Aramis Ramirez News

It's closing in on Thanksgiving and baseball circles are starting to heat up with discussion about players moving from one city to another.

The Chicago Cubs took the first concrete steps toward crystallizing their team in 2010 today, trading right-handed pitcher Aaron Heilman and re-signing would-be free agent John Grabow.A Those steps were preliminary, though, and general manager Jim Hendry knows that in order to make more drastic and necessary changes, he must first resolve the ...

The Ramones sang "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow".A It's a tale of breaking up because someone had to "pay the price".A And so is the case of Aramis Ramirez and the Pittsburgh Pirates .

Cubs players Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Marmol joined Hall of Famers Ernie Banks and Billy Williams in ceremonies Tuesday to announce a $20,000 contribution to community projects in the Dominican Republic.

Center field options, Mike Fontenot, Aramis Ramirez's shoulder and Spring Training are among the topics in this week's Inbox.

While the Cubs' team goals have been sunk for weeks, it's never too late for players to boost their statistics.

Well, another World Series has concluded, and the Cubs didn't win it. Wait a second! Wasn't that the lead in this space about this time last year? If it wasn't, it could have been.

After the 2011 season, the Chicago Cubs will have to make a choice: keep third baseman Aramis Ramirez and purchase his club option for $16 million, or let him hit the market and buy the remainder of the contract for $2 million.

What? It's a pirate. It's a story about pirates, and this is a picture of a pirate.

The winners of the 2009 Sharp presents Hank Aaron Award will be announced on Sunday night before the Yankees play the Phillies in Game 4 of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park.

Glendon Rusch calmed some nerves Sunday with a strong performance against Pittsburgh, keeping him in the Cubs' rotation at least for the time being.

It's understandable for consumers to be happy about and test out their new purchases: Porsche drivers would want to take a spin in a new ride, new homeowners have dinner parties, and kids with new toys play with them until their parents snap.

Time for the World Series edition of Who Would You Rather Have? CBS Sportsline recently completed a 5x5 mixed league mock draft, and Chase Utley was selected 4th overall before Ryan Braun, Joe Mauer and Alex Rodriguez to name a few.

This is the worst news I have heard in a long time as a Cubs fan.A Yes, worse then Aramis Ramirez out with an injury or when D-Lee got hurt a couple years ago.A Milton Bradley could be back as a Cub in 2010.

Will Magglio Ordonez be a Cub in 2010? Browse more photos>> With a day off before game six of the ALCS -- and this series has the chance to go down in history as one of the better league championship series, having already produced at least three "instant classics", let's spend today looking toward next year.

Some days you lose, and then there are days like the Cubs had Tuesday at Wrigley Field.

Sometimes Cub fans embarrass me. Actually this is pretty typical -- if you are a Cub fan, no matter how idiotic you may act, sooner or later you'll encounter some other Cub fan who makes your face burn an embarrassing shade of red, leaving you to apologize to the non-Cub-fans around you.

Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune , who seldom has a lucid baseball thought, has openly lobbied for longtime Texas Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo to come to town.

Todd Walker's parting gift as a Cub was expounding on his theory that the tradition of day baseball is partly to blame for the team's lack of success over the decades.

There are a lot of reasons to hate big-market teams. The copious amount of money teams such as the Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers and Cubs spend to sign top performers is a little disheartening .