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bleachernation.com - 110 minutes 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
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cubbienation.net - 23 hours 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!
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bleachernation.com - 5 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 ...
sports.espn.go.com - 7 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 ...
chicagocubsonline.com - 7 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
npr.org - 10 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'
hirejimessian.com - 11 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 ...
bugsandcranks.com - 11 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?
thecubreporter.com - 11 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
hirejimessian.com - 11 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
bleachernation.com - 13 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 ...
talkingchicagobaseball.com - 13 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
chicagocubsonline.com - 17 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
hirejimessian.com - 17 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 ...
bleachernation.com - 18 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?
mlb.mlb.com - 20 days ago
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By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com 10/21/09 2:34 PM
ET CHICAGO -- The Cubs hired former Rangers hitting
coach Rudy Jaramillo on Wednesday to be the newest member of manager Lou Piniella's staff. "Rudy Jaramillo is widely regarded as the premiere hitting ...
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Cubs hire Jaramillo to be hitting coach
bleachernation.com - 20 days ago
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The worst kept secret in the universe is
no longer a secret: the Chicago Cubs are set
to sign former Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo to a there year deal. The Cubs will announce Wednesday that former Texas Rangers hitting instructor Rudy Jaramillo has signed a three-year, $2.42 ...
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Moderately Obsessive Hitting Coach Watch: Rudy Jaramillo ...
hirejimessian.com - 22 days ago
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When there’s no Cubs baseball about which I
can obsess, my mind tends to wander. The other
day, I got to wondering what the hell managers actually say when they go out to argue a call. How can an umpire and a manager carry on a conversation that lasts more than thirty seconds? It ...
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I Am In Disagreeance
blog.cubhub.net - 22 days ago
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The 2009 Cubs were a major disappointment by
nearly any measure. They didn’t hit, they didn’t field,
even the Cubs vaunted pitching staff faltered. The team sustained major injuries, fought on and off the field, and was generally unlikeable . One of the main causes of this (that is ...
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First Signing for 2010 Cubs Must Be Owner
goatriders.org - 24 days ago
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Baseball fans are like philosophers. If you encounter
them one at a time, you might learn something
interesting about baseball -- much as a philosopher may teach you something interesting about life. But if you should ever happen to see ...
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Hitting coach? Who cares?
hirejimessian.com - 24 days ago
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In the 90’s, many of you probably spent
hours staring at a white Bronco leading the lowest-speed
chase in California history. In the 00’s, the captivating chase was even slower. You probably spent some time yesterday watching an empty helium balloon floating through the Colorado ...
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Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Help! I’m ...
bleachernation.com - 25 days ago
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It did not take long for the Chicago
Cubs to move on their new hitting coach. The
rumors of the Cubs’ interest in Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo are not yet cold - they just started percolating three days ago - and it looks like it’s nearly a done deal. GM Jim Hendry has ...
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Cubs Expected to Sign Rudy Jaramillo to Multi-year Deal
hirejimessian.com - 25 days ago
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In this week’s Muskbox , we learn that
Cubs fans still don’t understand how trades work, someone
actually likes Aaron Heilman, and there is a person outside the Harry Potter universe named “Mordy.” Is there a possibility Ryne Sandberg could be the Cubs’ ...
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The Muskbox Gets Its Own Mascot
myespn.go.com - 25 days ago
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Steve Rosenbloom on one of the few baseball
men the Astros are not interviewing as their next
manager: And what are the Astros thinking? They will in...
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Cubs may lose Brenly, but not to Astros
bleachernation.com - 25 days ago
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Chicago Cubs broadcaster Bob Brenly recently revealed that
he still has a desire to manage in MLB,
and that he listens when teams call. He would even be happy to take in some interviews. But the Houston Astros, who are searching for a manager, won’t be one of those interviews. At least ...
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Houston Astros Interviewing Prospective Managers, But ...
zonersports.com - 25 days ago
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I’m hearing all kinds of sounds lately. Windows
slamming shut. Trucks backing up. People saying goodbye, some
perhaps laced with invective. They are all emanating from the Cubs. Is there anything to feel good about for next year? I’m finding little. And I’m thinking that ...
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Did I Just Hear the Cubs Window Shut?
bleachernation.com - 26 days ago
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Yesterday we reported that the Chicago Cubs were
rumored to be interested in Texas Rangers hitting coach
Rudy Jaramillo to take over the void left by Von Joshua and Gerald Perry this year. One day later, every single news outlet is obsessing about the possibility of Jaramillo, following word ...
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Cubs Expected to Pursue Rudy Jaramillo, But Should They?
bleachernation.com - 27 days ago
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The first rumor about a possible hitting coach
replacement involves Texas Rangers’ coach Rudy Jaramillo. The Chicago
Cubs let their hitting coach, Von Joshua, return to AAA Iowa. Joshua, himself, was a midseason replacement for previous hitting coach Gerald Perry. Hitting coaches ...
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Chicago Cubs Considering Next Hitting Coach
bleachernation.com - 28 days ago
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If the Chicago Cubs are successful in their
efforts to move Milton Bradley, it will leave a
hole in right field that could be filled internally - by sliding Kosuke Fukudome back over to right field, and allowing Sam Fuld and Reed Johnson (if re-signed) to split time in center field. But the ...
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How About Jason Bay for Chicago Cubs Right Fielder
