The Cubs and their ace finally agree to terms on a new contract worth $91.5 million over 5 years with a player option for a 6th year at $19.25 million. Apparently the biggest hurdle in negotiations was the no-trade clause that Big Z and his agent insisted upon. Thankfully Jim Hendry and the Cubs relented. [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Carlos Zambrano signs a 5 year contract extension
Friday, August 17th, 2007Losing Soriano
Saturday, August 11th, 2007I come home from a week away to find that the Cubs have lost 6 out of their last 10 and even more costly than that, they’ve lost their starting left fielder. But Alfonso Soriano isn’t just the starting left fielder, he’s also their offensive leader. He leads the team in home runs with 18, [...]
Welcome to first place Chicago Cubs
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007On August 1st, the Cubs are in first place. It’s a tie with Milwaukee, and they’re only minute percentage points away, but they’re still in first place. And after the start of the season that the Cubs had, I’m sure they’ll take it.
As recently as June 23rd the Cubs were 8 1/2 games behind [...]
Bears acquire and sign DT Darwin Walker
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007The Chicago Bears filled the hole that was left by Tank Johnson and his arsenal of weapons. They acquired DT Darwin Walker for a conditional 5th round pick. Walker has played his seven previous seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Over that time he’s racked up 27.5 sacks. That kind of production will definitely help the [...]