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Cubs to Sign Jim Edmonds
The Cubs are set to sign Jim Edmonds and send young centerfielder Felix Pie to the minors. As a Pirates fan, I heartily approve. Edmonds has now been dumped by two NL teams, including the team with the worst record in baseball. I've seen Edmonds several times this year and he looks like he's...
Is That A Banana In The Clubhouse, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
When, in the third inning last night, Carlos Zambrano stalked around the mound briefly, causing trainer Mark O'Neal and Lou Piniella to run out and check him out, we figured it might have been another cramping episode and that they'd have to send him back to the clubhouse for a banana...
Indefensible
Mike Fontenot, your plane may be leaving for Des Moines soon. Last night's 5-3 Cub loss to the Reds wasn't all Fontenot's fault. Well, wait. Yes, it pretty much was. Fontenot's error on what would likely have been an inning-ending DP ball (yes, I know you can't assume a DP, but a major league...
Pieces Of April
I've got pieces of April; I keep them in a memory bouquet... -- Three Dog Night Right after Felix Pie hit his improbable three-run homer, putting tonight's 7-1 Cub win over the Mets into a "memory bouquet", Mike said to me, "When have the Cubs ever had an April like this?" My first instinct...
Late Night With The Cubs
NEW YORK -- Usually, when I have a meeting like the one I attended last night and it's at the same time as the game (7 pm EDT), I don't get to see any baseball -- the meetings usually run three to three and a half hours, and most of the time, as you know, that's more than enough time to finish a...
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