Sunday, August 21st, 2011
The Chicago Cubs finally did the inevitable on Friday, announcing the firing of general manager Jim Hendry a mere one month after actually firing him.
Wait, what?
According to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, Hendry was actually canned on July 22. However, it somehow took until August 19 for Hendry to turn in ...
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
In news that's shocking to basically everyone in the baseball world - especially Cubs fans - several teams have expressed interest in taking Milton Bradley off the Chicago Cubs' hands. The Cubs are desperate to dump Bradley and the $21 million left on his contract and several teams have tried ...
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Enigmatic outfielder Milton Bradley has been suspended for the remainder of the season by the Chicago Cubs. There is a very good chance his time in a Cubs uniform may also be over, despite the fact that he has two years remaining on a three-year, $30 million contract he signed ...
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Thursday, August 27th, 2009
Everyone was waiting for the Chicago Cubs to put it together. A defending division champion with a payroll of $140 million should certainly contend, right? But the Cubs limped to the All-Star Break with an astonishingly mediocre 43-43 record. Sure slugging third baseman Aramis Ramirez had been out two months, ...
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
As Danny Glover once said, "I'm getting too old for this shit."
Presumably he was talking about getting in car chases and explosions with Mel Gibson, but he easily could have been referring to watching the Cubs. Even at the ripe old age of 27, I couldn't possibly think of a ...
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