The Chicago Cubs are officially sold (finally) to the Ricketts family. Meanwhile, Derek Lee's helmet becomes a metaphor of a fading season. Even the logo can't hold its head up high. [WSJ/The CMSB]
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August 22, 2009
Game One Hundred Twenty-One: Cubs (61-59) vs. Dodgers (73-50)
Game Time - 3:10pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: FOX Saturday Baseball - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183
Location - Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Ted Lilly (9-7, 3.42/1.14) vs. Charlie Haeger (0-1, 3.86/0.71)
Ted Lilly will finally make a start a Dodger Stadium ... The Cubs enter play this afternoon only two games over...
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August 21, 2009
Game One Hundred-Nineteen - Cubs 2 Dodgers 7
WP - Ronald Belisario (2-3) LP - Angel Guzman (2-3) Save - None
The Cubs lost for the tenth time in 14 games on Thursday night ... and in the process fell seven games back of the Cardinals in the Central Division. Lou Piniella's crew continued to struggle on the road and began the four-game series in Los Angeles they way their...
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August 22, 2009
What does ownership do with a MLB franchise that hasn't won a World Series championship in over 100 years? Sell it.At least that's what the Tribune Co. has decided to do with the Chicago Cubs. In a deal that's been rumored and negotiated for over two years, the Tribune and new owners, the Ricketts family, settled on a $845M selling price, the highest in MLB history.Joe...
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August 21, 2009
5 innings pitched, 5 hits allowed, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts, 2 earned runs. Chances are that will be Tom Gorzelanny's final line as a starter this season or at least for a week or two -- not that he pitched poorly, but he's not going to over-take the more vested starters in the Cubs rotation, nor Randy Wells as he continues to pitch his way into Rookie of the Year contention...
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August 21, 2009
Welcome, one and all, to today's edition of Roster Talk!
Today, we're gonna look at the bright side of things, once again, because whenever I look at things from the other side of the coin, some of you get upset, your feelings get hurt, and you start demanding that I hang myself. Ah, kids...you know I would always go with the overdose, or perhaps the double...
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August 21, 2009
Tribune Co. has reached a long-awaited definitive agreement to sell the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family. The announcement came Friday, nearly 2 1/2 years after the marquee baseball franchise and historic ballpark were put up for sale.
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August 23, 2009
Carlos Marmol earns save for Ryan Dempster; Jake Fox delivers 4 hits
LOS ANGELES -- Ryan Dempster saved the Cubs from their first four-game sweep at Dodger Stadium in 44 years Sunday.
Via Chicago Sun Times
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August 21, 2009
PEORIA -- Carlos Zambrano admits he could work harder. He might punch a teammate, destroy a Gatorade dispenser or eject an umpire. Watch him in batting practice -- especially in the thin air at Coors Field -- and he'll momentarily forget about his chronically fragile back so he can launch meaningless home run after meaningless home run.
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August 21, 2009
While watching the Cubs 7-2 loss to the Dodgers on Thursday night, I had an eerie feeling of déjà vu. While it was in a different city, with a different player at the plate and a different player on the hill, I felt I was watching the exact same scenario unfold.
A grand slam by the Dodgers to all but end the Cubs’ chances of a deep playoff run.
In 2008, it came...
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