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‘Duk over at Yahoo’s Big League Stew posted this in his blog post today :
It’s admittedly a very loose comparison, but Joe Mauer(notes) and Mark Prior(notes) have become the Michael Jordan and Sam Bowie of the 2001 MLB draft.
Ouch, Sam Bowie , that kind of hurts ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Mark Prior
Minnesota Twins
Joe Mauer
A few off the field items that may or may not be related:
1. According to the Bright One’s Lewis Lazare the Cubs have hired a marketing guru to finally replace the position that became open when Jay Blunk left the Cubs to join the Hawks. (I know the title is different and all of that ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Wally Backman
A couple of items involving the Cubs bullpen took place earlier today:
1. The Cubs signed John Grabow to a two year deal .
The Chicago Cubs and John Grabow have agreed to terms of a two-year contract that will pay the left-handed set-up man close to $7.5 million, according to a source ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
John Grabow
Aaron Heilman
Jim Hendry
According to the Bucks County Courier Times the Phillies fun with Pedro Martinez appears to be over. There are two suitors for the services of the 38 year old future HOFer. The LA Dodgers and your Chicago Cubs:
As much as both sides enjoyed their 2 1/2-month joyride together, all signs ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Pedro Martinez
Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles Dodgers
As Cub fans we are glutton’s for punishment. Still most of that punishment came between the months of June and September (and occasionally October). The last three off seasons now, Cub fans have set their sites on a player that is property of another team. You remember, after the 2007 ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Curtis Granderson
Brian Roberts
Jake Peavy
Josh Beckett
Jim Hendry
I almost missed this nugget the other day in one of Bruce Levine’s posts from the GM meetings:
We’ve also learned former Cubs general manager Ed Lynch has left the organization to pursue a job with Major League Baseball. Lynch was a scout in Arizona for the Cubs. He was fired ...
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Chicago Cubs
Arizona Diamondbacks
Andy MacPhail
Since the 2006-7 offseason we have talked about the backloaded contracts and the impact that they would one day have on the Chicago Cubs. Well ladies and gents, that time has come and we are in the eye of the storm this offseason. The crazy spending spree that the Cubs went on following 2006 ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Jim Hendry
It appears that the Cubs are still trying to sell Milton Bradley, even though it is more and more apparent that they will 1. probably not get much in return and 2. have to pay a large percentage of his contract. SI’s Jon Heyman explains more of the details on why Milton Bradley has to ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Milton Bradley
Jim Hendry
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According to ESPN 1000’s Bruce Levine the plan
to renovate Wrigley Field by 2014 (the ballparks 100th)...
will continue under new owner Tom Ricketts. Levine gives out the details : Part of his plans for Wrigley centers around the 100th ...
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Wrigley 2014: the plan continues under Ricketts
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found this 25 days agofound this
Tom Ricketts and his family will formally meet the Chicago press this morning. An 11:00 AM CT presser will take place at Wrigley Field. Cubs.com will stream the event live here:
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?topic_id=6261176
I expect this will be a feel good presser with few ...
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Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field
It must be nice to be in the Cubs situation. Even with a shitty economy and double digit unemployment, the Cubs are going to raise ticket prices in 2010. ESPN 1000’s Bruce Levine reports :
Hard facts of a turbulent economy and a veteran-laden roster dictate some economic concessions ...
