Jeff Samardzija to be called up by Cubs?

Samardzija gets the call, may get start this weekend

Posted 7/25/2008 on BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Harry Caray would have a field day… A Cubs team fiercely trying to focus on the present could get its first glimpse of a big part of its future today with the arrival of top pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija. The hard-throwing right-hander from Valparaiso, Ind., got word of his first big-league promotion Thursday after the Cubs put closer Kerry Wood on the disabled list, a source with ...

Samardzija To Get Called Up?

Posted 7/24/2008 on Irish Insights | Journal Gazette

Kerry Wood made his yearly journey to the disabled list. In his place could come a former Notre Dame star.

The Shark to the Show?

Posted 7/24/2008 on ChicagoCubsOnline.com

The Cubs will likely make a decision on Kerry Wood later today according to a report from Bruce Miles . Wood will see a hand specialist in Chicago on Thursday and Miles thought the Cubs would put Wood on the DL on Wednesday. If Wood ends up making his 12th trip to the disabled list, the Cubs could call-up Jeff Samardzija to take his place in the pen according to Miles.

Cubs Win, Cuban Contends, and I Dare You To Spell "Samardzija" on Your Own

Posted 7/24/2008 on A Hundred Next Years

— Call me a cockeyed optimist, but I found no fewer than eight positives in the concluding game of the Cubs' mostly miserable 2-4 road trip. — According to the Sun-Times , Tribune Company has pared the field of potential purchasers of the team and the ballpark down to five, with all of those parties having bid at least $1 billion. Mark Cuban is among the five; John Canning, Milwaukee ...

Samardzija gets the call, may get start this weekend

Published 7/25/2008 on Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::

A Cubs team fiercely trying to focus on the present could get its first glimpse of a big part of its future today with the arrival of top pitching prospect Jeff Samardzija .