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Wednesday Nov 11 | Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs consider GM meetings ``productive''

Jim Hendry said he considers the just concluded general managers meetings at the O'Hare Hilton fruitful and said that the abbreviated format seemed to encourage even more dialogue between GMs than the usual spread-out, longer sets of meetings in the past.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Curtis Granderson, Luis Castillo, Autos

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Fox Sports

The Deal Hunters

Yeah, and he's holding up some of the decisions the Cubs might make as the hot-stove season gets started in earnest with the general managers meetings this week at the O'Hare Hilton.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Pat Burrell, Baseball Players

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Cubs seem ready to let Rich Harden and Reed Johnson go

There's no question Rich Harden and Reed Johnson would prefer to return to the Cubs in 2010, and in a perfect world, Jim Hendry would probably re-sign both.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Reed Johnson, Baseball Players, Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, Ted Lilly

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Goatriders.org

Without option-based contracts, not much early Cubs activity

Two days after the World Series, and nothing has happened so far to harm or help us.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Jermaine Dye, Baseball Players, Chicago White Sox, Chad Fox, Rich Harden

Chicago Cubs

Lilly undergoes arthroscopic surgery

Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly had hoped the discomfort he felt in his left shoulder would go away once he had a chance to rest, but it didn't, and on Tuesday, Lilly underwent a left shoulder arthroscopy and debridement.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, Reed Johnson

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Major League Baseball

Cubs quintet eligible for free agency

Outfielder Reed Johnson and pitchers John Grabow, Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, and Chad Fox are eligible to file for free agency now that the World Series has ended.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Kevin Gregg, Reed Johnson, Baseball Players, Rich Harden, Chad Fox

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, Chicago Cubs, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Tom Gorzelanny, Sean Marshall

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, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Bleed Cubbie Blue

Cubs Negotiating Multi-Year Deal With John Grabow

As you might guess, left-handed setup relievers don't get many photos taken. So, this one in a Pirates uniform is the best one available of John Grabow.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Carlos Marmol

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Bleacher Report

The Terrible John Grabow: Why Standard Stats Don't Work in the Bullpen

If you have ever read Baseball Prospectus' Baseball Between the Numbers , or a similarly analytical baseball text, the argument against standard pitching statistics is not new to you.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, National League, Major League Baseball, National League Central, Chicago Cubs

Tue Oct 27, 2009

BleacherReport

Chicago Cubs: An Action Plan to Build a 2010 Winner

First of all, here's a link that will help us establish a proper frame of reference.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Aaron Heilman, Kevin Gregg, Jeff Baker

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Pittsburgh Pirates

Inbox: No reunion likely for traded Bucs

Apparently, I underestimated how many questions would pour into my inbox this past week.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Jack Wilson, Baseball Players, Chicago Cubs, Paul Maholm, Ross Ohlendorf

Thu Oct 08, 2009

New Pittsburgh Courier

Losing count: Pirates' awful run sets record

Written by Alan Robinson Thursday, 08 October 2009 10:06 PITTSBURGH - They said the losing had to stop, and it didn't. They said the familiar pattern of a player getting good and then getting gone would stop, and it didn't. Instead, the losing didn't slow down for the Pittsburgh Pirates, it increased.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Tom Gorzelanny, Baseball Players

Fox Sports

Moving Bradley not as difficult as moving Sosa

Observations on the Cubs the day after it all ended: Don?t expect the Cubs to have their entire winter held hostage by Milton Bradley , as they did with Sammy Sosa in 2004-05. The situations are different.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Alfonso Soriano, Geovany Soto, Kosuke Fukudome

Tue Oct 06, 2009

301 Moved Permanently

Bradley at top of Hendry's list

Hey, Chicago Cubs, you've just finished short of first place for the 113th time in franchise history! Where are you going next? It ain't Disneyland.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Reed Johnson, Rich Harden

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Unloading Milton Bradley heads Jim Hendry's to-do list

The 50th anniversary of the production of the last Edsel arrives in November, just in time for the beginning of the Milton Bradley sell-off. Bradley turned out to be the Cubs ' version of the Edsel, a concept that may have looked OK on paper but ultimately turned into a critical and commercial flop.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Todd Hundley

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Major League Baseball

Grabow, Harden hope to return to Cubs

It's been a little weird this week for Rich Harden and John Grabow. They are two of the Cubs' four free agents-to-be, and one has already begun talks about returning, while the other is taking a wait-and-see approach.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Rich Harden, Tom Gorzelanny, Kerry Wood, Reed Johnson

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Bucs Dugout

Jose Ascanio Has Labrum Surgery

The White Sox won 8-7. Browse more photos>> Dr. James Andrews performed labrum surgery on Jose Ascanio this morning, the Post-Gazette reports .

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Related Topix: Sports, Jose Ascanio, Baseball Players, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pirates Notebook: Gayo turns page after Sano

"I can't deny that it's a bad feeling to lose the player. Congratulations to the Twins.

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Related Topix: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Minnesota Twins, Baseball Players, Autos

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Major League Baseball

Lilly roots for teammate Johnson's return

Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly began a campaign to keep free-agent outfielder Reed Johnson on the team when he walked into the interview room at Wrigley Field Wednesday wearing a blue T-shirt that said, "With Reed, we will succeed." "I'm trying to bring him back," Lilly said.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Ted Lilly, Baseball Players, Reed Johnson, Kevin Gregg, Rich Harden

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