Sammy Sosa Contemplating Retirement Slammin’ Sammy….The Dominican Daddy or just plain Sammy was some of the many names the Cubs Faithful called Sammy Sosa for the 13 seasons he patrolled right field at the Friendly Confines. While he departed Chicago on the worst of terms, he owned the town and much of Major League Baseball [...]

2006 Chicago Cubs Team Projections – XM Radio As I woke Monday morning I had a good feeling about the Cubbies, I will admit Jason’s column got me fired up….I had faith, I was believing in the Cubs. The 2006 Projections are starting to roll in and Mark and Buck were talking about them on [...]

Cubs Arbitration Updates….Tony Graffanino?….Bengie Molina?….and Interesting Cubs Reports from the Wire Welcome to Groundhog Day, 2006….I cannot believe it is February. Only 13 more days until those magical words….Pitchers and Catchers Report to Spring Training. I know the Super Bowl is Sunday, but March 2nd is the day I’m looking forward to. There have been [...]

Derrek Lee on Baseball 365 – ESPN 1000 – 01/28/06 Derrek Lee was on at the end of Baseball 365 with Bruce Levine on Saturday, January 28th. Lee and Levine spoke about a number of Cub related subjects, mainly his desire to win, Juan Pierre, the pressures of being a Cub and playing at Wrigley [...]

Cubs General Manager on Baseball 365 with Bruce Levine With 18 days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training, Jim Hendry was on ESPN 1000 on Saturday Morning. Hendry spent an hour with Bruce Levine and even took phone calls. For the past week or so, the Cubs front office has been quiet, except [...]

Julio Lugo Updates and will Gary Hughes be the next GM for the Reds? According to a report in the Dayton Daily News on Tuesday, the new Cincinnati Reds Owner and CEO Bob Castellini is interested in Gary Hughes to fill the recently vacated GM position with the Reds after Castellini fired Dan O’Brien on [...]

Chicago Cubs Prospects, Minor League Coaching Changes and Spring Training is Around the Corner With 22 days until Pitcher and Catchers report to Spring Training and the recent signing of Wade Miller by the Cubs, the old phrase ‘Baseball Fever – Catch It!’ is running through my head. Jim Hendry made a win-win move on [...]

Chicago Cubs News: Conflicting Grades, Former Cubs Signings and More Rankings by USA Today, plus a picture that is worth a thousands words. Everyone one has an opinion….thats what makes the world go round, but what makes certain people ‘experts’. According to Merriam-Webster (www.m-w.com) the definition of expert is: having, involving, or displaying special skill [...]

Arbitration Eligible: 5 Cubs Will State Their Case Today For A Raise January 17, 2006….the deadline for Major League teams to file salary figures for arbitration eligible players. Juan Pierre, Mark Prior, Carlos Zambrano, Will Ohman and Jerry Hariston, Jr. are all arbitration eligible. Salary Arbitration started prior to the 1974 season and was designed [...]

Cubs News, Patterson is Traded, Furcal Will Have Surgery and ‘Up-Grading’ the Cubs Before we get started with the Off-Season news….a few reminders. This will be a VERY busy week for the Cubs Faithful….make sure you scroll down to get all of the new posts and reports. The interview with John McDonough and Joe Rios [...]