JIM HENDRY RUMORS & GOSSIP

Marlins grew to love Mike Redmond

Jim Hendry was under strict orders. This was in August 1992, nearly 10 years before Hendry became general manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry, who had left his job coaching at Creighton University to join the Florida Marlins, an expansion team, was in Wichita, Kan., scouting amateurs at the National Baseball Congress World Series. "You've got $10,000 for the week,"...
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February 01, 2013  |  Discuss

Redmond proves $15K can go long way

Jim Hendry was under strict orders. This was in August 1992, nearly 10 years before Hendry became general manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry, who had left his job coaching at Creighton University to join the Florida Marlins, an expansion team, was in Wichita, Kan., scouting amateurs at the National Baseball Congress World Series. "You've got $10,000 for the week,"...
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February 01, 2013  |  Discuss

C’mon, What’s Ol’ Gil Gotta Do to Get a Bunch of Overpaid Players on the Cubs?

The Patience Plan that the Cubs are executing was first met with wide appeal when Theo and Jed first arrived on the scene about a year ago. They came in and stated quite clearly that they would be building from within, re-stocking the largely barren farm system they inherited from Jim Hendry, and any free [...]
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November 16, 2012  |  Discuss

Arizona State University President Calls the Cubs Liars

Since the Ricketts took over as owners of the Cubs, not much has gone easily or without pissing a whole bunch of people off.   Their keeping of Jim Hendry and a dead roster to flail away under the guise of contending for two years pissed off a large chunk of the fanbase. Now the organizational overhaul that has required a gutting of high priced talent from the roster is pissing...
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June 16, 2012  |  Discuss

Your Weird Hockey Story Of The Day

via Rosemary R. Sobel of the Chicago Tribune, Emanuel Kuvakos, 56, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with three counts of misdemeanor harassment by electronic means, police said. Kuvakos sent “a number’’ of emails to Blackhawks CEO John McDonough and to Jim Hendry, the former general manager of the Chicago Cubs, that accused them of “stealing his ideas to win championships...
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April 18, 2012  |  Discuss

Yankees hire Jim Hendry as a special assignment scout

The New York Yankees have hired former Cubs General Manager, Jim Hendry, as a special assignment scout under General Manager Brian Cashman reports Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. Cashman believes Hendry will be an “invaluabe resource” (via Levine). “He can scout amateur players; he scouts pro players for us,” he said. “He's as connected in the game as you can possibly...
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February 01, 2012  |  Discuss

Yankees hire former Cubs GM Hendry as special assignment scout

The New York Yankees hired former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has a special assignment scout under general manager Brian Cashman on Tuesday. Hendry worked 17 years in the Cubs organization, wearing a variety of hats - ranging from general manager from 2002-11 to farm director. He was fired as general manager in August by Chicago chairman Tom Ricketts. The 56-year-old...
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January 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Former Cubs GM Jim Hendry hired by Yankees

Former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry has been hired by the New York Yankees as a special assignment scout. Hendry spent 17 seasons with the Cubs and was GM from July 2002 until he was fired on Aug. 18, unable to help the team win the World Series for the first time since 1908. New York also promoted Steve Donahue to head athletic trainer on Tuesday. He succeeds Gene Monahan...
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January 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Yankees hire former Cubs GM Jim Hendry

The Yankees have hired former Cubs general manager since Jim Hendry, the man who was replaced by Theo Epstein earlier this offseason, according to Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com. He’ll serve as special assistant to Brian Cashman. The Yankees have made moves like this in the past when they signed former Padres GM Kevin Towers before he took the Diamondbacks GM job. This is supposedly...
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January 31, 2012  |  Discuss

Winter Meetings Preview: Chicago Cubs

There is a new sheriff in town and it has been a long time coming. The Cubs have gone out and gotten themselves a brain trust. They went from having one of the worst GMs in baseball (Jim Hendry) to Theo Espstein and Jed Hoyer. They will need every last brain cell and IQ point to move the team into the first division. Hendry saddled the team with a ton of bad contracts...
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November 28, 2011  |  Discuss
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