Archive for December, 2008
Sosa to be a Cub? Again?
According to a Dominican newspaper, Sammy Sosa has expressed a desire to come back to the major leagues for the 2009 season. He hasn’t played for several years and has been out of the game for awhile. In his last few years in the major leagues, he was traded around several times, from Baltimore, to […]
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Cubs World Standstill
Basing off of the Cubs’ official website, there’s not a whole lot going on in Cub Country. You can check out the site and be reminded of how they posted the best record and then got swept in the playoffs, or you can check out the much more interesting video of Zambrano throwing a no […]
Posted: December 26th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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A ticket you gotta have!
The Yankees are trying to confuse us! They have decided to sell many of their home opener tickets at 1923 prices, as a way to harken back to the opening day of the first Yankee Stadium. Bleacher seats will cost 25 cents and grandstand seats will cost $1.10. The other tickets will cost roughly the […]
Posted: December 23rd, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Wrigley Ice Arena
Despite problems with a zamboni (including frozen brakes, and the zamboni falling off the truck while unloading), the construction of the Winter Classic ice rink in Wrigley field is already 2 days ahead of schedule. For the second years in a row, the NHL will host an outdoor match, this time featuring the Detroit Red […]
Posted: December 19th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Peavy is a no-go
The Cubs and the Padres were talking for awhile about trading Jake Peavy to the Cubs for the next season. These talks were big and people in this town were really excited about it. In both Chicago teams, there has been a large exodus of big name players who have had to leave this year. […]
Posted: December 16th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Wood Riddance!
Although Kerry Wood was released from the Chicago Cubs roster weeks ago, he has finally been picked up by another team. The Cleveland Indians recently signed Wood to be their closer. Apparently Cleveland hasn’t watched any of his footage over the past few years and doesn’t realize that he’s as prone to injury as a […]
Posted: December 11th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Cubs sale problems
Remember about a year ago when the Tribune Company wanted to sell the Cubs’ stadium, Wrigley Field? Well, this is where politics and sports come together. There was a raid on the house of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in which he was arrested and then the state’s attorney’s office released a report about what the […]
Posted: December 9th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Lefty Wanted
The big Winter meetings are approaching and Cubs GM Jim Hendry is looking to secure a left-handed hitter to add to the batting lineup. The preliminary ideas right now circling through the Cubs organization is to move Kosuke from right field into center, and fill his gap with a new left handed batter. A lefty […]
Posted: December 5th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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Buy some Cubs, save some bucks
Offers to buy up the Cubs were due yesterday. By the time the deadline came around, there were several more offers than we’d seen before. The original offer, by a man who has been rather strongly discredited in the last month or so, has been outbid by a whole bunch of other guys. Mark Cuban, […]
Posted: December 2nd, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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