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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 […]

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 […]

The Tigers re-signed closer Jones and acquired outfielder Jones from the Cubs. Detroit agreed on a 1-year contract with Todd Jones, who will turn forty next spring, a day before he could have negotiated with any of the thirty MLB teams. The right-hander saved thirty-eight games for the Detroit Tigers last season. Financial terms of […]

A year after a 96-loss season for the Chicago Cubs cost Baker his job position, the team rebounded to win the weak NL Central. However, the Cubs did it with only eighty-five victories, finishing just 8 games over .500. They were swept by a highly beatable Arizona Diamondbacks team in the 1st round of the […]

It seems there could be another round in the club feud between Donald Trump and Mark Cuban. With the Cubs suffering from their almost a-hundred-year WS freeze out in a row, the club may be looking to change ownership. Now after the Red Sox have destroyed their Curse of the Bambino, winning 2 World Series […]

Baltimore traded pitcher Steve Trachsel to the Cubs, who were in search of a veteran starter. Through twenty-five starts and most of a season, Trachsel, 36, had been a hair above MLB average for a starting pitcher. In spite of walking more batters than Steve struck out and allowing over 1.5 baserunners per inning, […]

The Cubs and Daryle Ward have exercised a $1.2-million option for next season, but the club declined options on a pair of former Mets, pitcher Steve Trachsel and outfielder Cliff Floyd.
Daryle Ward, primarily a pinch hitter, batted .327 in seventy-nine matches last season after signing as a free agent. Cliff Floyd hit .284 with 9 […]

Being a passionate Chicago fan, I hate reading posts making fun of the team about their 99-year record of losing. But making the simplest calculations it is tough to comprehend the sheer improbability of this futility. With thirty teams now in MLB, basic probability states that Chicago Cubs should win the WS at least once […]

For many years, the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox seemed a duo of losers. For several decades, fans of the two teams were brothers in their long-suffering fraternity. But all of a sudden Boston had the temerity to triumph. It’s heart breaking for the Cubs fans to see championship champagne douse the heads of […]