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Ex-Chicago Cub Bradley: Lettin’ Go Is Hard to Do

Some people just can’t let go.  Or turn the page.  Or find enough intestinal strength to pick up the needle and move it to another groove.
Ex-Chicago Cub outfielder Milton Bradley is one of those such persons.
Barely pitches into the 2010 spring training schedule, Bradley put on his best - or worst - jilted lover face […]

Posted 07 March 2010 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Zambrano Injured, Jenkins and Maddux Enjoy Another Day in Wrigley Field Sun

Sunday at Wrigley Field turned into a day to honor Chicago Cub pitching greats of the past and to ponder the fate of one in the present.
When the day started we knew it would be memorable, but who would have guessed it may be regrettable as well?
How Sunday will be remembered largely rests on the […]

Posted 03 May 2009 † Corked Bat § ‡ Comments (0)

Samardzija to Join Cubs Bullpen

Just 13 games into the 2009 season, the Chicago Cubs baseball brass is wasting no time in reshaping the club’s erratic bullpen.
Jeff Samardzija will join the team on Thursday, replacing Luis Viscaino as part of the Chicago bullpen.   Mark Karman, talking to ESPN affiliate KOZN in Omaha, reported the move late Wednesday afternoon and […]

Posted 22 April 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Finally! Chicago Cubs Set Roster for Opening Day

There’s nothing like a little suspense to an otherwise mundane, drawn-out spring training. Leave it to Chicago Cubs baseball to provide any high-tension drama that could possibly remain.
Mercifully, it came to an end 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon when the Cubs finally decided on the remaining two pitchers that will round out the bullpen - and […]

Posted 05 April 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training ‡ Comments (0)

Reattached Hill Joins Cub Roster

Take an uneventful eight-year minor league career. Mix in three reattached fingers.  Add a spring training battle with a veteran catcher and you pretty much have a mini-version of Koyie Hill’s baseball career.
You also have one member of Chicago Cub baseball’s  25-man roster.
In trimming their roster to 28 players on Monday, the Cubs pulled somewhat […]

Posted 31 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training ‡ Comments (0)
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