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espn.go.com - 2 days ago
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Free agent pitcher John Grabow and the Chicago
Cubs are close to agreeing on a two-year contract
worth nearly $7.5 million for the left-handed pitcher. Grabow, who was traded to the Cubs last summer from Pittsburgh, will be the North Siders' primary ...
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Grabow deal nears
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bleachernation.com - 40 hours ago
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The Chicago Cubs are on the verge of
doing what they do so well in the Jim
Hendry era: resigning the players they want to keep. Unfortunately, they’re also on the verge of doing what they do so crappily: signing middle relievers with short track records of success to contracts for too ...
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John Grabow is About to Get Paid
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
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The Managers of the Year were announced earlier
today and Squawker Lisa and I just competed in
a trivia contest , so here's a trivia question: Who won the American League Manager of the Year in 2000 and who finished second? And who did they beat out? Before I give the answers, Lisa and I had ...
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Remembering the 2000 AL Manager of the Year race
bleachernation.com - 10 days ago
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Kevin Gregg has officially filed for free agency.
The Chicago Cubs are not expected to re-sign him,
or even offer him arbitration despite his Type A designation. Carlos Marmol is expected to take over as the closer next year. Related posts: Cubs Free Agent Classifications Are Now Official ...
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Kevin Gregg is a Free Agent
cubbienation.net - 11 days ago
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Filed:November 9th, 2009 Mike Cameron (Cubbie Nation/file) No,
it hasn't come to fruition yet, but I suspect
that it's a phrase that we should all start practicing. The Milwaukee Brewers acquired center fielder Carlos Gomez in a swap with the Twins for J.J. Hardy, relegating Mike ...
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Welcome back to Chicago, Mike Cameron!
hirejimessian.com - 7 days ago
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Oh, good to see you nerds. I figured
everyone on the planet, including Chad Ochocinco , is
playing Modern Warfare 2. When he’s not Tweeting two hundred times a day. Thanks as always for the tips . How many times do you think Hef will get asked, “Do the Bunnies come with the ...
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Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “You’re Probably ...
bleachernation.com - 28 days ago
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Some folks believe Rudy Jaramillo is the best
hitting coach in baseball, and he’s now a member
of the Chicago Cubs’ coaching staff. Should they now go after the best pitching coach in baseball? Now that the Cubs have signed the supposed best hitting coach in baseball in Rudy ...
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Should Cubs Go After Dave Duncan?
hirejimessian.com - 28 days ago
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It’s looking pretty inevitable that the Yankees are
going to be the American League representative in this
year’s World Series. That means it would be a Phillies-Yankees matchup. Could it be any more boring than that? We just saw Philly win the World Series, and I’m sick of ...
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Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “World Series That ...
chicagocubsonline.com - 27 days ago
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According to the Cubs.com transactions wire , the
Cubs outrighted Bobby Scales to Triple-A Iowa on Friday
... with the move the Cubs' 40-man roster was reduced to 38 players . Scales made his big league debut in 2009 and played in 51 games.
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From the Wire ... Scales Outrighted to Triple-A
talkingchicagobaseball.com - 24 days ago
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The disaster of 2006 brought about a ton
of changes to the Cubs starting with the hiring
of Lou Piniella as manager. Lou came out of the broadcast booth to turn the Cubs into winners again, but he wasn't going to do so without the Cubs getting some more talent. That meant Jim Hendry had to ...
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TCB All-Decade Project: Reviewing 2007
bleachernation.com - 23 days ago
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The Chicago Cubs sported a very healthy $140
million(ish) payroll in 2009 - good enough to top
the Senior Circuit (with the New York Mets having about the same payroll). And it was worth every penny, right? Fans no doubt expect that payroll will increase next year, and it is expected to do ...
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Payroll May Increase Slightly, But Might Not Include Any ...
hirejimessian.com - 22 days ago
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Congratulations to Tom Ricketts for finally getting control
of the Cubs . In honor of his new
Cub ownership, I have prepared a trailer for the program I expect him to institute prior to the 2010 season. So, without further ado… Coming soon to a theater near you… Lou Piniella ...
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The Man Who Screams at Goats
hirejimessian.com - 21 days ago
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Happy Halloween, guys and ghouls. Ha ha ha!
Seriously though, ghouls, do us all a favor and
dress like sluts tomorrow. There’s nothing scarier than Mark McGwire’s pockmarks, so I assume you’ve had your fill of terror for this week. But I hope you all have a safe and happy ...
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Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Scarier Than ...
thecubreporter.com - 21 days ago
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Tom Ricketts and family will be introduced to
Cubs fans everywhere in a press conference on Friday
morning at 11am CST and probably a couple dozen TV and radio interviews. To help you get through the day, I suggest grabbing your favorite alcoholic beverage(bring a thermos if you're at work) ...
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The Tom Ricketts Drinking Game
bugsandcranks.com - 21 days ago
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Professional wrestling personality/legend/icon Captain Lou Albano passed away
from natural causes last week at the age 76.
Yes, it’s possible for professional wrestlers to live well into their 70’s and pass from natural causes. Though ...
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Better Management Resume: Lou Piniella or Captain Lou?
npr.org - 21 days ago
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Curse? What curse? Tom Ricketts, who's taking over
as chairman of baseball's Chicago Cubs now that his
family has completed its $845 million purchase of the franchise, isn't one to subscribe to the many, many reasons that many, many Cubs fans think ...
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Cubs' New Owner: 'There Is No Curse'
chicagocubsonline.com - 17 days ago
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The Cubs' organizational meetings begin Tuesday in Mesa,
Arizona and run through Friday with more than ninety
members of the Cubs' organization converging on Fitch Park ... from scouts to minor league coaches and coordinators to Oneri Fleita to Jim Hendry to Lou Piniella and his coaching staff. ...
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Let the Cubs Organizational Meetings Begin
sports.espn.go.com - 17 days ago
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Three years and three weeks ago, Joe Girardi
interviewed for his dream job. He didn't get it.
That job, of course, was manager of Chicago Cubs . He waited a year, did some TV, and then got another job. A pretty good one managing the New York Yankees ...
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The Chicago Cubs passed on Joe Girardi to hire Lou ...
bleachernation.com - 15 days ago
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I hope you weren’t planning on taking your
time in purchasing passes for the 2010 Cubs Convention.
The remaining passes for the 2010 Cubs Convention sold out in 15 minutes on Wednesday morning, the Cubs announced. The Cubs distributed more than 10,000 passes, many of which were ...
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Want to Go to the 2010 Cubs Convention? Act Fast! - Too ...
