For those of you keeping score at home, the dugout “scuffle” on Wednesday was the second time in the last year involving a starting pitcher named Carlos and a position player who has been a mainstay in Chicago for the last few years. Last season it was Carlos Zambrano and Derek Lee getting into a shouting match. Wednesday it...
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*UPDATED 2/17/11* With what has been labeled as “Albertageddon Day” upon us, some of our staff takes a look at the different perspectives this day brings from both the Cubs and Cardinals sides. First, a Cardinals fan perspective: 1) If the Cardinals were to give Pujols a 10-year, $300 million contract,...
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About a week and a half ago, Milton Bradley was arrested for allegedly making threats against a woman. Bradley was arrested and then released on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled for a court appearance on February 8th. Normally I’d have a field day with something like this. When a guy turns out to be a huge bust for your...
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The over-crowded pool of potential starting rotation candidates just got a little shorter on Monday with the Cubs sending Tom Gorzelanny to the Washington Nationals in return for three prospects. Gorzelanny pitched 126 1/3 innings for the Cubs in 2010, both as a starter and out of the bullpen. He went 7-9 overall with a 4.09 ERA...
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Sources indicate that the Cubs have acquired RHP Matt Garza from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The price appears to be steep. Reportedly being sent to the Rays are prospects RHP Chris Archer, OF Brandon Guyer, C Robinson Chirinos, SS Hak-Ju Lee, and OF Sam Fuld. Archer, a 21 RHP, combined to go 15-3 with a 2.34 ERA between Single-A...
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The 2011 New York Yankees featuring the 2003 Cubs Pitching Staff. Bold move. Hey that Cubs team made it all the way to the NLCS that year (sorry to bring it up, it still hurts me too), so why wouldn’t they be a valuable group to bring on board eight years later? Steinbrenners, Cashman, I know it was a rough year for your...
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