Tag Archives: Kosuke Fukudome

Chicago Cubs Fire Dale Sveum, for All the Wrong Reasons
September 30, 2013

by Kent Sterling Every major league baseball manager knows that he will be fired before he agrees to take the job, and with the Chicago Cubs, they know that the chances of lasting five full seasons are almost nil. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Only one manager in the last half century has […]

Alfonso Soriano Trade Complete; Jim Hendry Era Happily Ends, or Did It?
July 26, 2013

by Kent Sterling The players former Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry signed are all gone, but the bills will keep coming for another 14 months as Alfonso Soriano has been dealt to the New York Yankees. The Cubs will pick up $17.7 million of the $24.5 million he is owed, according to reports, and for […]

Chicago Cubs – Chicago Media Is Derelict in Telling Truth to Fans
July 9, 2013

by Kent Sterling It’s hard to tell whether the Chicago sports media is littered with morons, or if they’re nesting in the pockets of Cubs executives who are understandably averse to being outed as free spending and irresponsible. To suggest Matt Garza should be given an extension paying $15-million per year is only explainable by […]

Chicago Cubs – The Search for the Bottom Continues
May 18, 2011

by Kent Sterling The last time the Chicago Cubs allowed as many as seven runs that were all unearned – Hall of Famer Ernie Banks was a 26 year-old shortstop.  Now 80, if Banks was watching the mess last night in Cincinnati, he would have said, “Let’s play none!” The Cubs committed four errors in […]

Chicago Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry – You’re fired!
May 11, 2011

by Kent Sterling Today, I am announcing the immediate termination of Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry.  Six moving boxes will be delivered to Hendry’s attention at Wrigley Field later today.  He can supply his own tape, or simply fold the flaps to close the boxes after he loads the personal stuff from his office. […]

Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts Guarantees Mediocrity
January 17, 2011

by Kent Sterling The best thing an owner in pro sports can do is hold  a general manager accountable to a level of on-court or on-field play that wins championships.  At worst, he becomes an apologist for the inculcated and institution mediocrity that comes to define a losing team. The Chicago Cubs have lost in […]

Delusional Jim Hendry Expects Better Season for Cubs
February 12, 2010

by Kent Sterling It’s not quite time for the annual look at my exclusive Chicago Cubs Preview, but with pitchers and catchers reporting in five days and some recent optimistic and baffling comments by GM Jim Hendry, there is no time like the present to vent a little and clear my head prior to the weekend.  […]