CHICAGO- Tom Ricketts and family kicked off the 25th Annual Chicago Cubs Convention by throwing out the first pitches during the opening ceremonies. The fans packed into the Grand Ballroom cheered when the Ricketts family were first introduced. The ball that Tom Ricketts threw actually almost hit Ronnie Woo-Woo in the head. Ronnie later commented [...]
Hendry’s Focus For 2010, Fixing Bad Moves Of 2009
The GM with the hottest seat around baseball is quite possibly Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry. Many die-hard Cub fans grow more and more impatient with Hendry’s lack of forward progress this offseason. While great potential future Cubs–Chone Figgens and Curtis Granderson–found new homes, Cubs fans feared the worst. Jim Hendry confirmed it himself at [...]
Jim Hendry accidently hits redial, trades Randy Wells to Indians
CHICAGO- While celebrating the Cubs 6-2 victory against the Cleveland Indians on Sunday Cubs’ General Manager Jim Hendry regretfully hit the redial button on his cell phone. The fortunate man on the other end of the line once again was Indians general manger Mark Shapiro. Randy Wells has been brilliant of late and up until [...]