chicago.cubs.mlb.com - 12/3/2008
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CHICAGO -- Baseball is holding its annual Winter Meetings next week in the perfect locale for the Cubs: Las Vegas. That doesn't mean the front-office staff will be camped out at the roulette tables at the Bellagio, which is where the Meetings will take place from Dec. 8-11. But the Cubs are ...
suntimes.com - 12/8/2008
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suntimes.com —
The Cubs' chances of acquiring former Cy Young
Award winner Jake Peavy from the San Diego Padres...
appeared to improve Sunday after both teams arrived at the Bellagio Hotel on the eve of the winter meetings. But Cubs officials stress they're a long way ...
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Peavy deal not imminent
dugoutcentral.com - 12/2/2008
blogs.dailyherald.com - 12/3/2008
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blogs.dailyherald.com —
At a winter meetings a few years back,
a good guy and a trusted source came up...
to me and said, "Hey, was Dusty's visit to Milton Bradley one to recruit Bradley to the Cubs or Dusty to the Dodgers?" As much as many Cubs fans back then would have liked ...
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How about Milton Bradley for Cubs?
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A League of Her Own —
In my search for "broken record", this showed up and I couldn't resist Carrie writes new article to rehash what she's been saying for the past month
From Cubs.com:
Lou Piniella and his team won their second straight NL Central title in '08, led the Major Leagues in run differential and ranked second in runs scored. The offense disappeared for three days in October, when the Cubs were swept for the second consecutive year in the first round of the playoffs, this time by the Los Angeles ...
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wrigleyville23 —
Carrie Muskat of cubs.com suggests the Cubs will sit tight at the Winter Meetings and "gamble that the roster that posted the best record in the National League in 2008 is good enough to return to the postseason in '09." ...
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