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A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 2 of 2)

Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I listed the free agent center field candidates that the Cubs may consider this off season.  The free agents are easy to identify because we know specifically who they are.  Trade candidates are a different story.  We don’t know for sure who is available or what it will [...]

Curtis Granderson Rumors Heating Up

A couple of days ago, I reported that the Detroit Tigers, in an attenpt to cut payroll, were listening to offers for Curtis Granderson (among others).  Jim Hendry hasn’t spoken to Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski yet, but that hasn’t stopped the Granderson-to-the-Cubs buzz.  So let me add to the insanity.
If the Cubs are actually interested [...]

A Look At The Offseason (Part 2 – Outfield)

Yesterday I started a series looking at the upcoming offseason for the Cubs.  In part 1, I examined the infield.  If you haven’t read it yet, check it out here:
A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield)
Today, I want to turn my attention to the outfield.  The general concensus has been that Milton Bradley [...]

Cubs Fire Hitting Coach

As soon as the final out of the final game was recorded (a loss to the D-Backs), the Cubs fired their hitting coach, Von Joshua.  Joshua had been brought in mid-year to replace Gerald Perry.
In an article by Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune, Jim Hendry is quoted as saying Joshua didn’t do anything wrong.  [...]

Revisiting the Milton Bradley Issue

What have you people been doing?  I leave for a few days only to come back to find out the Cubs lost two-out-of-three to the mighty Washington Nationals.  What gives?
There’ll be no game recap of any of these games.  You can read Carrie Muskat or any of the other beat reporters for that.  The Cubs [...]

Cubs Take Over First Place

After their 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, the Cubs found themselves all alone in first place in the NL Central.  The sweep of the Reds coupled with the Cardinals loss at Philadelphia catapulted the Cubs into the division lead.
Rich Harden earned the victory on Sunday by pitching 6.0 innings of one hit [...]

Cubs Sweep Nationals

The Cubs started the second half of the season by sweeping the Nationals in a four game series in Washington.  Granted, the Nationals aren’t very good, but a four game sweep is still a very nice feat.
In Sunday’s game, the Cubs offense exploded for eleven runs to beat the Nationals 11-3.  Micah Hoffpauir, Jake Fox [...]

Is Halladay In The Cards?

The period betwen the All-Star break and July 31 is always full of rumors and speculation.  One of the best places to follow all of the rumors is at MLB Trade Rumors.  Tim Dierkes, the proprietor of MLBTR does a terrific job of following all of the scuttlebutt.  While Tim covers the entire league, my [...]

Is it Time for Bradley to Leave?

The Cubs beat the White Sox 5-4 in the first game of a weekend series at Comiskey U.S. Cellular Field.  Jake Fox got the start at third and went 3-4 including a big two-run homer in the 4th inning.  Geovany Soto (apparently sober and alert) went 2-4 with a three-run blast, and Randy Wells pitched [...]

Jason Stark Weighs in On The Cubs

The Cubs lost again to the Tigers.  I don’t want to talk about it.
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Today, I want to talk about a colum that Jason Stark has on ESPN.com.  In it, he has a few things to say about the Cubs.  First he talks about the Cubs offensive woes.  Here’s what he has to say:

Who bat-napped the Cubs’ [...]