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No exciting photos today, so we'll feature the work of Tim from Cubby Blue , which is always worth a visit.
Mr. Miles eyes free agent starters
And doesn't seem to find a match
From the Daily Herald:
--Derek Lowe. The Cubs got an eyeful of Lowe in Game 1 of the NLDS last October, as ...
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Hendry's focus on 5th starter
From the Daily Herald:
In his talk today with reporters, Hendry harkened back to the days when Kerry Wood and Mark Prior would be injured, and the Cubs were left short. He doesn't seem to want that to happen this year, and that's a real concern, what ...
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Fare thee well Mr. Miles examines Hendry's lefty obsession
From the Daily Herald:
--Bradley is a switch hitter who led the AL in OBP and OPS last year. Cubs people made sure to stress the OBP thing with me, knowing full well I've been their harshest critic on that stat for a few ...
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The dust around him isn't from sliding into home, it's from whaling on all the pregnant women in the stands
mlbtraderumors.com :
According to ESPN Radio's Bruce Levine, the Cubs signed Milton Bradley to a three-year, $30MM contract "with some options in the deal." Ken Rosenthal has a ...
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Carrie sighting Well team, there's no new news or commentary today. Luckily for us, Care Bear has decided to write something anyway .
From Cubs.com:
When he announced the end-of-the-year deals, Hendry indicated there's more to come.
"We'll be adding some more people before we get to ...
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LaRussa sad to see Miles go
From the Daily Herald:
My pal Bernie Miklasz, the great columnist from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has the above-linked column in which he quotes Cardinals management saying the "cheap" tag they've been labeled with this winter is unfair. He also quotes ...
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Dempster would welcome Bradley
From the Trib:
When general manager Jim Hendry called Ryan Dempster, Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly last month to pass on the news about Tribune Co.'s filing for bankruptcy, he presumably told them about the possibility of signing free agent outfielder ...
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Cinderella story. . . comin' out of nowhere . . . about to become . . . World Series MVP
Stupid Mets, be more helpful:
The Cubs would've liked to send Jason Marquis home to New York (the Mets), but the Mets are addressing their needs one at a time and aren't looking at the fifth starter ...
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First, the Peavy stuff: (thanks to Tim over at mlbtraderumors.com for putting all of this in one place, thereby making my morning after much easier)
Yahoo's Tim Brown asked Padres GM Kevin Towers whether the Cubs' talks for Jake Peavy might reopen now that they've freed up cash. ...
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Take one last look at the pecs, girls. Because they're outta here.
ESPN
Mark DeRosa, who had been rumored to be a part of three- and four-team scenarios in the Jake Peavy trade talks is finally headed out of Chicago -- but not in a deal for the San Diego Padres' ace.
DeRosa has been ...
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Possible trade! And it's a good one! Cubs close to dealing Marquis
From the Sun-Times:
The Cubs appear close to clearing a major hurdle in their efforts to sign switch-hitting outfielder Milton Bradley.
Sources confirmed Tuesday night that the Cubs and Rockies are close to a trade ...
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Make some news already, dammit. The Ogre to the Dodgers?
Tip o' the hat to MLBTR.
From ESPN.com:
Apparently, the Dodgers aren't going to sit around all winter, waiting for Manny Ramirez to beg to come back. They now have Adam Dunn on their shopping list.
The Dodgers contacted Dunn's ...
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Raise your hand if you had this on your wall as a kid.
So. . . the 2009 candidates for the HOF have been announced, and the top three returning vote getters are Jim Rice (kinda), Bert Blyleven (yes) and our own Andre Dawson (hell yes). Last year, Dawson got 65.9 percent of the vote, the ...
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Cubs consider inviting two Japanese pitchers to spring training
From the Trib:
Despite mixed results from the Kosuke Fukudome experiment, the Cubs are considering inviting two Japanese pitchers to spring training to compete for relief jobs.
The pitcher they're most interested in is ...
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Just give me another chance, baby. This time, I promise to love you like I should. And to stand closer to the plate
Sammy wants to bring back the magic :
Sammy Sosa has not ruled out playing for a Major League team in 2009, according to a report in the Dominican newspaper Listin Diario.
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As Christmas, more nights of Chanunkkah, Boxing Day and (presumably) Kwanzaa (I'll admit, I have no idea when Kwanzaa is) inch closer, the editorial and support staff here at LOHO are going to shut the place down until after Christmas.
You see, Carl got into the mulled wine, Matt took off ...
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Me on my way to work this morning Looks like the Mets have the inside track on Tim Redding
And you're all wondering, "Why in the hell does this matter?"
From FoxSports.com:
The Rockies like Redding, but they are exploring a wide range of options, including a trade for Cubs ...
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Let's see. There's really not much going on out there today.
Those of you who are enarmored of Board Game despite his violent history have some competition , from everyone's favorite wood-stick chewing dude:
Reds general manager Walt Jocketty told the Cincinnati Enquirer ...
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This week's mailbag takes us to Budapest!
There's nothing going on, so we'll highlight Carrie's mailbag from earlier this week.
From Cubs.com
First up, either Bryan can't read or he can't comprehend what he's able to read. I don't remember any trade scenario involving this ...
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Just pretend I photoshopped him into a Cubs uni
ESPN's Jerry Crasnick has an interesting article on Bobby Abreu today. Abreu has been listed amongst the few lefty-OFers the Cubs have reportedly been pursuing, and, as many of you know my feelings about Milton Bradley (admittedly biased ...
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