chicagosportsreview.com - 3/27/2008
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When people ask me about my job, I like to tell them that I share an office with Carlos Zambrano and Lou Piniella. And while that's technically not true, it sounds cool and has some aspects of accuracy to it. In reality, I'm a Wrigley Field seat vendor, which is a fancy title for a guy who walks around the park selling hot dogs. So while do I work at the same place as Big Z and Sweet Lou
Wood closes door on entering game to theme song -- ChicagoSports.com
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com 3/27/2008 — | Tribune staff reporter 10:11 PM CDT, March 26, 2008 TEMPE, Ariz. - Kerry Wood said he doesn't want to be one of those closers who makes a theatrical entrance with rock music blaring over the loudspeakers. Wood doesn't have anything against rock ...
Are the Braves Returning to Old Glories, or Are They Just Old?
seamheads.com 3/27/2008 — The National League East appeared to be a two-team race as Spring Training opened. The Mets have made the big splash with Santana, of course, and the Phillies return nearly all the players from last year's division championship team. But the buzz in recent weeks has focused around the Atlanta Braves being a potential third contender.
Register clears waivers
nydailynews.com 3/27/2008 — Rule 5 pick Steven Register has cleared waivers, the Daily News has learned. The Mets are trying to work out a trade with the Rockies that would allow them to keep the reliever and place him in the minors.
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SNY’s Ron Darling will join ...
Will Fukudome lead off vs. lefties?
dailyherald.com 3/27/2008 — TEMPE, Ariz. -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella knows his audience well. "I'm going to throw something else in there that will give everybody some questions," Piniella said, warming up to a new thought about right fielder Kosuke Fukudome. "I wouldn't even ...
Loveable losers? It's all in your head —
Major League Baseball News 3/27/2008
Throughout the past century, Cubs fans have been described as the best fans on Earth, boozy bleacher bums and sober baseball masochists, cockeyed optimists and eternal pessimists. Aryeh Routtenberg, an expert on the brain, prefers to think of Cubs ...