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Wrigley Field Photos from May 3, 2009

February 17, 2010 by diana

Photos from Wrigley Field Photos on May 3, 2009

Scenes outside Wrigley Field 2009
http://chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2010/02/scenes-outside-wrigley-field-2009.html

Unusual T-shirts, etc. at Wrigley Field 2009
http://chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2010/02/unusual-t-shirts-etc-at-wrigley-field.html

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Do you appear in any of these photos? Let me know!

Diana

Piniella: Blanco and Fuld likely to make team

February 17, 2010 by cubsnet

According to the Sun-Times’ Gordon Wittenmyer, Lou Piniella said he expects Andres Blanco and Sam Fuld to make the opening day roster. They would fill the 12th and 13th position player spots.

That would mean no Micah Hoffpauir or Kevin Millar or Chad Tracy. (Which is fine.)

Randy Wells Had Historic 2009 Season

February 12, 2010 by cubsnet

Randy Wells has not gotten enough credit for how good his 2009 season was. He did not start the year in the rotation, but due to injuries and the desire to keep Sean Marshall in the bullpen, the Cubs called on him on May 8. He never let go of the spot. Despite the late start, Wells finished 4th among Cubs starters in innings pitched and led all Cubs starters in ERA and ERA+. His 147 ERA+ was 9th in the majors.

Wells was not only good compared to other Cubs 2009 starters, though, he was good -- very good -- when viewed historically among Cubs rookie pitchers.

Hendry Finds Someone to Take Bradley

December 18, 2009 by Squib Hits

No one can devalue an asset (or is it overstate a liability?) and still get someone to give him something in return like Jim Hendry can. Of course, Silva can't pitch. Can he play centerfield?

Cubs have deal to ship Bradley to Mariners - Sporting News

TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans - December 2009

December 5, 2009 by diana

But it airs on Comcast Sports Chicago

Island Dreaming with The Cubs

Mon 12/7 10:30 PM Central CSNCH

Duration: 30 minutes

No Rating

Special, Sports Non-Event, Baseball, Sports

http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/pages/tvlisting?showdate=1260162000

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All-Time Games

Next episode: 1984: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs

Sun 12/6 1:00 PM MLB Network (Cbl) 4 hours No rating

Ryne Sandberg delivers two game-tying home runs off Bruce Sutter in a thrilling extra-inning win over the Cardinals. From June 23, 1984.

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Sports Challenge

Next episode: New York Yankees vs.

If You Want Jake Fox, You Have to Take Aaron Miles Too

December 4, 2009 by cubsnet

As Mike Emeigh at Baseball Think Factory writes, "You have to take some not-so-good with the good, I suppose."

Jim Hendry was able to rid the Cubs of another of his multi-million dollar, light-hitting, veteran middle infielder mistakes (see Neifi Perez) by trading him to his favorite trading partner, the Oakland A's, apparently part of the price for the A's receipt of Jake Fox. The Cubs will contribute $1M toward Miles' $2.7M salary in 2010.

Chip Caray and TBS Part Ways

December 1, 2009 by cubsnet

Chip Caray's decision to leave his position as Chicago Cubs play-by-play broadcaster following the bitter 2004 season, which also saw Steve Stone leave, has taken a turn for the worse: he and TBS have parted ways. The decision follows significant criticism of Caray's performance during TBS's 2009 playoff broadcasts, which certainly isn't the first time Caray has been criticized for his broadcasting (see here, e.g.).

This call, in particular, may have led TBS to seek to part ways:

Book Excerpt on Dusty Baker's Managerial Career

December 1, 2009 by cubsnet

The Hardball Times is running excerpts from Chris Jaffe's new book Evaluating Baseball Managers. Today's installment discusses Dusty Baker. It's an excellent recap of Baker's managerial career and offers some explanations for Baker's success in San Francisco and relative failure in Chicago.

Among other things, Jaffe discusses the difficulty Baker had in playing younger players in Chicago, something I reviewed in May 2006 here.

Tyler Colvin to Replace Milton Bradley

September 20, 2009 by cubsnet

In a follow up post on the Milton Bradley suspension, Bruce Miles states that the Cubs plan to call up outfielder Tyler Colvin for the Milwaukee series beginning Monday, which also means adding him to the 40-man roster.

Colvin was a surprise 1st round draft pick (13th overall) by the Cubs in 2006. A year later, Jim Hendry called him “untouchable” at the 2007 winter meetings.

Milton Bradley Suspended for Rest of 2009 Season

September 20, 2009 by cubsnet

Three months ago, it became apparent that if Milton Bradley did something to trigger the wrath of management, the players would not be there to stand behind him.

Yesterday came the something, which had obviously built up, in the form of comments from Bradley published by the Daily Herald (see also the follow up post by Bruce Miles).

“It's just not a positive environment. … It's just negativity.”

"And you understand why they haven't won in 100 years here, because it's negative."