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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 § 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 § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Chicago Cubs Keep Wood

Like a moth and a flame, Kerry Wood and Chicago Cubs baseball were meant for each other. Or maybe it’s just that they deserve each other.
Whatever the case, the two parties agreed to continue their faithful attraction with the signing of Wood to a one-year, $4.2 million contract Monday. The signing took Wood […]

Posted 27 November 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs’ Trader Jim Peddles Jacque

Jacque, we Chicago Cub baseball fans hardly knew you.
But, that wasn’t the case for Cubs’ general manager Jim Hendry, who evidently not only knew Jacque, but had seen enough of him during his tenure to ship the outfielder to Detroit for utility player Omar Infante. Monday’s trade quietly brought an end to Jones’ two-year […]

Posted 12 November 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)

Hendry Gets Cubs Off-Season
Off on Right Foot

As disappointing as the 2007 Chicago Cubs baseball season ended is as good as this off-season is beginning.
At least for Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry.
Hendry’s trek towards keeping the Cubs atop the Central Division mountain began this past week in quiet, but convincing fashion. It was marked as much by what the Cubs’ […]

Posted 10 November 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)
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