Monday, November 30, 2015

CUB PAYROLL LIMITATIONS at Cubsquest.com

30 November:

The facts are in.

The Cubs can only add about $20 million to their current payroll. For the time being they will be limited to the $130-140 million range. Now there"s nothing inherently wrong with this; the best thing about financial restrictions is it keeps teams from doing...
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

BEARS, CUTLER BEAT PACKERS IN LAMBEAU at Cubsquest.com

26 November:

It was a strange game.

Interesting, even fun to watch. But just, well, strange. The Bears got off to their patented slow start, allowing Aaron Rodgers lead his team down the field on their second possession and take an early 7-0 lead.

Meanwhile the Bears played both sloppy, ...
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BEARS-PACKERS ON TURKEYDAY. AS GOOD AS IT GETS at Cubsquest.com

26 November:

So, after everyone is done feasting on turkey and trimmings, has let their belt out a notch or two, and is enjoying the warm glow of a nice spiced cider the Chicago Bears will play football against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau field.

In a predicted "wintry mix". too....
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

TURKEY DAY AND THE CUBS at Cubsquest.com

24 November:

So far so quiet.

The moves so far:





NOVEMBER


DATE
TRANSACTION


November 20, 2015
Acquired RHP Spencer Patton from Texas for INF Frandy Delarosa. Selected the contracts of INF Jeimer Candelario, C Willson Contreras, RHP Pierce Johnson and INF Dan Vogelbach...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

JAKE ARRIETA: 2015 CY YOUNG WINNER at Cubsquest.com

18 November:

This one was all but inevitable; with all due apologies to the Los Angeles Dodgers fine one-two punch of Clayton Kershaw (third) and Zach Greinke (second).

They both had superb years. Then again, Arrieta"s was beyond superb, or stellar, or any other adjective.

Unless...
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WILL PC WAVE HIT HAWKS? at Cubsquest.com

Culturally Appropriate Chicago Blackhawks Logo by First Nations Artist Goes Viral





Vincent Schilling




11/18/15





When Winnipeg radio hostsTom and Larryposted a “new and improved” and culturally appropriate Chicago Blackhawks logo created by Ojibway artist Mike Iva...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

JOE MADDON WINS MANAGER OF THE YEAR at Cubsquest.com

17 November:

Yes, Terry Collins was named manager of the year already.

But that was the Sporting News, which while a respected journalistic institution isn"t the final arbiter on this award. That the Baseball Writer"s Association of America.

The ones who voted for Rookie of the Year....
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Monday, November 16, 2015

KANE HAS SOMETHING TO PROVE at Cubsquest.com

Chicago, IL – It’s no surprise that Patrick Kane is playing superstar caliber hockey in the beginning stages of this year’s NHL season. Right…?

Most players who enter the new season playing well had a strong offseason and prepared themselves adequately for the coming months. Patrick Kane? Woul...
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KRIS BRYANT: ROOKIE OF THE YEAR at Cubsquest.com

16 November:

In the end it wasn"t even close.

Cub third baseman Kris Bryant garnered all 30 first place votes and won in a unanimous decision. Giant third baseman Matt Duffy finished second with 22 second place votes, and Pirate infielder Jung Ho Kang was a distant third with...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015

BEARS SHEAR RAMS 37-13 at Cubsquest.com

16 November:

Nobody saw THIS coming.

Your humble Cubsquest staff did, sort of. We predicted a victory albeit a much thinner margin; 21-17. It"s on John Mullin"s post at Comcast if you"d like to check it out.

The game always felt good here.

But a butt spanking? A good old fashioned...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015

FOLLOW CUBSQUEST TWEETS at Cubsquest.com

14 November:

Cubsquest has publishing cutting edge analysis for three and a half years now.

We"ve had over 5,000 people visit over 7,000 times and view almost 14,000 pages. Not bad for a little under the radar Cub intensive baseball site. We have since moved into other venues in order to...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015

CUBS IN PURSUIT at Cubsquest.com

12 November:

The Hot Stove season is in full bloom.

The Cubs are involved in just about everything, although a word of caution is warranted. The local media desperately wants the team to spend lavishly on free agent pitching while ignoring the real needs of the team.

This is typical,...
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Monday, November 9, 2015

BEARS BEAT CHARGERS; CUTLER SETS BEAR TD RECORD at Cubsquest.com

10 November:

It was a strange game with two struggling teams.

Dropped passes, missed field goals, incredibly stupid penalties on both sides were the hallmark of the contest. It was, admittedly, ugly.

Except when it was beautiful.

And there was no more beautiful sight than when Zach...
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CUBS FORCED INTO EARLY DECISIONS at Cubsquest.com

9 November:

It didn"t take long.

The Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays jumped into the trade market quickly; catching the league off guard with a six player deal four days ago. It isn"t so much the players involved; reliever Nathan Karns and outfield prospect Herschel Mack "Boog"...
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Friday, November 6, 2015

QUALIFYING OFFERS: WHAT THAT MEANS at Cubsquest.com

6 November:

Today is the deadline for teams to extend qualifying offers to their free agents is today at 5 pm Eastern.

If you average out the 100+ highest paid players you"ll find an average of a little over $15 million a year. Now, keep in mind NO player has ever accepted a qualifying...
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"SPECTRE" WORTH A VIEW at Cubsquest.com

6 November:

OK, so it isn"t baseball.

There are other sites regurgitating dated information if you care to remind yourself. There is a life outside of baseball, and sports in general. If you live 24/7 in a world of professional sports, and simply MUST have edge of the seat action on all...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

BULLS STRONG START at Cubsquest.com

Chicago, IL – The Chicago Bulls capped off at 3-1 opening week with a win over the Orlando Magic Sunday night.

Chicago’s first regular season week under new head coach Fred Hoiberg was satisfactory. Aside from an overtime loss, which the Bulls had no business being in, to the Detroit Pistons, ...
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STARLIN CASTRO TO WHITE SOX? at Cubsquest.com

4 November:

OK, so this isn"t even a rumor.

But let"s take a look at the circumstantial evidence. The White Sox have announced the signing of former Cub manger Rich "Ricky" Renteria as a bench coach.

Wednesday the Sox said they were not picking up the option on Alexei Ramirez; declining...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

2016 CUBS: WHAT TO DO? at Cubsquest.com

4 November:

The dust has started to settle.

Kansas City had their most excellent victory parade Tuesday, the whole city turned out and a good time was had by all. Then again,  James Bond"s arch enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld had an interesting take on the region.

With a killer satellite in ...
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Monday, November 2, 2015

ROYALS EMBARRASS METS; TAKE TITLE at Cubsquest.com

2 November:

It was always meant to be the Royal"s year.

From the last moment of the 2014 World Series, where Alex Gordon held up at 3rd with the tying run in the 7th game when many thought he"d have scored, to their fans hijacking the All Star game, to their dismantling of the New York...
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