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January 2009
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Canada is Mad at Ryan Dempster
The World Baseball Classic rosters were finalized last week, and a few of the Chicago Cubs who had previously been rumored playing were not to be found. One of whom was starting pitcher and native Canadian Ryan Dempster. And apparently, not only do the Canadians have a baseball team in the WBC, they actually care [...]
The Cubs Will Go With 12 Pitchers
In case anyone had illusions of the Cubs going back to 11 pitchers as they did a few years ago, Lou Piniella has put that to rest: Talked with Lou later in the day. He said the Cubs probably will go with 12 pitchers and 13 position players again this year. “With our pitching, it [...]
Cubs Still Looking at Randy Wolf and Braden Looper?
Even after the acquisition of could-be-starter Aaron Heilman, the Chicago Cubs are reportedly still considering free agents Randy Wolf and Braden Looper. Obviously they would be in lieu of Jake Peavy. Looper and Wolf are expected to command a contract similar to Jon Garland – who yesterday got a one-year (with an option for 2010) [...]
And Now It Looks Like Aaron Heilman is Officially a Cub
As I said before, I expected the pitcher included to be from the crew of ML reliever types, but, um… The Chicago Cubs have acquired pitcher Aaron Heilman from the Seattle Mariners for infielder Ronny Cedeno and pitcher Garrett Olson, a baseball source told ESPN.com. Heilman and Olson have already been involved in trades this [...]
Aaron Heilman is Almost a Cub
Bruce Levine is apparently telling folks that the long-rumored Ronny Cedeno for Aaron Heilman swap is going down. Probably will cost more than just Cedeno, though. According to ESPN Radio’s Bruce Levine, the Cubs are close to acquiring pitcher Aaron Heilman from the Mariners. The Ms want shortstop Ronny Cedeno and pitching in return. … [...]
The Cublogoverse is All About Parody
There was a time when only the Onion wrote parody articles. Then came The Heckler. Then came The Cubs Brickyard. And now Bleed Cubbie Blue has entered the fray. Some parody headlines from the latter three this week in the Cublogoverse: Cell to host Winter Classic Demolition Derby – The Heckler Lou Piniella Spends Offseason [...]
I Really Want to Like President Obama, But They’re Making It So Hard
I have nothing against President Obama’s agenda as of yet. But I do have one serious problem with President Obama. And it’s about to get worse. The White Sox are awaiting for approval from the White House to issue baseball caps commemorating President Barack Obama. According to Street and Smith’s Sports Business Journal, the Sox [...]
Obessessive Peavywatch: There is “Nothing to” the Jake Peavy Rumors?
Chicago Cubs assistant GM Randy Bush was on XM radio recently, apparently attempted to dispel some of the Cubs-getting-Peavy rumors. We have come to expect such things from the Cubs front office. But, well, the way Bush did it was was pretty stark: Holden Kushner asked him about Jake Peavy and how many questions he [...]
