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3 hrs ago | Bleacher Report

Should the Chicago Cubs Consider Brett Myers?

Reports out of Philadelphia Friday are that the National League Champion Phillies will not pursue an extension with Brett Myers.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Brett Myers, Philadelphia Phillies, Brad Lidge, Ted Lilly

8 hrs ago | WMAQ-TV

Ricketts' Fences: New Cubs Owner Focused on Fixups

For a losing baseball team. In the middle of a recession. Who does that? "It was my idea" said new Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts, as he smiled and looked out over one of the Wrigley Field skyboxes, noting the work that needs to be done.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Carlos Zambrano, Baseball Players, Alfonso Soriano, Milton Bradley

16 hrs ago | CBS SportsLine

Cubs trade rumors

Well the were nearing the end of baseball season, and the hot stove has started to heat up.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Vernon Wells

Thu Nov 05, 2009

BleacherReport

Ted Lilly Has Shoulder Surgery; Chicago Cubs Pitcher Expected Back Next April

This has been a big week for surgeries around baseball. On Monday it was the New York Mets' Jeff Francoeur going under the knife , on Tuesday it was the Detroit Tigers' Brandon Inge and the mother of The Ghost of Moonlight Graham having surgery, and yesterday it was the Chicago Cubs' Ted Lilly getting repaired.

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Related Topix: Sports, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Jeff Francoeur, Detroit Tigers, Brandon Inge

BleacherReport

The Yankee Model: What the Cubs Can Learn from the New World Champs

In some ways, it's the same old story. The Yankees win, the Yankees win, say it 27 times for emphasis.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, New York Yankees, Baseball Players, Mariano Rivera, American League, Carlos Marmol

Knoxville News Sentinel

Baseball Notebook: Nov. 4

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor accidentally shot him.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Baseball Players, Akinori Iwamura, Pittsburgh Pirates, Jesse Chavez

Naples Daily News Online

Raise in Arizona: Chicago Cubs owners to survey 2 potential spring sites

Last month, Tom Ricketts and his family were in Collier County to do the same. Last week, a group of local investors, Fifth Avenue Advisors, and Chicago-based Esmark announced that they are leading an effort to lure the Cubs to Collier County from its current home in Mesa, Ariz.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Wed Nov 04, 2009

BleacherReport

What Does Ted Lilly's Surgery Mean to The 2010 Chicago Cubs?

A whisper leaked out of Arizona on Wednesday that Chicago Cubs' left-hander Ted Lilly underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery on Tuesday and isn't expected to return until April.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Tom Gorzelanny, Sean Marshall, John Grabow

BTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog

Castle: Is Milton Bradley untradeable by the Chicago Cubs?

Castle: Keep Bradley? Cubs look to patch up offense. Move 3,000 miles west to San Francisco.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, San Francisco Giants, Aaron Rowand, Kerry Wood

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Bleacher Report

Chicago Cubs, John Grabow Talk Multi-Year Deal; Wait, You Want to Do What?

Bruce Levine of ESPN 1000 is reporting that the Cubs and reliever John Grabow are in the midst of heavy talks for a multi-year deal.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, John Grabow, Baseball Players

BTF's Baseball Primer

Chi Trib/Sullivan: Stage set for Chicago Cubs' organizational meetings

With a new owner in place and a disappointing 2009 season in the rearview mirror, speculation is Jim Hendry will have one year to turn things around on the North Side.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Sporting News

Tom Ricketts Mistakenly Believes His Cubs Can Win 2010 World Series

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.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Derrek Lee, Baseball Players, Ryan Dempster, Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez

Goatriders.org

It appears as though the Cubs haven't learned a damn thing.

Our friends at MLBTR are all over this John Grabow story. Apparently the Cubs want to extend the guy's time with the Cubs via a two-year deal worth $6 or 8 million.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, John Grabow, Tom Gorzelanny

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Towleroad

A-Rod, Ballot Measures, Rio, The Universe, Cubs, Uganda

NYT: Six tests for equality and fairness . "Three jurisdictions - New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia - seem tantalizingly close to securing legislative approval for measures ending the hurtful and unjustifiable exclusion of same-sex couples from civil marriage.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

NBC Chicago

Meet the New Cubs Owner. Don't Hate.

For a losing baseball team. In the middle of a recession. Who does that? "It was my idea" said new Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts, as he smiled and looked out over one of the Wrigley Field skyboxes, noting the work that needs to be done.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Zambrano, Milton Bradley

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Stuart News

Chicago Cubs to be contacted about Dodgertown use

The Chicago Cubs organization will be contacted to see if they are interested in using the former Dodgertown facility, but it is way to early to start replacing Dodgers blue with Cubbies blue.

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Related Topix: Sports

BleacherReport

Come To Think of It: Milton Bradley Drawing Interest, but No Vernon Wells

It seems that Jim Hendry and the Cubs are intent on doing everything within their power to move Milton Bradley this winter.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Major League Baseball, Sammy Sosa

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Naplesnews.com Stories

Editorial: Chicago Cubs spring training ... wea ve heard the pitch, leta s get into the game

The Chicago Cubs coming to the Naples area for spring training? A few months ago the notion sounded like a little more than the wish of baseball fans transplanted from the Windy City.

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Related Topix: Sports, Opinion

CBS 11

Meet The Chicago Cubs' New Owners

The Ricketts family formally introduced themselves to the media and to Chicago on Friday, officially starting the Ricketts era for the Cubs.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball

Toronto Sun

Wells swap 'has legs'

It's not a match made in heaven. In fact, it is quite the opposite. The Chicago Cubs would like to -- have to -- deal disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Vernon Wells, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Opinion

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