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Chicago Cubs great Ron Santo was posthumously elected to the to the baseball Hall of Fame on Monday with a 93.8 percent yes vote received from the Golden Era committee.
With 15 of 16 votes received Santo was ...
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An insider for the Chicago Cubs has revealed that the team has reached out to the agent for Albert Pujols in an attempt to sign the free agent.
Pujols, a nine-time MVP is currently being sought by the ...
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There's good news and then there's some bad news. Theo Epstein will be put in charge of baseball operations for the Chicago Cub for at least the next five seasons. That's the good news. The bad news ...
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Alfonso Soriano came to the Chicago Cubs after a career season netted him a $136 million eight-year contract which has been met with nothing but disappointment for Chicago Cubs fans, yet Soriano recently decided to whine about ...
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So much for that dreaded vote of confidence. This is yet more proof that not much has changed with the Chicago Cubs. They may have a new owner, but things remain business as usual. Days after giving ...
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Jim Hendry has had a very up and down run as the General Manger of the Chicago Cubs. The sports writer conventional wisdom is that he is one of the main reasons of that team's recent struggles ...
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With a 41-60 record, the Chicago Cubs find themselves in fifth place in the National League Central. They fin themselves in this predicament due to a 14-24 record versus their five divisional opponents, and a 5-10 record ...
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As Jim Rome likes to say, "UH OH".
Things in the windy city have not gone as planned for either of its baseball teams, but the seats under Cubs General Manger Jim Hendry and Manager Mike Quade are ...
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As a Chicago Cubs fanatica it saddens me to report that former Cub Mark Grace was busted on a DUI charge in Scottsdale, Arizona on Memorial Day.
According to the official police report Grace was driving a 2009 ...
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With a 75-87 record the Chicago Cubs finished in last place in the National League Central. That is an impressive feat since they do play in the same division as everyone's favorite Triple A ball club the ...
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Ron Santo, who played and later was a broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs, died last night at the age of 70.
Santo, who was in Arizona at the time of his death, reportedly died of complications from bladder ...
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When Lou Piniella first announced that he was stepping down as manger of the Cubs I though Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg was a lock for this position. I mean this organization has been grooming him as a ...
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It seems the first step in a major Chicago Cubs rebuild effort will be the likely retirement of Lou Piniella and the end of the 2010 season. The Cubs seem to prefer to make Cubs legend Ryan ...
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Ah those lovable losers are at it again. For whatever reason things can never go right for the Cubs, and it looks like with a new owner in place they will enter a new era of rebuilding. ...
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The biggest question for any Cubs season is, is this the year? While there is not under new management sign hanging on Wrigley Field, New ownership is finally in place and Tom Ricketts looks like he will ...
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So, now that the Winter Meetings have concluded, a blockbuster trade has gone down, Barry Bonds announced his retirement, and a few free agents were signed, we can start to look at winners and losers from the ...
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The 2009 season of the Chicago Cubs ended up being a pretty disappointing. Many thought that this team had World Series talent on the roster, and on some days they played like a team ready to make ...
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To say Milton Bradley's fist season with the Chicago Cubs hasn't exactly gone to plan, would be a vast understatement. The Cubs added the switch hitter because they needed another left handed bat. However with the Cubs ...
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