Felix Pie was once best known as the bright future in center field for the Chicago Cubs . But after being traded…

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At this point, you'd have to figure that anyone old enough to remember attending the 1932 World Series at…

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Felix Pie was once best known as the bright future in center field for the Chicago Cubs . But after being traded…

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The welcome mat is being rolled out in the Sunshine State for Javier Vazquez. A source told ESPN that…

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The money the Florida Marlins are saving by trading second baseman Dan Uggla to the Atlanta Braves this week…

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Recently retired manager Lou Piniella has played a lot of different characters over the past 20 years.

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The Chicago Cubs have a number of questions heading into the pending winter meetings, not to mention spring training. There are issues with the starting pitching which need to be addressed, such as should the team try and move Carlos Zambrano or should they attempt to add another arm like Zach Greinke. The bullpen could use a veteran presence which could be intriguing as Kerry Wood's name has been floated around. The team also needs to trim payroll, and it will be interesting to see how creative the Rickett's family will be in remedying that…

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Major League Baseball didn't let him get near the Chicago Cubs . Nolan Ryan outmuscled him for the Texas…

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Well, this was probably inevitable. After a couple of days of the uber-rich Ricketts family going hat in hand to…

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Surrounded by union and business officials, Chicago Cubs' Chairman Tom Ricketts, right, responds to a question one day after Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley rebuffed his proposal to use future tax money to finance $200 million in renovations to Wrigley Field, during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010,  in Chicago.

Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts on Tuesday trotted out everyone from iron workers to restaurant owners, saying they will benefit from his proposal to use $200 million in state bonds to help renovate Wrigley Field. Flanked by representatives of unions and civic groups, Ricketts tried to dispel any suggestion that his proposal would cost the public — unless they come through the turnstiles –…


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