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Monthly Archives December 2007

Chicago Cubs Unwrap
Christmas Gift Early

Jim Hendry signed his man. Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella got a right fielder. And major league baseball got the Mitchell Report - or the Christmas equivalent of a lump of coal.
All in all, it was a good week for the Chicago Cubs and a very, very bad one for baseball.
Like any good […]

Posted 17 December 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (1)

Looking for a Fukudome Christmas

Chicago Cub baseball fans don’t ask for much. A World Series championship every 100 years. A division title every few. Respectability throughout.
So in December when major league baseball’s winter meetings roll around, Cubdom turns its attention to whatever warm-weather spot the brain trusts gathers at and awaits word for the blockbuster deal that […]

Posted 10 December 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Prickly Prior Situation Awaits Chicago Cubs GM

Jim Hendry’s to-do list might have gotten shorter with the signing of Kerry Wood to a one-year contract last week, but the tasks aren’t getting any easier for the Chicago Cubs general manager.
As representative of the Cubs’ braintrust and bankroll, Hendry heads into this week’s winter baseball meetings with the probability of closing as […]

Posted 04 December 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)
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