by Randy Wells...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-One - Cubs 2 Brewers 3 WP - Chris Narveson (2-0) LP - Jeff Samardzija (1-3) Save - Trevor Hoffman (35) The Cubs season with the Brewers ended the way it began ... with a loss . In between the Cubs posted a 10-5 record against Milwaukee, the fourth straight year the Cubs won the season series against the Brewers (10-7). Jeff Samardzija showed a lot of improvement from his last...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-Nine - Cubs 10 Brewers 2 WP - Tom Gorzelanny (6-2) LP - Braden Looper (13-7) Save - None According to several reports , the Cubs were very relaxed for one of the few times this season and came out swinging against Braden Looper . The Cubs scored four runs in the first inning highlighted by a two-run single by Derrek Lee and a sacrifice fly RBI in the first big league at bat...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP The proverbial "managerial wheels" were turning last night. The Cubs still lost. Browse more photos » NOW what do you do with Rich Harden ? One of the more exasperating talents in recent years to wear a Cub uniform, Harden has had great success this year in night games (6-3, 2.66 before last night's game). So you figured that he'd be...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-Four - Cubs 5 Brewers 9 WP - Braden Looper (13-6) LP - Rich Harden (9-9) Save - None The end of Rich Harden's season is starting to look like the way it began, very inconsistent and ineffective. Rich Harden was hit very hard in his three innings of work and if the wind had not been blowing in the score could have been a lot worse. Harden gave up five runs, two earned, on five...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty-Three - Cubs 2 Mets 6 WP - Brian Stokes (2-4, BS 2) LP - Kevin Gregg (5-6) Save - Francisco Rodriguez (29) The Chicago Cubs have begun mailing in what is left of the season. So much for playing for pride, this team just looks like they want the year over as quickly as possible. A day after being shutout by Carlos Torres , the Cubs allowed Bobby Parnell to throw seven innings...
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Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
The Chicago Cubs today activated infielder Andres Blanco from the 15-day disabled list and recalled right-handed pitcher Justin Berg and infielder/outfielder Micah Hoffpauir from Triple-A Iowa. Added by: cubscore Viewed: 0 time(s) Tags/Keywords: frontpage Added On: 2009-09-04
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ESPN (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
The Chicago Cubs announced on Tuesday that infielder Andres Blanco is back from the DL, and recall two others from Triple-A Iowa.
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty: Cubs (65-64) vs. Astros (63-68) Game Time - 7:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (9-7, 3.06/1.22) vs. Brian Moehler (8-9, 5.26/1.51) Lou Piniella's crew enters play tonight just a game above .500 and in need of a win to keep from hitting the mediocre mark once again this season. The Cubs continued...
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