Pin Itemailprint A Boston radio station is reporting that Red Sox GM Theo Epstein is out, having reportedly agreed to a $15 million, five-year deal with the Chicago Cubs. WEEI says Epstein already has agreed to the deal and it will be announced later this week after compensation is decided. Epstein and the Cubs have [...]
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Clearly, the Chicago Cubs have had enough of Carlos Zambrano. The team has placed the troubled pitcher, who walked out on his team Friday night after giving up five home runs and getting ejected, on the disqualified list. The team says that the right-handed pitcher will receive no pay and have no part in team activities for [...]
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Is Carlos Zambrano packing it in? It seems the Cubs pitcher is bailing out on his fellow teammates after getting ejected last night. Chicago Cubs manager Mike Quade said Zambrano cleaned out his locker and “walked out” after surrendering five home runs during Friday night’s 10-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Quade said Zambrano is considering retirement. “I’m really [...]
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See that, O’s fans? It’s not all bad. The Baltimore Orioles are limping into the All-Star break on a 7-game losing streak, but the O’s are Major League Baseball’s 13th most popular team, according to a new poll by Harris Interactive. Last year, the Orioles ranked 20th in the survey…that’s a 7-spot jump, the biggest [...]
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Well, this is one of the most drunk people you’ll see in a while. Watch as this lovely lady drops gems like, “NPR… they should defund that..what is this russia?” and “NO, get a job and then make people..its like I gotta pay for HBO and birth control…” You go, girl! Watch more Viral Videos [...]
Chicago Cubs legend and broadcaster Ron Santo died on Thursday in Arizona at the age of 70. He had entered into a coma on Wednesday before dying complications from bladder cancer. “He absolutely loved the Cubs,” said Santo’s broadcast partner, Pat Hughes. “The Cubs have lost their biggest fan.” Hughes added that, despite all Santo’s [...]
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Chicago Cubs rookie Tyler Colvin was hospitalized on Sunday night after he was hit with a shattered bat that punctured his chest. Colvin running from third base to home plate during the second inning of the Cubs’ 13-3 win over the Florida Marlins when he was impaled by a piece of Welington Castillo‘s bat. Colvin [...]
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It was a wild one last night as the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals mixed it up in a bench-clearing brawl. After making a few incendiary comments about the Cardinals, Reds’ second baseman Brandon Phillips tapped Cards’ catcher Yadier Molina with his bat as he entered the batter’s box. That didn’t go over so [...]
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Are you kidding me? Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves showed why he’s the best hitting prospect in all of Major League Baseball. In just his first major league at-bat, Heyward, 20, launched a towering, 447-foot, three-run home run off of Chicago Cubs’ starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano. The ball landed deep in the Atlanta bullpen [...]
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Through some random miracle, Andre Dawson was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame today while Roberto Alomar was snubbed. Dawson, in his ninth year of eligibility, won 77.9% of the vote. Alomar, one of the greatest second baseman in history, came up eight votes short. A .279 career hitter with 438 home runs, 1,591 [...]
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UPDATE: Sammy Sosa is black again! Has Sammy Sosa bleached his skin? Some pictures of the former Chicago Cubs slugger that were taken at this year’s Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Thursday seem to reveal a stunning metamorphosis. His skin has become several shades lighter and he also seems to be wearing green [...]
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Wow, there are meltdowns and then there are meltdowns. Carlos Zambrano got the official Milton Bradley “thumbs up” after being tossed from the Cubs / Pirates game on Wednesday. Zambrano had a meltdown for the ages after being ejected from the Cubs 5-2 victory. “That was pretty impressive,” Bradley said. “It was on a Bradley [...]
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