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Taking names

If fans were expecting a shakeup after Tom Ricketts took over as chairman of the Cubs late in 2009, they had to wait until the third week of August 2011 to learn that general manager Jim Hendry had been terminated a month earlier. (Hendry was held over for a month to attend to unfinished business, [...]

Posted 26 September 2011 † Phil § prospect § Ricketts ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Tradeable

When it develops its own players, a solid baseball organization also produces tradeable veterans. Tradeability is something of a foreign concept to Cub fans. It does not apply to high-profile flops, players you wish had never come in the door. Cub fans are quite familiar with players of that sort. Recent examples are Soriano, Fukudome, [...]

Posted 21 February 2010 † Phil § Hendry § prospect § Ricketts § trade ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,