July 2011
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Jon Heyman: Carlos Pena Will Almost Surely Be Traded by Cubs
Rumor has it that the Arizona Diamondbacks are interested in Pena. But even if it isn’t the D-Backs, Heyman says Pena is likely to be on the move.
The Pittsburgh Pirates Tried to Acquire Carlos Pena and the Price was too High?
If true, are the Cubs’ expectations too high for their first baseman, or should they hold out?
Rumor: Even if Alfonso Soriano Isn’t Traded This Week, He’s Gone After the Year
The Cubs may finally have someone new jogging gingerly, er, I mean patrolling, left field come 2012.
Rumor: Chicago Cubs Are on the Verge of Signing a Number of Draft Picks
And the kids the Cubs are close to signing are ones that will get you excited.
Relievers Still Alive Despite Another Blown Matt Garza Game and Other Bullets
Jeff Samardzija blew yesterday’s game (temporarily), but neither I nor Matt Garza are too mad about it. Kerry Wood’s arm is cranky, Jeff Baker is unintentionally apropos, Cubs’ players should be in demand at the trade deadline, and Carlos Pena remains swell.
Kosuke Fukudome Sounds Open to a Trade
And, better yet, at least four teams are considering making a trade for Fukudome.
Is Sammy Sosa a Hall of Famer?
By Brett on July 25, 2011
Even assuming, for the sake of argument, that Sammy Sosa was clean, can you make a case that he should be kept out of the Hall of Fame based on his numbers alone?
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