Chicago Cubs
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Cubs insist Jaramillo hire not connected to BradleyOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - When word got out that the Cubs wanted to hire Rudy Jaramillo as their hitting coach, people started putting 2 and 2 together. The Cubs say it doesn't necessarily add u...
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Cubs welcome Jaramillo to Wrigley FieldOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - According to Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, he didn't hire just any hitting coach Wednesday. He said the Cubs hired "the best hitting coach in major-league baseball: R...
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Cubs moving quickly to hire new hitting coachOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The Cubs wrapped up a weeklong series of meetings in Arizona on Friday in advance to their more formal organization meetings in November. In addition to watching minor-...
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How hard will Hendry chase Texas batting coach?Oct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - If there's one thing known about Cubs GM Jim Hendry after all these years, it's that he tends to focus "like a laser beam," to use an old presidential campaign phrase, o...
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Ricketts didn't get his money by tossing it aroundOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Ricketts family members must feel like they're walking down the streets of Chicago and homeless persons are soliciting money from them every few steps. The latest reques...
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Former Cubs pitching coach Larry Jansen dies
Oct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - VERBOORT, Ore. -- Larry Jansen, the winning pitcher for the New York Giants in the 1951 playoff game decided by Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World," has died. ...
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Chicago Cubs get needed bankruptcy court OK
Oct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- The sale of the Chicago Cubs moved closer Tuesday as a bankruptcy court judge said the team can go to the family of billionaire Joe Ricketts in a $84...
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Cubs file for bankruptcy to speed team's sale
Oct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Chicago Cubs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow their owner to sell the baseball team in an $845 million deal. The...
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Arizona tribe pitches Cubs for spring training
Oct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- An Indian tribe in Arizona is making a pitch to the Chicago Cubs to move their spring training sit. Members of the Gila River Indian tribe traveled to Chi...
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Bad year doesn't trash Hendry recordOct 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Even a broken clock is right twice a day, which would make me about half as effective as a busted timing device. Nevertheless, when I was certain in 2007 and 2008 that t...