Leadoff issue settled, according to Piniella

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High Times
Published 6/16/2008 by Mike D. at Hire Jim Essian
Do you want to know how you can tell that your team is having a strong year? No? Well, too bad–I’m going to tell you anyway. Among other things, it is the fact that somebody actually cares about some exhibition game in upstate New York Had this been say, 1997, Cub fans would just have been grateful that their team was congregating to play ball somewhere and that it wasn’t going to be on TV. Reed Johnson has hit 45 career home runs, and four of them have been in two seperate interleague weekend series involving the Cubs and Blue Jays in Toronto on Fathers Day weekend, ...

Cubs call up Murton, look for Hendry’s ADD meds
Published 6/17/2008 by Colin Wyers at GoatRiders of the Apocalypse
I love all the winning, but sometimes I find myself baffled by this organization. To wit: Matt Murton will get another chance to prove he's a major-league player this week when the Cubs recall him from Triple-A Iowa before Tuesday's game at Tampa Bay. Manager Lou Piniella said Saturday the Cubs have lacked a corner outfielder and another right-handed hitter since Alfonso Soriano went on the disabled list last week. Murton fills the bill, and major-league sources said he received word on Sunday he'd be called up. … Murton's arrival means the Cubs are likely to send down infielder-outfielder Eric ...