well, maybe not so fast, now that I've read the article. I think Ramirez should take the deal. I'm not so sure that he'll get a better one from another team.

Cubs exercise option on Ramirez

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Carlos Silva explains his role in Cubs dugout misunderstanding

And apparently, the manager is okay with it:

Cubs manager OK with dustup if team improves

The problem is, they probably won't improve (unfortunately)

Another view:

Not Zambrano this time: Cubs fight in dugout after awful inning

Healthy Ramirez eyeing rebound‘‘There’s no other place I want to be. We’ll see,’’ said Ramirez, who’s in the final guaranteed year of his contract, with a $16 million team option looming after this season. ‘‘I don’t know what they think. We’ll see what happens ( Read more... )

they hit 5 home runs, two by Marlon Byrd, two by Geovanny Soto, and one by Derrek Lee, which just happened to be his 300th of his career.

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I can just imagine the Cub fans when Starlin Castro steps foot on the grass at Wrigley Field. I hope the kid can survive that.

I heard rumblings and rumors all day (before game time) that the Cubs had called up Starlin Castro to play shortstop and that Ryan Theriot was being moved over to second base.

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Let's just say the Pittsburgh Pirates have not exactly been World Series contenders over the past 20 or so years. But yet, the Cubs let the Pirates beat them 11-1 on Thursday, May 6th.

Randy Wells pitched like he should be in the minors learning how to pitch. He gave up 5 runs in the FIRST inning alone. He ended up giving up 7 runs in two ( Read more... )

The Cubbies won in 10 innings 4-3, on a Aramis Ramirez bases loaded walk over the Washington Nationals. Four in a row now. On a blustery, cold night in Chicago (typical Cubbie weather).

Ramirez walk lifts Cubs past Nationals 4-3 in 10They have reached .500 for the season and the only place to go is up. Unfortunately, the Cardinals also won last ( Read more... )