Life without Aramis Ramirez
blog.cubhub.net 5/9/2009 — It’s been a tough week for sluggers named Ramirez. Of course Manny’s undoing was of his own making. But all-star Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez having dislocated his left shoulder in last night’s game is a tremendous blow to this team. There was a lot of talk as spring ...

Jim Hendry Says the Cubs Might Make a Big Move … After the Trade Deadline
bleachernation.com 7/26/2009 — July 31 is the non-waiver trade deadline. Translation: you can make whatever deal you want if you make it before that date. After July 31, but before September 1, you can make a trade, but the Major League players involved have to clear waivers. That is to say, every “worse” team ...

Are the Cubs Totally Screwed?
hirejimessian.com 5/11/2009 — Did you almost turn off the TV Friday night when Aramis Ramirez went down? Did you curse, in the following order: (1) God, (2) Jim Hendry, and (3) Barry Rozner ? I spent most of Saturday thinking about how screwed the Cubs are. Losing Aramis for any significant period of time is way worse than ...

Jim Hendry Takes the Blame … Sort of
bleachernation.com 8/20/2009 — It’s no secret that this year’s Chicago Cubs team is very, very well paid. With a payroll over $135 million, the Cubs are by far at the top of the NL Central, and have a top five payroll in all of baseball. And with a payroll like that, expectations should be high - for the players, ...

What's Up with Big Z?
chicagocubsonline.com 4/21/2009 — Before the season began most, if not all, thought if the Cubs were to win their third consecutive Central Division title they would need Carlos Zambrano to step up and lead the starting staff. Zambrano did his part on Opening Day in Houston and pitched a very good game ...and more than earned ...

Decisions Looming for Jim Hendry
chicagocubsonline.com 4/5/2009 — The Cubs Opening Day roster will be finalized later today. All but two spots are filled and Jim Hendry and Randy Bush have until 2:00pm C.T. to decide on the futures of Chad Gaudin , Angel Guzman and David Patton. Jim Hendry joined Bruce Levine on Talkin' Baseball and discussed a variety of ...

The Cubs Have an 88-Year Old Blind Cardinals Fan Scouting the Padres - No, Seriously
bleachernation.com 5/13/2009 — The last two decades of professional baseball have been marked by many things - steroids, dramatic salary increases, lavish ballparks. But one of the defining elements of the era has been the schism between those who still ascribe to the “scouting” method of talent evaluation, and ...

The Cubs will win 110 in 2009 - and the World Series, to boot
goatriders.org 4/15/2009 — It's that time of year again.  Last year - as you may recall - we predicted that the Cubs would win 120 games.  Mostly we did that for the humor.  This year, though, we've all grown up a bit and have come to the conclusion that it's ...

Cub Update: Suddenly, $500 Mil Looks Like a Lot of Money
cantstopthebleeding.com 5/7/2009 — [ Is this the new owner of the Chicago Cubs? Tonight, $500 mil is the Wrigley buy-in .] As I write this, the Cubs are currently 6-1 over Houston. Milton Bradley, his agents, Cub GM Jim Hendry (on speakphone), stated Bradley’s case to MLB “director of discipline” Bob ...

Cubs Can’t Add Payroll, But That Doesn’t Mean They Won’t Deal
bleachernation.com 6/19/2009 — A few days ago, Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry revealed the disappointing, albeit unsurprising news: the Cubs’ payroll for this year (and beyond?) is maxed out. But apparently that isn’t stopping Hendry from working the phones. Jim Hendry is working the prospective ...

Hardball: Cubs' Ramirez still out Slumps aren't unusual for first-year Cubs — chicagotribune.com - Sports 5/1/2009

Cubs-Marlins updates: Big Z wants to pinch-hit; Ramirez sits — chicagotribune.com - Sports 5/1/2009

LIVE: Harden, Cubs facing East-leading Marlins — FOXSports.com News for MLB 5/1/2009

Marlins 8, Cubs 2: A Total Embarrassment — Bleacher Report - MLB 5/1/2009
Filed: April 30, 2009 Mike Fontenot and Aaron Miles turn two against the Marlins Thursday (Cubbie Nation/file)   Click here for the photo gallery of last night's game. What did we expect? When a team plays a game with a catcher ...

Cubs filling in holes where they need to — Major League Baseball News 5/1/2009
Koyie Hill had never played third base in a Major League game, but he was there on Thursday when he subbed late for the Cubs.