winter meetings Stories - South Side Sox
Saturday Rockpile: As the D-Backs Continue to Improve, How Will the Rockies Answer?
Let's flashback to a little over four years ago, when the Rockies were coming off of a season in which they beat their division rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks, on their way to their first World Series appearance. Many people thought that, of the two young and similar clubs, the Rockies' core was...
Winter Meetings: Want/Have
Despite the nihilism (or is it crafty gamesmanship?) of the front office, we know the Reds are at least pretending at pursuing a Leadoffman - or, failing that, a coxswain. The player in question will have to man LF or SS, since those are really the only openings in the starting lineup at present ...
Cubs Winter Meetings Preview
The baseball Winter Meetings begin tomorrow in what is called The Happiest Place On Earth, a Disney resort in Orlando, Florida. Only time will tell if the meetings will bring happiness to Cubs fans. Instead of more agonized handwringing over the players the Cubs did not sign or acquire over the...
Waiting For ... Something, Anything! Winter Meetings All-Purpose Post Day 4
Three days and over 3000 comments worth of posts here... and the Cubs have made no moves. It feels almost like a certain existential bit of writing... As yesterday, use this post for all Winter Meetings discussion. If Milton Bradley is dealt today -- or if the Cubs make any other significant...
Today May Be The Day Cubs Fans Crash Twitter: All-Purpose Winter Meetings Thread, Day 3
Will today be the day Milton Bradley becomes a former Cub? Rumors were flying all day yesterday involving the Rays, Rangers, Orioles, Mariners and probably several places not even mentionable on a family blog. Once again, use this post for all Winter Meetings discussion. If Bradley is dealt today...
Ryne Sandberg Named Iowa Manager -- Day 2 Winter Meetings All-Purpose Post
Rumors flew all day Monday, and all got shot down -- what else would you expect from an event that's as carefully scrutinized as the Winter Meetings? The only real Cubs news that happened on Monday was the naming of Ryne Sandberg to manage the Iowa Cubs, his third promotion in as many years....
Monday Rockpile: Winter Meetings Open Thread
Betancourt weighing his options on Rockies’ arbitration offer | All Things RockiesTroy Renck isn't quite as sure as Tracy Ringolby on Rafael Betancourt's decision to accept the Rockies offer of arbitration. Maybe that has something to do with the Brewers still having some interest in the...
All-Purpose Winter Meetings Post, Day 1
Major league general managers, player agents, media and assorted hangers-on have all arrived in Indianapolis to spend the next four days in climate-controlled comfort and hash out trades and free-agent signings. We'll also see the Rule 5 draft on Thursday, before everyone heads home. Use this post...
Hot Stove Heats Up, White Sox Not Cookin
The first two days of the Winter Meetings were pretty boring, even as the predictable big money deals rolled in (K-Rod to the Mets, CC to the Yankees). But things started to pick up late Wednesday. Most notably, (from the White Sox perspective) the Tigers and Indians made a couple of trades; the...
Winter Meetings Day 1 Thread
I thought about writing an FJM style entry Saturday dissecting Phil Rogers' latest column on leadoff men, but decided I had better things to do with my Saturday night. I then ran across three more Chicago-based articles on Sunday which referenced Williams' conference call non-denial of a...
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