Images: Cubs dismiss General Manager Jim Hendry
Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts talks about the firing of general manager Jim Hendry before a Fridays game against the Cardinals.
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Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry in the dugout at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
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Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry.
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New Cub Juan Pierre and Jim Hendry during news conference Wednesday at Wrigley Field.
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New Cub Kosuke Fukudome holds his jersey with Cubs Vice President and General Manager Jim Hendry during news conference at Wrigley Field.
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Chicago Cubs welcome new manager Lou Piniella to the club. New Cubs skipper Lou Piniella speaks to the media as GM Jim Hendry looks on.
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Chicago Cubs Executive vice president and general manager Jim Hendry gestures as he talks about the Cubs plans at Major League Baseballs General Manager meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 in Dana Point, Calif.
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Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry introduced Jacque Jones as one of their new outfielders during a news conference at the Wrigley Field Stadium Club Restaurant in Chicago.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, center, talks with reporters before a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, May 12, 2011 in Chicago.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry talks to the media during Major League Baseballs 2009 General Managers Meetings, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 in Chicago.
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Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry introduced Jacque Jones as one of their new outfielders during a news conference at the Wrigley Field Stadium Club Restaurant in Chicago.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendrym, right, shakes hands with outfielder Milton Bradley as Bradley was introduced as the newest member of the baseball team during a news conference in Chicago. The Cubs are trying to move past the latest distraction in a disappointing season. Volatile outfielder Bradley was suspended for the rest of the year Sunday, Sept. 20, a day after criticizing the team in a newspaper interview. Manager Lou Piniella said Monday it will be Hendrys decision whether the Cubs bring back Bradley next season.
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A Sept. 30, 2008 file photo shows Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, right, talking to Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti, at Wrigley Field in Chicago before the National League Division Series. On Monday, Oct. 20, 2008, the Cubs and Hendry agreed to a four-year contract extension through the 2012 season. The move came following the Cubs best regular season in more than six decades. They won their second straight NL Central title but got swept out of the playoffs for the second straight year.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry talks to the media at a news conference before the teams home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers, in Chicago, Monday, April 12, 2010.
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Chicago Cubs welcome new manager Lou Piniella to the club. Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry (left) and Lou Piniella shake hands after the news event.
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, left, and general manager Jim Hendry watch batting practice during a spring training baseball workout at the teams practice facility in this Feb. 25, 2007 file photo, in Mesa, Ariz.
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Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry discloses promising information regarding Mark Priors throwing arm while being surrounded by microphones at Wrigley Field Friday afternoon.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, left, shakes hands with infielder Starlin Castro, right, as Castro waits his turn to take batting practice at the teams spring training baseball facility Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, in Mesa, Ariz.
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Associated PressChicago Cubs Derrek Lee, right, talks to general manager Jim Hendry at baseball spring training on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.
Associated PressChicago Cubs player Ryan Dempster, left, general manager Jim Hendry, center, and chairman Crane Kenney listen to new team owner Tom Ricketts during a news conference at Wrigley Field on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Chicago.
Mike Quade is name the Chicago Cubs manager at a news conference with Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry Wrigley Field in Chicago on Tuesday, October 19.
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Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella, left, talks with Cubs general manager Jim Hendry before a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh Tuesday, June 1, 2010.
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Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, left, chats with Chicago White Sox general manager Ken Williams before the Crosstown Classic Monday at U.S. Cellular Field.
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White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen talks with Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry before Sundays game at Wrigley Field.
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Cub General Manager Jim Hendry is all smiles during pregame of Game 3 of the National League Divisional Playoffs between the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks, Saturday.
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Crane Kenney, right and General Manager Jim Hendry, left, listen to the Tom Ricketts family news conference.
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Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry announces a trade with the Baltimore Orioles that sent Sammy Sosa and cash to Baltimore for utility player Jerry Hairston, infielder Mike Fontenot and pitcher Dave Crouthers, during a news conference in Chicago, in this Feb. 2, 2005 file photo. Hendry was hospitalized Wednesday Dec. 6, 2006 at baseballs winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Hendry wasnt feeling well and spoke by phone with Cubs team physician Dr. Stephen Adams, who recommended that the 51-year-old GM go to a hospital to be examined. Hendry was expected to remain in the hospital overnight.
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JOE LEWNARD/jlewnard@dailyherald.comCubs Manager Mike Quade talks with General Manager Jim Hendry before Thursdays workout at Wrigley Field.
Chairman of the Chicago Cubs Crane Kenney, right, talks to general manager Jim Hendry, left, during spring training baseball Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009, in Mesa, Ariz.
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