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The Chicago Cubs today recalled right-handed pitcher Jeff
Samardzija from Triple-A Iowa. He will take the roster
spot of right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday with a blister on his right index finger. Samardzija, who will wear uniform No. 29, will be available to make his major league debut this afternoon against the Florida Marlins at Wrigley ...
Jeff Samardzija, a former two-sport star at Notre
Dame who chose baseball over football, is getting his
first chance with the Chicago Cubs. Prior to Friday's game against the Florida Marlins, the Cubs recalled Samardzija, 23, from Class AAA Iowa. He takes the roster spot of closer Kerry Wood, who is on the disabled list for the 12th time in his career due to a slow-healing blister on his ...
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The Chicago Cubs called up right-hander Jeff Samardzija
from Triple-A Iowa on Friday after placing closer Kerry
Wood on the disabled list with a blister on his right index finger. Samardzija, a former Notre Dame football star, was a starter in the ...
Brandon Wood hit five home runs, scored 10
runs and drove in 10 to earn the top
spot on this week's Hot Sheet.
Samardzija brought the heat...in high school.
Most of us work pretty hard to earn
a living. A lot of us use our hands
every day, punch in and out and break a sweat. And sometimes we get blisters. Do we call in sick? Do we use 15 days of vacation? No.
Before tonight's 6-3 win over the Marlins ,
the Cubs officially disabled Kerry Wood . After the
win, the Cubs officially summoned righthander Jeff Samardzija from Iowa. Though Samardzija appeared to be a candidate to share in middle-inning relief ...
After going on the disabled list 11 times
for various arm-related injuries over the years, Kerry Wood
went down for the 12th time Thursday because of a slow-healing blister on his right index finger.
Blister might force closer to DL; Irish product
in pipeline > Kerry Wood's blister remains bothersome, if
not yet disabling. He had to ease his way through a scheduled bullpen ...
CHICAGO -- The Cubs placed closer Kerry Wood
on the 15-day disabled list for the 12th time
in his career with fingers crossed that this stint will be the shortest of them all. A blister on Wood's right index finger has yet to fully heal, so he was ...
Blister might force closer to DL; Irish product
in pipeline By Phil Rogers | Tribune reporter 11:41
PM CDT, July 23, 2008 PHOENIX - Kerry Wood's blister remains bothersome, if not yet disabling. He had to ease his way through a scheduled bullpen ...
The Cubs went back to taking batting practice
this evening as Lou rescinded his ban on BP
that lasted one day. Soriano is off the DL and back in the lineup at leadoff. The Cubs actived Soriano and Scott Eyre and sent Micah Hoffpauir and Kevin Hart ...
PHOENIX -- Amid the expected comings and goings
on the Cubs' roster Wednesday was the lingering and
worrisome issue of closer Kerry Wood's health status.
— Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I
found no fewer than eight positives in the concluding
game of the Cubs' mostly miserable 2-4 road trip. — According to the Sun-Times , Tribune Company has pared the field of potential purchasers of the team and the ballpark down to five, with all of those parties having bid at least $1 billion. Mark Cuban is among the five; John Canning, Milwaukee ...
A great story that I just couldn’t pass
up. Of course, we all remember the 34-32 upset
of Appalachian State over the Michigan Wolverines (in Michigan, mind you) just last season. And if you somehow forgot, just check out the picture above, as it’s all you need to know. But while that occured almost 12 months...
By Mark Gonzales - 6:52 p.m. Third baseman
Joe Crede was scratched from the White Sox's lineup
because of back stiffness. Second baseman Alexei Ramirez will now bat eighth, with Juan Uribe playing third base and batting ninth.
Cubs closer Kerry Wood, who appeared headed for
the disabled list with a troublesome blister on his
right index finger, might avoid the DL after all.
The Redskins opened training camp this week, and
App State great Kerry Brown is walking the sidelines.
He’s easy to spot. He’s the guy carrying two helmets. One ain’t his. “This one’s Jon Jansen’s,” Brown ...
Hardball: So what should we think about Wood's
blister? Is it something to worry about? Remember the
original assessment was he'd be back after the All-Star break. Now it's turning into a DL stint. Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag RosenBlog: ...
PHOENIX -- The Cubs hold out hope that
closer Kerry Wood's finger irritation can be treated well
enough in the next day or so to allow him to pitch later this week against Florida, if not Wednesday against Arizona.
Jerome Holtzman, a longtime Chicago baseball journalist who
ended up in the Baseball Hall of Fame, has
died. He was 82 years old. Wood's blister popped, pressure still remains Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag RosenBlog: Next for ...
Our good friends at Wrigleyville ran a poll
asking "Who will hit DL first," Ben Sheets or
Kerry Wood? 69% of the voters said Sheets, they would be 100% wrong. "60% of the time, it works every time."
The finger blister that forced Cubs closer Kerry
Wood to miss the All-Star Game may also land
the right-hander on the disabled list.
This week: the unhappy brothers Mendenhall, Dee Brown
and Deron Williams, Carp's not ready and a Cub
is going on the DL. Can you guess which one? Too easy. I know.
HOUSTON -- It doesn't appear to be anything
close to that worst-case fear since Kerry Wood became
the Cubs' closer in March, but the hard-luck pitcher might be headed to the disabled list again as early as tonight.
Marmol would be put on the spot as
closer By Paul Sullivan | Chicago Tribune reporter 7:44
PM CDT, July 20, 2008 HOUSTON - The blister on Kerry Wood's right index finger is likely to send him to the disabled list for the 12th time in his career. ...
Marmol would be put on the spot as
closer > The blister on Kerry Wood's right index
finger is likely to send him to the disabled list for the 12th time in ...
As the wind continues to sweep around the
links of Royal Birkdale, the scores balloon and the
leaders are bringing more and more names into the equation. Chris Wood ? Simon Wakefield ? Ross Fisher ? Really? Greg Norman , the leader heading into Sunday , has struggled while Padraig Harrington has kept it steady through seven holes and is currently leading the Open Championship. Sitting ...
So far, the Major League Baseball season has
had several great stories like Josh Hamilton, Kerry Wood
and Ryan Ludwick, but as we cruise into the halfway point, who get's the midseason hardware. The usual suspects are at the top fighting for the first half MVP, CY Young and rookie of the year awards but I have a new prize to give out this year. So to kick things off, the first half awards go ...
Jim Hendry’s work is not yet finished. Wood,
as I recall, has had blister issues before. And
he is Kerry Wood. Marmol’s funk is still in overdrive. So the question is: Rich Hill to what team for which veteran reliever?
With Wood hurting, NL adds reliever By Paul
Sullivan | Tribune staff reporter 10:12 PM CDT, July
13, 2008 Manager Lou Piniella, trainer Yoshi Nakazawa and eight Cubs All-Stars left for New York after Sunday's game at Wrigley Field. According to ...
Wood has been battling a blister on his
finger, so Marmol will now head to New York
City, even though he gave up 5 runs in Saturday's game.
Cubs closer Wood out of All-Star Game with
blister. Let's take a look.
One more Cubs All-Star will be missing from
the action Tuesday in New York.
CHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Carlos Marmol was named
to the National League All-Star team to replace teammate
Kerry Wood, who cannot pitch because of a blister on his pitching hand. >
Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood, named to his second
All-Star team and first time as a closer, will
not be available for Tuesday's game because of a blister on his right index finger.
In case you missed this in our early-morning
video montage , a reminder that the Red Sox
and their fans are secure with their recent championships, and do not begrudge other up-and-coming teams a little success of their own. Of course, I don't know ...

















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Cubs recall right-handed pitcher Jeff Samardzija