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April 2009
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Cubs DFA Luis Vizcaino
We hardly knew ye. As expected, the Cubs designated right-hander Luis Vizcaino for assignment on Thursday to make room on the 25-man roster for Jeff Samardzija. According to ESPN.com, Chicago was trying to trade Vizcaino before bringing up Samardzija from Triple-A Iowa. But while general manager Jim Hendry attempted to work out a deal with [...]
Samardzija is Back (redux), and Somebody’s Out
Jeff Samardzija makes his way back to the big club today after pitching very well to start the year in AAA Iowa, and manager Lou Piniella says he’ll help out in the 6th and 7th (which I suppose means he’ll be in the pen, and will be a setup-ish pitcher). Naturally, this begs the question: [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Reds 3, Cubs 0, April 22, 2009
Stupid Reds with their stupid young pitchers. Whatever. Dusty will exact revenge for us. Tweet
Samardzija is Back
Apparently the Chicago Cubs will call up Jeff Samardzija tomorrow to help the ailing bullpen. The question, of course, is who is going to be gone? Neal Cotts is in no danger of being optioned, and Hendry said Sean Marshall will remain in the rotation. This could mean Luis Vizcaino is in danger of being [...]
Apparently Bradley Was Suspended For Something Other Than “Making Contact” With Umpire
There was an interesting aside in the Sun-Times today about Milton Bradley. The focus was about how he hasn’t played much, how he pisses people off (they actually used “piss” from a Bradley quote – how risque!), and how it’s ridiculous that he’s appealing his suspension while he’s sitting games out anyway. But the part [...]
Cubs Have Been Contacted About Trading a Reliever
Unless that reliever is Carlos Marmol, I have a hard time believing another team is aggressively pursuing anyone else in the pen. But, hey, whatever. Cross your fingers for Neal Cotts. As far as the possibility of trades, some teams have contacted the Cubs about their relief corps. The Cubs can’t send either David Patton [...]
In Case You Were Worried About the Cat
By Brett on April 23, 2009
Editor’s disclosure: I am a cat person (crud, I just lost some readers). So my thoughts here are probably tainted by my little snoopy, poopy, woopy, wittle, kitty… er, sorry. As the now infamous calico cat was running across the outfield at Wrigley on Tuesday night, most Cubs fans were groaning. I was, too. But [...]
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