October 2009
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Ted Lilly Wants Mark DeRosa Back
It is officially the offseason, at least as far as the Chicago Cubs are concerned. And with the offseason comes all kinds of unsolicited advice on what moves the Cubs should make to improve the club for next year. When that unsolicited advice comes from, say, a message board, it doesn’t carry much weight. But [...]
Obsessive Bradley Trade Watch: Exit the Rangers?
Just a day after we learned that the San Diego Padres may be exiting the Milton Bradley (*sarcastic laugh*) sweepstakes, another possible landing spot looks to be not so possible. According to T.R. Sullivan, who covers the Rangers for MLB.com, the Rangers are not interested in bringing Milton Bradley back. In fact, that’s pretty much [...]
Cubs Give Hitting Coach the Boot
The Chicago Cubs made a midseason switch from Gerald Perry to Von Joshua as hitting coach, in the hopes it would spark the beleaguered offseason. It did not. And now Von Joshua is out. “Basically I told him it wasn’t anything that I was upset with him,” general manager Jim Hendry said. “He didn’t do [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Diamondbacks 5, Cubs 2 – October 4, 2009
And so it ends. The last game of the 2009 Chicago Cubs season. It would have been wrong for this team to end with a win.
Things End – But Not Bleacher Nation
I would have said all good things come to an end, but I think we can all agree there is very little about this 2009 Chicago Cubs season that could be classified as good. We’ll do all the usually season postmortem type things later, but that’s not the purpose of this particular post. Warning: Meta [...]
Obsessive Bradley Trade Watch: Exit the Padres?
Last week, San Diego Padres General Manager Kevin Towers said that they had enjoyed having Milton Bradley on their team, and all but said that if he’s traded, they’d be happy to take him back. All of Cubs fandom was aglow with happiness, relief, and delight. And then this weekend, Kevin Towers got the boot [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Diamondbacks 0, Cubs 5 – October 3, 2009
One game left, and the Chicago Cubs are doing their best to end on an upswing.
Why the Final Week Rainout and the Last Game Loss Were Blessings
By Brett on October 5, 2009
The 2010 Major League Baseball draft order is out, pending changes due to free agency signings, and the Chicago Cubs come in at 16th. That the Cubs are 16th and not 17th is actually quite huge: now, if and when the Cubs sign a Type A free agent who has been offered arbitration by his [...]
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