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You don't need to tell Chicago Cubs fans how long it's been since they won the World Series. The 2010 season was another forgettable summer for the Cubs, but there are players available that can help them improve for 2011.One of those players is Carlos Pena, who the Cubs signed on Tuesday. The Cubs need more power in their lineup and a better infield defense, and Pena will help them in both areas.The Cubs could also use help in their pitching rotation, especially in their bullpen. The Cubs have had a respectable payroll the last decade, but they need to ...
Going into the offseason, the Chicago Cubs had a couple of priorities. One was to add a left-handed bat to a predominantly right-handed hitting lineup and another priority was to find a replacement for Derrek Lee at first base.
On late Tuesday night, the Cubs killed two birds with one stone.
The Cubs signed 1B Carlos Pena to a one-year, $10 million contract. Half of this deal will be deferred to January of 2012 in order to help the Cubs with payroll flexibility.
I can certainly see why both sides would do this deal.
For the Cubs, as I mentioned earlier, they ...
The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with free-agent first baseman Carlos Pena on a one-year deal worth $10 million, according to MLB.com's Carrie Muskat. Pena, 32, has 230 career home runs, 144 of which have come since the start of the 2007 season. Pena also plays stellar defense at first base, making this acquisition a smart one for Cubs' general manager Jim Hendry. Despite a rough (.196 batting average, strikeouts in roughly one-third of his at-bats) 2010 season, Pena is a solid left-handed power threat who can bat third for Chicago and only improves the lineup. Because the contract ...
It's official: The Chicago Cubs have signed left-handed first baseman Carlos Pena to a one-year, $10 million deal, something that will likely make a lot of Cubs fans happy and confused at the same time. While this certainly isn't a long-term fix, considering that Pena is 33, the Cubs could really benefit from his services for the year. For one, he easily tops the other two true first basemen on the roster (Micah Hoffpauir and Xavier Nady) with 28 home runs and 84 RBI in 484 at-bats, a fairly impressive mark. Pena is also still a Gold Glove-caliber fielder. The ...
Carlos Pena, 32, and the Chicago Cubs have finally consummated the rumors and worked out a one year deal worth $10 million.
It's a little more than Pena was projected to get and a little more than the Cubs were expected to have, so the deal is a little confusing on both counts.
With the deal finalized, the Cubs fill a large void at first base.
Though some fans will look quickly to Pena's admittedly very frightening .196 batting average in 2010, either way, Pena was a quite productive offensive guy as recently as 2008 and 2009. He was also a legitimate MVP-candidate in ...
May 31, 2004
An Interview with Ron Santo—The Cubs' No. 1 Fan
This is the first interview I ever had the privilege of doing, and it happened to be with a childhood hero. I can't tell you the thrill I had sitting in the radio booth with Chicago Cub great Ron Santo overlooking Wrigley Field. I thought with his passing, that fans of his and the Cubs would enjoy getting into his head a little bit.
He talks about his thoughts on why his Cub teams never made it to the World Series, and compares today's ballplayers to when he played. He reveals how ...
As I mentioned in yesterday’s article, an all too common trait in baseball is teams trading a promising rookie for over-the-hill veterans. More often than not, a team will sacrifice its potential future in order to win immediately.
Sometimes these trades will ultimately turn out to be worthwhile transactions that make the team trading the prospect better. In some cases, these trades turn out to be horrible mistakes that are discussed decades later. This is the story of such a trade.
Prior to the start of the 1982 season, the Philadelphia Phillies were just one season removed from their first World Series ...
Ryne Sandberg was a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs and briefly the Philadelphia Phillies. Sandberg now manages a Phillies minor league team, the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2005 class.
In his 16 years in the major leagues, Sandberg was a 10-time All-Star, nine time Gold Glover, seven time Silver Slugger and was the National League MVP in 1984. Ryno's .989 career fielding percentage at second base is a record for second basemen. Interestingly, Sandberg is named after three time All-Star Ryne Duren.
Instead of the interview being written completely, ...
Growing up in the Chicago area, Cubs baseball is more than just a game. It is a lifestyle. There is a dedication behind being a Cubs fan that very few teams possess; not only in baseball but in all of sports. Ron Santo and Pat Hughes were the voice of Chicago Cubs radio. In my household, as well as many others in Chicago, if you were watching the Cubs game on TV at home, you would mute it and turn to WGN 720 to hear Ron and Pat call the game. While many believe watching games on TV can show ...
As a kid I spent my summers in "Wrigleyville." My uncle would take me to just about every Cubs home game he could get me to.
I am 28 now, and I still bleed Cubs blue: win or lose. That was Ron Santo. Not only was he a great player, but he was a fan...just like one of us.
I remember when I was growing up, my uncle introduced me to Ron for the first time when I was 6. His face lit up as if he was seeing his own kid or grandkid.
That's the way he was. ...
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