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waxpaperbeercup.com - 6 days ago
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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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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 ...
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Yesterday it was announced that Tom Ricketts and his family had taken control of the Cubs. Well, Mesa and the rest of the Cactus League would like to get to know Tom Ricketts real quick. With the Cubs eyeing a possible move to the Grapefruit League, Mesa is preparing to roll out the carpet for ...
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Chicago Cubs
waxpaperbeercup.com - 12 days ago
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As Cub fans, it is our instinct to
look ahead. So with Tom Ricketts and his family
taking control of the club , it is easy to look ahead to what we hope will be better days for the Northsiders. The reality is none of us have a crystal ball, so that ...
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Cubs Sale: the Tribune’s stewardship of the Cubs
waxpaperbeercup.com - 12 days ago
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Ding, ding, ding. It is October 27, 2009
and after 2+ years the sale of the Chicago
Cubs is complete. Out with the Tribune and in with the Ricketts family. SI.com reports : The sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the ...
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Cubs Sale: COMPLETED
(When I was a kid and Bill Veeck sold the Chicago White Sox to the group headed by Eddie Einhorn and Jerry Reinsdorf they had a presser. Veeck, who was always a showman, handed the keys to Reinsdorf. I’m not sure I can see Sam Zell even sitting at the same table as Tom Ricketts to give ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Sam Zell
waxpaperbeercup.com - 17 days ago
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The Starlin Castro love continues to come from
the desert. This from the 4-letters Keith Law :
Starlin Castro is a future star. He won’t turn 20 until March but was one of the best and most impressive hitters I saw in Arizona. He has ...
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Starlin Castro Superstar
In case you don’t know by now? Where have you been? Phil Rogers deserves some kudos because last week he scooped all of us with the Rudy Jaramillo to the Cubs rumor. Anyways, the Cubs made it official today that they will add the highly regarded Jaramillo to Lou Piniella’s ...
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Chicago Cubs
Rudy Jaramillo
Jim Hendry
Texas Rangers
waxpaperbeercup.com - 18 days ago
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The latest rising star in the Cubs minor
league system is 19 year old Starlin Castro .
The shortstop from the Dominican Republic is turning heads in the Arizona Fall League. Castro is turning heads to the point where in the last two days there have ...
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Starlin Castro at Wrigley in 2010?
waxpaperbeercup.com - 19 days ago
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Last spring this page discussed the death of
the baseball beat . While this has been in
the making for sometime, what we didn’t realize was the beat wouldn’t really ever die. It just won’t be done by the Sullivan’s, ...
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Death of the baseball beat? (part deux)
How are the young Cubs doing out in Mesa? Here you go:
The Solar Sox are 2-3 through the first five. 2.0 games back. Now what matters:
Starlin Castro — 4 games .500/.533/.571 he’s doubled, scored 2 runs and driven in 3.
Josh Vitters — 3 games, .455/.500/.545 he has a ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Luis Castillo
Josh Beckett
John Russell
Arizona Diamondbacks
James Brown
Yesterday the news broke that Texas hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, considered by many to be the best hitting coach in MLB, was not going to re-sign with the Rangers. Now SI’s Jon Heyman is reporting the Cubs are negotiating to make Jaramillo their hitting coach:
Well-regarded hitting ...
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Chicago Cubs
Rudy Jaramillo
Texas Rangers
Jon Heyman
waxpaperbeercup.com - 23 days ago
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Earlier this season I was over at ACB
discussing Cub fans and the changes that have occurred
over the past decade. Mercurial Outfielder asked me if I could pinpoint when the change took place. It didn’t take me anytime to pinpoint it. I was ...
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The night Cub fandom changed
This morning the Tribune featured a piece in which Phil Rogers suggested the Cubs might go after Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. It was fun to think about for a second but then I just kind of disregarded it like most of the offseason rumors that surround this club. Well a few ...
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Chicago Cubs
Texas Rangers
Rudy Jaramillo
Hard to believe that the final stages of this have went as swimmingly as they have. The Cubs sale which has been full of glitches since spring of 2007 when the team went on the block is set to close in about two weeks. Despite the hand written letter by Shawon Dunston, the Cubs are about to ...
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Chicago Cubs
Sam Zell
Bud Selig
We’re getting down to the final stages of the Chicago Cubs sale. Today the Cubs have filed for bankruptcy. We’ve been waiting for this to happen for sometime. This is one of the final steps in a sales process that has dragged on for a long-long time. Reuters has the details :
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