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The Las Vegas 51s of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), Triple-A affiliate of the LA Dodgers, and The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) announced today the schedule for the 2008 Big League Weekend at Cashman Field. MLB will once again return to the Silver State with 2 exhibition matches featuring the 2007 NL […]

Media group Tribune Co is going to release financial data on the Cubs to potential buyers in January, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said yesterday. When Tribune put the Chicago Cubs up for sale in April. The company in fact hoped to seal the deal by the end of the season. Analysts estimated that bids might […]

Kerry Wood made the switch to the bullpen last year after he had recovered from shoulder problems. Yesterday, Wood agreed to a $4.2 million, 1-year contract to return to the Cubs. The 1998 NL Rookie of the Year can make an additional $3.45 million in performance bonuses that are based on games finished. This year, […]

Jacque Jones is a Detroit Tiger now. He will be the Tigers’ primary leftfielder in the next season, after a trade with the Cubs this month. The 32-year old Jacque Jones is entering the final season of a 3-year, $16-million deal. Jones signed the contract before the 2006 season, when the Chicago Cubs viewed the […]

McDonough’s job position stays the same even though he has got a new team to run in an entirely different sport. John McDonough resigned Tuesday as president of the Cubs to take a similar position with the Chicago Blackhawks that offered McDonough a multi-year deal he could not pass up. The most striking similarity uniting […]

The Sioux City Explorers introduced their new manager yesterday. It is someone, who Chicago Cubs might remember. Eighteen candidates applied for this position, and Les Lancaster has been chosen to become the 5th manager in the team’s history. Les Lancaster was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1987 to 1991 and spent 7 years […]

Let us trace the recent movements in the world of baseball. In the National League, the Chicago Cubs named Mark Riggins minor league pitching coordinator. The Pensacola Pelicans acquired Outfielder Sean Gamble from Nashua to complete an earlier trade. The Sioux Falls Canaries agreed to terms with right-handed pitcher Seth Gilleland. In the Can-Am league, […]

The Cubs have named Mark Riggins as their minor league pitching coordinator. Riggins, 50 years old, has worked within the Cardinals organization for the past twenty-nine years. Most recently, as minor league pitching coordinator of St. Louis. Earlier, Mark Riggins served as the St. Louis Cardinals’ MLB pitching coach under Mike Jorgensen and Joe Torre […]

It was only a brief meeting, a little boy meeting an MLB veteran. But it was a moment that the Cubs outfield prospect Sam Fuld has never forgotten. Sam Fuld, just twelve at the time, had the chance to talk to the Detroit Tigers right-handed pitcher Bill Gullickson, who was nearing the end of his […]

The Twins acquired outfielder Craig Monroe from the Cubs yesterday in exchange for a player to be named later, the AL club announced on their official website. Craig Monroe, whose power bat helped the Tigers reach the WS in 2006, was traded last August by Detroit to Chicago in a dismal season, in which the […]