chicago.cubs.mlb.com - 11/25/2008
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If there were any lingering questions about whether the Cubs had pulled back from pursuing San Diego ace Jake Peavy in a trade, manager Lou Piniella answered them this week. > The Chicago Sun-Times' Gordon Wittenmyer asked Piniella at an event in Chicago on Sunday whether the Cubs were still ...
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chicagotribune.com - 11/20/2008
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Cubs manager Lou Piniella refuted Ryan Dempster's comment
that the team "underestimated how prepared you have to
be" entering its best-of-five playoff series against the Dodgers. Hardball: Teahen the answer to RF vacancy? Phil Rogers: ...
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Piniella refutes Dempster: 'Team was prepared'
ajc.com - 12/3/2008
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Come back … no, good riddance … Please
stay, we need you … no, please just go.
Does that pretty much summarize the polarizing presence that was Mike Hampton? While most of his Braves teammates, and apparently a third of...
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Hampton is gone, while Peavy is ...
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The Padres are Dead in the Water
ShysterBall —
The Cubs are done playing the Padres' Peavy games: If there were any lingering questions about whether the Cubs had pulled back from pursuing San Diego ace Jake Peavy in a trade, manager Lou Piniella answered them this week. The Chicago Sun-Times' Gordon Wittenmyer asked Piniella at an event in Chicago on Sunday whether the Cubs were still pursuing starting pitching in the wake of their four-year contract extension with free agent right-hander Ryan Dempster. "No," Piniella was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Sun-Times. "Starting we don't need. We're set. We've got six good starters, and they're all experienced. Getting Dempster back was the key. We're in good ...
Put The Peavy Rumors To Rest... Forever
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
This isn't according to me, it's according to Lou:
If there were any lingering questions about whether the Cubs had pulled back from pursuing San Diego ace Jake Peavy in a trade, manager Lou Piniella answered them this week.
The Chicago Sun-Times' Gordon Wittenmyer asked Piniella at an event in Chicago on Sunday whether the Cubs were still pursuing starting pitching in the wake of their four-year contract extension with free agent right-hander Ryan Dempster.
"No," Piniella was quoted as saying in Tuesday's Sun-Times. "Starting we ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 11/26/2008
According to Lou Piniella, the Cubs are all but done in trying to swing a deal with the Padres for Jake Peavy. To this news, I have this to say:
Excellent
Now, I’m not going to try to convince you that Jake Peavy ...
