The Chicago Cubs have agreed to one-year contracts with right-handers Andy Sonnanstine and Manny Corpas. The deals, which are non-guaranteed split contracts, were announced Monday. Terms were not available. Sonnanstine, who turns 29 in March, was 28-31 with a 5.26 ERA in five seasons with Tampa Bay. He made 80 starts in 132 appearances.
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 31st, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chicago Cubs have hired former star Bill Buckner as a minor league hitting coach. Buckner will be with the Boise Hawks of the short-season Class A Northwest League. The Cubs made the announcement Friday. Buckner played for the Cubs from 1977-84 and won the 1980 NL batting title. He was a career .289 hitter over 22 seasons.
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 31st, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chicago Cubs announced the signing of pitchers Manny Corpas and Andy Sonnanstine to non-guaranteed contracts on Monday. Corpas, 29, missed all of last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in September 2010. He has a career record of 12-16 with 34 saves, 51 holds and a 3.93…
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 30th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 30th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Early in this offseason I was vocal about wanting the Chicago Cubs to sign free agent first baseman Prince Fielder. At 27, he is younger than Albert Pujols and seems to be a better building block for a team like the Cubs. However, in the wake of the Pujols signing (10 years for $254…
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 29th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chicago Cubs new front office regime is in the midst of overhauling the team’s bullpen. The trade of lefty reliever Sean Marshall to Cincinnati last week was a blow to the Cubs relief staff. Marshall is set to become a free agent following the 2012 season.
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 29th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(The following was written by a life-long Chicago Cubs fan, me, eternally hoping that stuff like this will finally happen to my favorite team.) The best sports moments are the ones that are just too corny to be real, the kind that have to be seen to be believed, those whose…
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 28th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nearly 14 million people have watched Jimmy Kimmel’s wildly funny bit in which parents bestow awful gifts upon their eager children and then record the hilarious reactions. With that in mind, check out this young lady’s reaction when she receives … Continue reading →
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 28th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Chicago Cubs continued their rebuilding offseason by trading away left-handed reliever Sean Marshall to the Cincinnati Reds for pitcher Travis Wood and prospects, as well as signing pitchers Manny Corpas and Andy Sonnanstine to non-guaranteed contracts.
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 27th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The full 2012 Chicago Cubs Spring Training schedule got released, and it’s packed with games that only allows for one day off (March 21) during the first month of games. The schedule opens with two games against the Oakland Athletics and works into the first week of April…
View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Chicago Cubs News
Post info: By NorthsideBum on December 27th, 2011
Comments: Comments Off
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
