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Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:37pm — Rob G.

After Kaplan claimed Kerry Wood was close to moving on, he then took credit that his story spurred the Cubs to up their offer for Kerry and that he should be signing with the Cubs soon. Jon Morosi of Fox Sports broke the news saying it's likely to be a one-year deal with some sort of 2013 option.

- Theo downplayed talks regarding Matt Garza, claiming more has been reported in the media than has actually happened.  The Tigers (as they should) seem more than content with keeping Jacob Turner as their 5th starter this year (he won't last long there).

- Kevin Goldstein tweets that the Cubs are "definitely interested" in Yoenis Cespedes who signed up with a Dominican team today, which should give scouts even a better look at him. Rumor is that Jorge Soler probably won't sign until the season starts.

- The cops will have a little chat with Starlin Castro next week over the sexual assault allegations.

- The Cubs baseball ops department is now working with Bloomberg Sports on a "state-of-the-art player evaluation system". Hopefully they've moved Ari Kaplan's office out of the maintenance closet by now.

- Darwin Barney is not taking for granted that he'll be the starting second baseman. I promise to not take it for granted either and will openly root for an upgrade.

- At some point it seems the Cubs signed C Juan Apodaca out of the Indians organization on a minor league deal. If you haven't heard, "popular" Cubs backstop  Koyie Hill(as coined by Jon Morosi) signed with the Cardinals on a minor league deal.

- A fun graph on which hitters are left on the free agent market, with Fielder and Pena leading the group.

- In Bears news, Mike Tice isn't buying the current pass-happy trend in the NFL. In personel news, I just slammed my head into the wall.

- The Bears have also received permission to interview four candidates: Marc Ross - director of college scouting, New York Giants, Jimmy Raye III, director of player personnel, San Diego Chargers, Jason Licht, director of pro personnel, New England Patriots and Phil Emery, director of college scouting, Kansas City Chiefs. Knowing nothing about them, I vote for the Patriot guy.

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Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:48pm — Tito

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Kaplan's annoying, but unless the text has been changed, there's nothing in there about taking credit.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 12:54pm — Rob G.

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https://twitter.com/thekapman/status/15719859...

The Cubs reached out to Kerry Wood last night after reports that he was all but gone. Deal is not done but close. Tigers Phillies fallbacks.

then there was a bunch of twittering from Paul Sullivan and others...more implied than anything.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:33pm — tribe22

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He actually does literally take credit in a reply he made in the comments section:

buzz1041120 hours ago
What did I say yesterday,Kaplan is as confused as a new born baby in a topless bar,all week he said it wouldn't happen,that's when I knew it was a done deal!
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David Kaplan13 hours ago
Really? When did I ever say it wouldn't happen? Never said it. I said that it wasn't looking good. Hmm, funny how the Cubs increased their offer last night AFTER I wrote the post.
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Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:58pm — Tito

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Good point, didn't see that comment.

BTW, the snow thing is a bit overblown here at the moment. It's coming down pretty good, and I can definitely see it impacting flights. But it's been so warm here, it's not even sticking to the streets/sidewalks yet. Will when it gets colder.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 4:32pm — jacos

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I wish TRN was here to argue about snow

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 4:34pm — crunch

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indians called it "maize"

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 5:27pm — Sweet Lou

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True story. It was in all the papers.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 6:55pm — jacos

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Eskimos have over 100 names for snow.
Only to be out done by The Joe's names for fart.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:13pm — The Joe

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Ha.

Indeed. fart has as much mileage as "fuck" and "dude".

fart.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:33pm — JD

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Names for fart? We call them "boodles".

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 9:52pm — jacos

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trouser cough

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:03pm — Tito

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Or inferred. Just didnt see anything in the link that said, "I did this." There were other people than him saying Wood was all but gone, I believe.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:10pm — navigator

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Nice weather forecast//just in time for the Cubs Convention

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning, saying snow could accumulate an inch an hour as the evening rush hits. Hundreds of flights have already been canceled at Midway and O'Hare airports because of the storm.

ANYONE from TCR attending this year??

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:28pm — Rob G.

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http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/201201...

I wonder if Castro will pull the "no hablo ingles" defense with the media...although for what little I know about the guy, it might be true.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:30pm — Dr. aaron b

Mike Tice

I love the Tice quote linked

"This forward pass fad isn't going to last. What are you guys going to be talking about next? Watching game replays on your VCR?"

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:33pm — Seamhead

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The NFL Rules Committee disagrees.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 1:54pm — artskoe

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The rules committee is considering banning VCR's?

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:36pm — Seamhead

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Yes, but only after they are more than five yards downfield...

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:47pm — Dr. aaron b

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Those damn New England Patriots ruin EVERYTHING

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:14pm — The E-Man

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He actually is pretty funny. An OC with a sense of humor - just slightly different than Martz.

BTW, Sid Luckman is going to be special consultant in charge of introducing the Forward Pass technique.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:41pm — Dr. aaron b

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Hopefully he's better than Tebow's forward pass coach?

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:30pm — johann

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Although let's be honest here. This team cannot go pass happy and hope to have a healthy Cutler. Our best success has come off runs and short passes then opening up the pass with max protection. The best passes have come from Cutler scrambling and making things happen, which then generally involved him getting slammed to the ground after completing the pass.

Until we fix that, it's gonna have to be run first.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:07pm — big_lowitzki

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Ironically Cutler didn't get hurt by getting hit, but instead got hurt making a tackle.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:09pm — Rob G.

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I was more amused that he thinks the Pats, Packers and Saints are just a fad. But as long as they continue to employ shitty receivers and shitty lineman under a shitty scheme, they should probably keep running the ball mostly.

Wastes Cutler, but so be it...

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:30pm — Rob G.

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http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2012/01/cu...

some amusing name ideas for Cubs new software in the comments

G.O.A.T. - gametime ,organizational,analytical,technology (not sure if that's our Old and Blue)
dataBANKS

a few others

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:48pm — johann

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The Club Reporter

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 2:59pm — Vegas Brian

You mention Tice and the Bears...

but no Bulls and John Lucas THE THIRD?????

I was hoping you were going to suggest moving Rose while we can get max return for him like you did last night.

And speaking of, why can't they just say John Lucas? We all obviously know it isn't the original or Jr. Hearing John Lucas THE THIRD over and over makes me want to bash my head against the wall.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:04pm — Rob G.

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heh, Bulls are doing great of course and should enjoy a nice long run of losing the Eastern Conference Finals over the next 5 years.

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:00pm — Rob G.

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press release on Bloomberg Sports and Cubs

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...

Thu, 01/12/2012 - 3:05pm — crunch

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awesome...now the cubs can find out how good the people they aren't signing might be against #4 starters.

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