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Veterans Cut
Paul Bako and Mike Stanton are out of work after being cut by the Cubs. Bako battled with Koyie Hill all spring for the #2 catcher spot behind Geovany Soto, and ultimately lost out to Hill’s youth…Read More
Kevin Gregg Will Close for Cubs
In something of an upset, Lou Piniella has named Kevin Gregg as the Cubs closer for 2009. It was assumed all along that Carlos Marmol would get that job, but obviously, Gregg’s fantastic spring…Read More
Fukudome Calls Himself a Fukudummy
I’ll give this to Kosuke Fukudome – he doesn’t mince words about himself. When asked by reporters why he struggled so much last year in the second half, the platoon centerfielder and…Read More
Why Alfonso Soriano is Not Popular With His Neighbors
No, this is not some kind of crazy high-tech vehicle used by the CIA to disrupt communications in war zones…it’s Alfonso Soriano‘s Hummer H2. I don’t know about you, but if…Read More
Fansided.com Network Becomes Much More Evil
It had to happen sooner or later, and now it has: Fansided.com has added a Cardinals blog to the network. The new site is called Red Bird Rants, and it’s written by a couple of schmos named Mike…Read More
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Derrek Lee Blasts MLB for Pressuring Him to Play in WBC
Derrek Lee is accusing major league baseball of using tactics usually associated with sleazy debt collectors…Read More
Marshall is the Fifth Starter
I think we already had a good idea that Sean Marshall would begin the season as the #5 starter, but now…Read More
Struggling Samardzija
Jeff Samardzija has a 9.90 spring ERA after giving up five runs in two innings to the Brewers on Monday. …Read More
Fontenot Leads 2nd Base Battle
Lou Piniella says Mike Fontenot is currently in the lead to start the season at 2nd base – which…Read More
What Could Be Worse Than Soriano Leading Off?
How about Kosuke Fukudome batting second? Yes, that’s the plan according to Lou Piniella. “He…Read More
Zambrano Wants Opening Day Start
Carlos Zambrano liked the way he felt Saturday against the Brewers, despite giving up a couple of runs in his short outing and committing a throwing error. “‘I feel I’m sharp, and better…Read More
A Little Taste of Spring Training
My fellow Fansided.com blogger, Scott of Raising Zona and the new D-Backs site Venom Strikes, was kind enough to pass along a few pics he took at HoHoKam Park in Mesa during the Cubs‘ win over the…Read More
Lou Piniella Hates Steve Phillips. That Makes Several Billion of Us, Lou.
Steve Phillips‘s quest to anger and irritate every human being on earth has claimed another victim: Lou Piniella, Cubs manager, who says he has lost whatever respect he may once have harbored (in…Read More
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