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BALTIMORE--In a desperate move to get more playing time to Freddie Bynum, new Baltimore Orioles President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail sat down with former Cubs manager Dusty Baker about the managerial opening left after the firing of Sam Perlozzo. Baker has been mentioned in media reports as a possible replacement for Perlozzo. If there is one candidate who can ... Read More

ARLINGTON, Tex.--After hitting his 600th home run off the Cubs on Wednesday night in a 7-3 Texas Rangers victory, former Cub Sammy Sosa bravely stepped to the post-game podium without the aid of his translator. In the lengthy post-game interview, Sosa seemed to understand parts of the English language which had eluded him during his appearance at the Congressional ... Read More

CHICAGO--Once the dust cleared over the Michael Barrett-for-Rob Bowen trade on Wednesday, Cubs fans were shocked to discover that several other noteworthy, dramatic stories had taken place. The Baltimore Orioles, after firing manager Sam Perlozzo, have already hunted down and hired former Cubs general manager and president Andy MacPhail, and they are talking to former Cubs catcher Joe Girardi to fill ... Read More

Former Cubs third baseman Ron Santo came up five votes shy of being inducted by the Veterans Committee into the Hall of Fame. Santo's family could not be reached for comment, as they were packing up all of the sharp objects in Santo's home, cutting all rope into 3-foot lengths, throwing away their toasters, permanently disabling their garage door opener with ... Read More

Farewell, Jeff Fassero. May your days be as long as your 38-pitch innings. May your nights be as quiet as Wrigley Field after you blow a five-run lead. May the road always rise to meet you, like a mediocre hitter's bat meeting your fastball and driving it out of the park. May your fortunes be as ... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa--Former Cubs Andre Dawson and Ryne Sandberg were at the Iowa Cubs' Fan Fest 2007 this Saturday, and both had some interesting things to say about the Cubs' offseason acquisitions, as Wrigleyville 23 pointed out. According to Dawson: They made some good acquisitions considering what was out there (for free-agent talent). But I still think there is work to be ... Read More

YOKOHAMA, Jap.--Former Cubs slugger and superstar Sammy Sosa has finally bottomed out. Certainly, it was evident that his stock had significantly dropped when the Cubs dumped him on the Baltimore Orioles for Jerry Hairston, Jr. And certainly it didn't help that none of the thirty Major League teams offered him a Major League contract last season. But this is ... Read More

WASHINGTON--The Washington Nationals, needing pitching as desperately as Lou Piniella needs sensitivity lessons, have signed former Cub Jerome Williams to a one-year, $500,000 contract. Don't be sad you're gone, Jerome. We're all racist here in Chicago, anyhow. In case Cubs fans have forgotten how terrible Williams was last season, here is his terribleness in all its glory: Williams, who gets a one-year ... Read More

CHICAGO--Former Cub first baseman Mark Grace, the hits leader of the 90's and one of the more popular Cubs in franchise history is back in the fold, according to the Daily Herald, more than six years after the Cubs unceremoniously parted ways with Grace following the 2000 season. According to Barry Axelrod, Grace's agent, Grace had been invited to the annual ... Read More

CHICAGO--The Josh Hamilton era came to an abrupt end Thursday, when the Cubs sent the minor leaguer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations. Hamilton had been selected by the Cubs from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the Rule V draft which took place earlier in the day. Immediately after Cubs G.M. Jim Hendry finished signing Hamilton's contract, fitting ... Read More