Theo Epstein has not wasted any time. A day after being announced as the President of Baseball Operations he has added Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod to his staff. Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod have left the San Diego Padres organization effective immediately to accept positions with the Chicago Cubs … the Cubs will send [...]
The Start of the Epstein Era
October 25, 2011 By 134 Comments
Theo Epstein will be formally introduced as the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs at an 11:00am CDT press conference … in what is anticipated as being the largest press conference ever held at Wrigley Field. Epstein officially resigned his post as the GM of the Boston Red Sox last Friday and showed [...]
Negotiating for Theo
October 14, 2011 By 132 Comments
The Cubs and Red Sox spent Thursday trying to hash out the compensation Boston would receive from the Cubs to let Theo Epstein out of the final year of his contract. Reportedly, Tom Ricketts has turned over a list of players to interim general manager Randy Bush, director of player personnel Oneri Fleita and scouting [...]
Catching Up from the Cubs Last Off Day of the Season
September 23, 2011 By 90 Comments
In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the traffic on the site you haven’t, the Cubs have managed to win a few here and there, and are tied with the Pirates for fourth place in the NL Central … With all due respect to Harry Doyle, the Cubs season is dwindling down. There are [...]
Ricketts to Meet with Tim Wilken
September 4, 2011 By 26 Comments
According to a report from Bruce Levine, Tom Ricketts will meet with scouting director Tim Wilken over the weekend of September 16 to discuss his future with the team. Wilken still has a year remaining on his contract. According to Levine’s sources, Ricketts and Wilken will “discuss the state of the scouting department and his [...]
From the Wire … Ricketts Extended Contract of Oneri Fleita
September 3, 2011 By 7 Comments
According to a report from Bruce Levine, Tom Ricketts extended the contract of Oneri Fleita earlier in the week. Ricketts gave the Cubs’ Vice President of Player Personnel a new four-year contract to keep him in the organization. During the press conference following the dismissal of Jim Hendry, Ricketts said he would recommend to the [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 08/30/11
August 30, 2011 By 49 Comments
Game One Hundred Thirty-Six: Cubs (58-77) vs. Giants (71-64) Game Time – 9:15pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188 Location – AT&T Park, San Francisco Matt Garza (6-10, 3.68/1.31) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (10-4, 2.54/1.25) Can the Cubs make it two in a row over the Giants? The [...]
Catching Up on Cubs News and Notes
January 22, 2011 By 45 Comments
Pitchers and catchers report to Fitch Park in 22 days and the first pitch of the spring is just 36 days away … Baseball is just around the corner. WGN and Comcast SportsNet have not released their spring broadcast schedules yet but at least two of the Cubs Cactus League games will be carried on [...]
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