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chicagotribune.com - 2/18/2009
Piniella to Cubs: Don't take division title for granted
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Piniella warns Cubs against focusing on October > MESA, Ariz. — As the Cubs gathered as a team for the first time since their playoff collapse last October, manager Lou Piniella sounded a familiar theme.
The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crowded Bullpen
bleachernation.com - 2/17/2009
The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crowded Bullpen
— bleachernation.com — Earlier in the off-season, the Cubs moved Felix Pie, Ronny Cedeno, and Michael Wuertz out of town - major league caliber players, for whom there was likely not a spot on the 2009 Chicago Cubs. And because they were out of minor league options (typically, a player has three “option ... (more) The Last of the Optionless Cubs or: How I Learned to ...

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chicagotribune.com - 2/16/2009
Piniella tells Cubs: No predictions this season -
— chicagotribune.com — MESA, Ariz. — Carlos Zambrano predicted a Cubs championship in the spring of 2007, and Ryan Dempster did the same last spring. On Sunday, manager Lou Piniella predicted no one would make any predictions this spring. "I told the players: 'No ... (more) Piniella tells Cubs: No predictions this season -

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chicagotribune.com - 2/17/2009
Piniella may move Soriano out of leadoff spot
— chicagotribune.com — Lou Piniella knew he was opening up a family-sized can of worms on Monday when he announced he may move Alfonso Soriano out of the leadoff spot. Phil Rogers: Same old, something new for Cubs Milton Bradley: Wants to be a Cub, not man ... (more) Piniella may move Soriano out of leadoff spot

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Can't Stop The Bleeding:  A-Ram Calls A-Rod on His Bullshit

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A-Ram Calls A-Rod on His Bullshit
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... While it’s not the one-on-one Peter Gammons interview with A-Rod’s cousin that we’re all waiting for, The Trib’s Paul Sullivan manages to open up an interesting question today between Aramis Ramirez and Derreck Lee at the Cubs training camp in Mesa.  To wit, A-Ram’s calling out A-Rod on those “anything goes” days of 2003 and his split of opinion with Derreck Lee on what to do with the 104 sealed names mlb has on who tested positive in 2004, a list that would end lots of current speculation immediately. ...

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