Can they package a side of Papi with that, too?
Siberian Baseball —
... If you're the Cubs, that crap threshold may be higher than most. Hence, the Manny to Chicago rumors are already swirling. Intertwined with this is the question of how to move Alfonso Soriano and his massive contract. ...
Odds and Ends: Springer, Sheffield, Bonds
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Phil Rogers speculates on Manny Ramirez in a Cubs uniform, but admits they'd have to somehow move Alfonso Soriano first. Small obstacle: $106MM owed to Soriano over the next six years, plus his full no-trade clause. ...
Cubs Considering Manny?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... From the speculative rumor mill, Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune suggests Manny Ramirez could be what the Cubs are missing, and the opportunity to bring him to Chicago could be there this offseason. Says Rogers, ...
Title nearly copied from WV23
Another Cubs Blog —
... Perhaps you’ve all seen Phil Rogers’ article from yesterday. If not, check it out. Rogers claims the Cubs could have interest in Manny Ramirez. This was purely speculative on his part and that’s what makes it so fun. We all love offseason speculation and to dream of the Cubs signing every single free agent we’d want and trading for the best players in the game. Sooner or later reality sets in and we realize that actual baseball is not like fantasy baseball. ...
Your Sunday headlines
GoatRiders of the Apocalypse —
... The Caveman Journalist speculates that Manny Ramirez could join the Cubs. I'll summarize the article for you so you don't have to read it ... I am just a simple caveman journalist. Your world frightens and confuses me! Why, just the other day, a homeless man approached me with a tin cup. I thought, "Is this scruffy man planning on attacking me in order to claim my luxurious apartment for his own? And so I pummeled him until he was bleeding and unconscious on the pavement, and then I took his smelly woman for my own. But ...
Building A Cubs Champion: Introducing Your 2009 Chicago Cubs
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... Outfield: We are stuck with Alfonso Soriano. Phil Rogers' column yesterday suggested Jim Hendry might go after Manny Ramirez, but to do so would require dumping Soriano's deal (if you hate him in LF, you'd despise him in RF). The Dodgers, presuming they'd lose Manny, might be interested -- but in order to push Soriano off on them, you'd probably have to take one or more of LA's bad contracts (the same Pierre, Jones and Schmidt deals I mentioned above). I personally don't have the least bit of interest in any of those three. ...
Fun With Speculation: Manny To Cubs
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... Something we don’t know: where Manny will be next season. The Dodgers are going to have the shell out some mad scrill — Scott Boras is saying Ramirez is worthy of a six-year contract (he’s 36 now) worth top-tier money. Of course Boras is saying that. So, if the Dodgers can’t hack that … who can? Perchance the Cubbies? ...
Mad(dux) About You
Thunder Matt's Saloon —
... Depending on what blogs you read, what websites you check and what radio stations you listen to, the Cubs are in on every available player this winter, from Jake Peavy to Adam Dunn. Hell, at least one douchebag columnist thinks the Cubs have a chance at Manny Ramirez. Y'know...as long as they can find someone to take Alfonso Soriano's albatross of a contract. ...
Barry Rozner is just plain fucking nuts
Another Cubs Blog —
... Rogers claimed the Cubs could trade Soriano and sign Manny Ramirez. Sure, who wouldn’t like to do that, but on what planet is another team going to give up players just to pay another one close to $20 million per year when they can sign a better one (Ramirez) without giving up any players for about the same cost? That trade idea is so far out there that I have a hard time understanding how Rogers didn’t get fired for coming up with an idea that nearly every Cubs fan who sits in the bleachers is ...
