Some Cubs players on roster bubble
Published 3/26/2008 by Carrie Muskat at Major League Baseball News
The moving truck was outside of the Cubs' clubhouse on Wednesday, ready to be loaded for the trip to Chicago, and the roster is 99 percent set, but there were still some players unsure whether to put their belongings on it. Matt Murton was one of those.
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