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Rambling On, Revisited
Buster Olney reported in his column today that, contrary to trade speculation earlier in the season, David Price will likely stay with the Rays this season. " Ninety percent chance he stays ," one rival executive said.…
Chicago Cubs and The Gleyber Allstars
The Chicago Cubs had a banner day retooling their farm system. In a few years, when the Cubs are looking good and have a surplus of power arms in the organization, we can look back on July 2, 2013. The international…
Colletti Bets on Marmol
The Dodgers traded for exiled Cubs closer Carlos Marmol this morning, sending Matt Guerrier to Chicago. Today is a somber day for Cubs' fans. The team DFA'd Marmol a few days ago, but many expected him to simply end up…
Wrigley Field's Vestigial Torco Sign
The famed Torco sign on Sheffiled in 1987... By: Mark Susina via flickr Sheffield, behind the bleachers, began changing... By: Mark Susina via flickr This photo is dated May 26, 2010... By: Mark Susina via flickr…
Last Night of Winter Meetings
This can be one of the best nights of the offseason. The following is our attempt to document the evening for posterity. *** According to this Jeff Wilson piece in the Fort Worth Star Telegram , Nolan Ryan thinks…
ICYMI, Last Night was Draft Night!
The grammar police are taking the night off. There's not much form here, just free flowing notes I took down during the first night of the 2012 Rule 4 Draft. Great moment for Houston The rumors of Carlos Correa…
Pujols Knows Futility
It's been well documented that Albert Pujols is struggling to adapt to the American League. Most of us know he has yet to hit a homerun. After a base on balls in the 8th inning of tonight's game, he's currently in an…
A Brief Moment in 'Why?'
A few curiosities on this Thursday lunch hour: Why is Coco Crisp being considered for Left Field? If his defense has deteriorated to the point where ha cannot effectively play Center Field, why would a team be…
Options for the Yankee Rotation
As we learned from Ben Nicholson-Smith's engaging summary of the NYY portions of Joel Sherman's column from Friday : The Yankees have “looked into” Matt Garza, but a Cubs official downplayed the likelihood of any deal…
Random Thoughts, Early November
Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington discussed potential new managers for the Red Sox before Theo left for Chicago. So, they're working off similar lists of candidates. For sure, I'm biased, but why in the world would…
Curse of Theo Epstein?
Maybe the Red Sox are asking for "something real" because they are afraid of selling another team asset and falling into an 86-year title-less abyss. Larry Lucchino, who is in charge of the negotiations, and was spoken…
Landing Spots for Juan Carlos Oviedo
When Leo Nuñez was placed on the Restricted List for a personal reason late last week, people expected it was a family emergency or visa problem. In actuality, he was involving himself in the process of reassuming his…
The Cubs Opportunity
In the aftermath of Jim Hendry's dismissal, it's clear the Cubs are looking for a big name that is respected, from a winning background, and able to instill what he has learned into Cubs culture. Quite a few candidates…
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