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It's Cubs Picnic Day at HoHoKam
2 days ago by
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With most all of the Cubs front office personnel, Scouting Department, and Player Development staff watching from the picnic area high above the third-base dugout, Michael Brenly singled twice and scored once, Starlin Castro singled twice and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly...
Ted Lilly Complains of Knee Pain and Gets His Shoulder Scoped
3 days ago by
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Sorry for missing the day's rampant speculation on Ted Lilly's left pitching shoulder arthroscopy. I was in the OR all day and connecting hip bones to...
So in one hour what can you see during a shoulder scope? Dr. Yokum puts the scope in from the posterior portal, low...
Ted Lilly is Broken
3 days ago by
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As we know, Ted Lilly was battling through some shoulder issues through 2009 and still delivered a fantastic season with a 3.10 ERA. It didn't seem like it was too serious and something a little offseason rest may take care of, but instead he went under Dr. Andrews' knife...
Crystal Ballin'
4 days ago by
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I would expect the following to happen over the next few weeks:
1. NO LATER THAN THE 4TH BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING CONCLUSION OF WORLD SERIES: Clubs must decide whether to add any of their Rule 55 minor league free-agents to the 40-man roster.
Probably the only Cubs...
Cubs Rumor Mill: Iwamura, Bradley & Grabow
5 days ago by
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I'm not sure I'll get an offseason potential target up tomorrow, but with the World Series almost wrapping up and the Cubs organizational meetings next week, the rumor mill is beginning to warm up for the offseason. Let's blast through these real quick.- Bruce Levine reported...
Cubs Trio Help Solar Sox Glow to Victory
5 days ago by
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Starlin Castro jacked-up his AFL league-leading batting average to .423 as he ripped two singles, knocked-in two runs, and scored one, Josh Vitters tripled and scored, and John Gaub tossed a 1-2-3 7th, leading the Mesa Solar Sox (Cubs, Marlins, Red Sox, Angels, and Twins) to...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Mike Cameron
5 days ago by
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I'll go through a few more lower level free agents this week and pick it up to some possible bigger names next week. As we know, there's talk that if the Cubs can move Milton Bradley, they'd put Kosuke Fukudome back to right field and try and improve the outfield defense...
The Tom Ricketts Drinking Game
8 days ago by
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Tom Ricketts and family will be introduced to Cubs fans everywhere in a press conference on Friday morning at 11am CST and probably a couple dozen TV and radio interviews. To help you get through the day, I suggest grabbing your favorite alcoholic beverage(bring a thermos if you...
Updike to Williams to This?!
9 days ago by
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John Updike was as fine a writer as Ted Williams was a hitter. Updike won two Pulitzers, Williams a pair of MVP’s.
When the former died in January of this year I marked his passing by listening to a recording of Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu. It’s a classic essay he wrote for...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Kelvim Escobar
9 days ago by
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Trying to figure out which relievers the Cubs may try to acquire - if any - to bolster a poor bullpen performance is like trying to find a decent Cubs position player developed by the Cubs farm system over the last 35 years. For all I know the Cubs won't do much but try and resign...
Cub Contingent Leads Solar Sox to Victory
10 days ago by
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Andrew Cashner threw four innings of no run, no hit ball and Starlin Castro had two hits, drove in one run and scored two more, and made the defensive play of the day, as the Mesa Solar Sox exterminated the Mesa Scorpions 12-5 this afternoon at HoHoKam Park in Mesa.
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Bad Contracts, Milton Bradley and Other Cub Related Links
10 days ago by
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- Nick Steiner takes a look at Milton Bradley using Pitch F/X data and comes away impressed.
The fact that Bradley has such a bad year - and it wasn't even that bad
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established norms. His plate discipline...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Akinori Iwamura
10 days ago by
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Let's move back to the infield and check in on another possible second basemen...the Rays Akinori Iwamura.
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Ricketts Gets the Keys, Spring Training Update and Other Notes
11 days ago by
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- The Ricketts family are the new official owners of the Chicago Cubs and will have a press conference on Friday. Maybe they'll bring a new GM with them.
"My family and I are thrilled that this day has finally come and
we thank Commissioner Bud Selig and Major...
Ricketts Get the Keys, Spring Training Update and Other Notes
11 days ago by
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- The Ricketts family are the new official owners of the Chicago Cubs and will have a press conference on Friday. Maybe they'll bring a new GM with them.
"My family and I are thrilled that this day has finally come and
we thank Commissioner Bud Selig and Major...
What I Would Ask Mr. Ricketts
11 days ago by
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On Friday, the Cubs' new owner will be confronted by more microphones, cameras, and sweaty members of the press than I imagine he has ever been confronted by before. I predict he will say something to the effect of, "I can't give you a definite answer at this point...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Rajai Davis
11 days ago by
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To view past articles in this series, you can always click on the 2010 Offseason Targets tag in the byline above.
Let's give credit to Arizona Phil for this suggestion as he pointed out that Rajai Davis qualified for Super Two status and could be available if the A'...
TCR Afternoon Notes
12 days ago by
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Alright, here's my half-ass plan for the next few weeks...try to get one of those offseason target posts up sometime in the morning and then some type of quick notes/news of the moment update in the afternoon or early evening if there's enough news out there. I will inevitably...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Jeremy Hermida
12 days ago by
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As I mentioned earlier, this is an exercise at some of the low profile names the Cubs could or should look at this offseason. And remeber, these articles are designed to just start the discussion, not settle the case one way or another.
I think it's a fair assumption that...
Scales Sent Outright to AAA
15 days ago by
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The Cubs opened up a second slot on their 40-man roster today, as they sent IF-OF Bobby Scales outright to AAA Iowa.
The 32-year old switch-hitter made his big league debut in 2009, hitting 242/312/411 in 51 games (138 PA) for the Cubs, while playing 2B, 3B, LF, and RF. Scales...
TCR Friday Notes
15 days ago by
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- Alex Eisenberg runs Baseball Intellect and he's added a premium service where he breaks down video of prospects. Recently he did one that included Logan Watkins and Hak-Juk Lee from a Boise Hawks game earlier this year. If you're a minor league junkie, I have to think...
Cashner Looks Sharp at HoHoKam
16 days ago by
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The Scottsdale Scorpions stung the Mesa Solar Sox 11-1 today at HoHoKam Park in Mesa.
Cubs RHP Andrew Cashner (2008 1st round pick out of TCU) started the game for the Solar Sox and took the loss, but he actually looked very good, allowing just one run on three hits (no walks...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets : Kelly Johnson
16 days ago by
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I'm in the midst of one of my hell projects at work, this one just happens to be a little more hellish and is gonna last until December. In order to keep the fun going around here, I thought I'd present some reasonable trade and free agent targets over the next weeks - some...
Cubs Hitting Coach Jaramillo Gets 3/2.4
18 days ago by
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Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
It looks like Jim Hendry accomplished the first splash of the offseason. Rudy Jaramillo is the new Cubs hitting coach. The highly respected Jaramillo (according to a David Kaplan tweet and a Bruce Levine/ESPN post) has signed a 3 year, $2.42 million deal ...
Stubhub gets a 15 Yard Penalty
19 days ago by
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NFL rules include (at the referee's discretion) flagging a 15 yard penalty for Taunting. MLB umps just give 'em the "yer outta here" thumb. Even Carlos Zambrano occasionally gets into the fun.
I received this e-mail today from Stubhub:
Where do you...
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