wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com - 10/6/2009
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For the first time in three years, the Cubs failed to win the division and make the playoffs (though, similarly, also spared us of a first round sweep). At the end of every season in my life, there is always that thought of what could've been. I have to believe that it will happen for us, ...
Cubs Close the Tribune Era
baseballanalysts.com 10/5/2009 — Sunday's home loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks capped a 29-year ownership by the Chicago Tribune. The Cubs, which were bought by the Tribune for just $20 million in 1981, made for a handy investment - they sold this year to the Ricketts family for $900 million. While the Tribune was clearly a ...
Chicago Cubs Fashion: Hats Edition
thundermatt.com 9/16/2009 — The Cubs season is all but over, but with this being a "Cubs blog", and not much being written about the Cubs lately, I feel the need to write about something Cubs related (it seems Arcuturus has suspended the Koyie Hill Appreciation Society , along with the my hopes of breaking the longest time ...
Sports and the Law: Cubs First Non-NHL Team to File Chapter 11
sportsjudge.blogspot.com 10/17/2009 — Well that was fast. In a case that was the antithesis of the Phoenix Coyotes saga , the storied Chicago Cubs filed for and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy this past week in the course of 48 hours. (For previous coverage of the Cubs filing, click here .) With its filing, the Chicago Cubs ...
With Contract Up After 2010, What Should the Cubs Do With Sweet Lou?
midwestsportsfans.com 9/27/2009 —
Let me preface this entire article by saying that I have always been a fan of Lou Piniella, and when the Chicago Cubs hired him as their manager in 2006, I was extremely excited.
That being said the most recent collapse and downfall of the goat franchise of Major League Baseball begs the ...
Have Cubs Fans Finally Grown Tired of Being Cubs Fans?
foulballs.net 10/14/2009 — I got the feeling this season from more of the Cubs fans that I talk to regularly that this season more than any of the previous 100 seasons was doing more to drive a wedge between them and the team they love. It was just that when talking about the ...
Bob Brenly Wants to Manage - Maybe the Cubs, Maybe Elsewhere
bleachernation.com 10/9/2009 — Chicago Cubs broadcaster Bob Brenly has grown on Cubs fans - well, me anyway - and just as he has, he’s talking about leaving the broadcast booth for the dugout. Brenly, who previously managed the Arizona Diamondbacks to a World Series win, says he’s always open to interviewing for ...
9th Inning PH HR Drives Cubs to Victory
thecubreporter.com 10/10/2009 —
Richard Jones slammed a pinch-hit tie-breaking home run over the RF fence with one out in the top of the 9th, and the Cubs held-on to defeat the Angels 2-1 in AZ Instructional League action at Diablo Park Field #3 in Tempe this morning.
Jones, the Cubs 2009 9th round selection out ...
Chicago Cubs Top Prospects Start Fall League Today
bleachernation.com 10/13/2009 — The Arizona Fall League - an instructional league for minor leaguers, noteworthy for typically hosting several top prospects - kicks off today in, um, well, Arizona. This year, the Cubs will send several of their brightest, including the clear cut top three prospects in the system. Those three: ...
Reflections Are For Idiots, So Here Is Ours.
collegeofidiots.com 10/5/2009 — This morning I came into work and noticed that a design I had been working on was missing from my computer. When I asked about why my computer was on in the first place, after the IT guy told me that I should be shutting it down over the weekend, he told me that he had turned it on and ...