TCR Blogroll

**Editor's Picks and Friends of TCR

A Hundred Next Years:

http://ahundrednextyears.blogspot.com/ [422 clicks]

Cubnut's home away from home...
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Bugs and Cranks - Chicago Cubs:

http://www.bugsandcranks.com/category/chicago-cubs [347 clicks]

written by a fellow Marquette University patron, what's not to like?
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Cubby-Blue:

http://www.cubby-blue.com/ [334 clicks]

An illustrated journal about the Chicago Cubs
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Desipio:

http://www.desipio.com/ [404 clicks]

The only Cubs blog older than TCR.
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Inside the Ivy:

http://cubs.scout.com/ [431 clicks]

Cubs minor league news from scout.com
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The Dilettante's Dilemma:

http://dildem.tumblr.com/ [437 clicks]

Food. Baseball. Music. Baby. Our very own Christian Ruzich's personal blog.
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The Ted Lilly Fan Club:

http://tedlillyfanclub.blogspot.com/ [431 clicks]

The Ted Lilly Super Computer approves....
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The View from the Bleachers:

http://viewfromthebleachers.com/ [438 clicks]

reporting Cub baseball since 2003.
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*The Vast Cubs Blog Army

**Cubs Blog Army:

http://www.cubsblogarmy.com/ [353 clicks]

keeping tabs on all the Cubs blogs
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A Cub Fan's Obsession:

http://www.cubsobsession.com/ [419 clicks]

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Agony & Ivy:

http://www.agonyandivy.com/ [416 clicks]

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AOL Fanhouse - Cubs:

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/mlb/cubs/ [375 clicks]

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Baseball Diamond News:

http://baseballdnews.blogspot.com/ [376 clicks]

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Bleacher Nation:

http://www.bleachernation.com/ [93 clicks]

...straight from the bleachers.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue:

http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/ [430 clicks]

A Chicago Cub Fan Community Since February 9, 2005
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Boys of Spring:

http://www.cubsaz.com/ [450 clicks]

all kinds of Cubs Spring Training information...
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Bush League Times:

http://www.bushleaguetimes.com/ [70 clicks]

"Bush League" is a general term used to describe an action or thing as being amateur, inferior or crude. In a literal sense, it refers to a low quality minor league, not associated with the major league teams. We at Bush League Times are all of the above.
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Certain Impending Disaster:

http://cubsdisaster.wordpress.com/ [318 clicks]

thoughts from a Cubs fan in Champaign, IL
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Chicago Cubs Fun:

http://cubsfun.blogspot.com [355 clicks]

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Chicago Cubs Online:

http://chicagocubsonline.com/ [423 clicks]

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Chicago Cubs Tickets:

http://chicubstickets.com/ [453 clicks]

A blog all about the Chicago Cubs and Cubs tickets
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Church of Baseball:

[280 clicks]

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Cobra Brigade:

http://www.cobrabrigade.com/ [374 clicks]

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College of Idiots:

http://www.collegeofidiots.com/ [395 clicks]

In 1961 and 1962, a group of 8 rotating coaches managed the Chicago Cubs in the worst managerial experiment in the history of sports. We are the College of Idiots, a group of 3 rotating fans in what is bound to be the worst blogging experiment in the history of sport's blogs.
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Crawly's Cub Kingdom:

http://crawlyscubs.mlblogs.com/crawlys_cub_kingdom/ [393 clicks]

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Cub Blogging:

http://cubblogging.blogspot.com/ [76 clicks]

Good games, bad recaps...and sometimes the other way around.
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Cub Town (Retired):

http://cubtown.baseballtoaster.com/ [435 clicks]

Former TCR writer Derek Smart's home...
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Cubbie Fan Heaven:

http://www.cubsfans.com/index.html [409 clicks]

plenty of Cub-centric audio and video clips
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Cubbie Nation - From the Front Office:

http://cubbienation.net/blogs/nftfo/ [258 clicks]

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Cubbies Baseball:

http://cubbiesbaseball.com/ [78 clicks]

portal of Cubs-related information
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Cubs Chat Room:

http://cubschatroom.com/ [380 clicks]

an ongoing live chat on the front page and headlines from around the Cubs blogosphere...
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Cubs Cuties:

http://cubscuties.blogspot.com/ [245 clicks]

girls in Cubs gear
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Cubs f/x:

http://cubsfx.blogspot.com/ [366 clicks]

PITCHf/x and the Chicago Cubs
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Cubs Hub:

http://www.cubshub.com/ [373 clicks]

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CubsNet:

http://www.cubsnet.com/ [387 clicks]

Collaborative, Fan-Based Chicago Cubs News, Blogs, and Commentary
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Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports:

http://chicagosportsblogs.com/mikej/default.aspx [369 clicks]

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Five Outs to Go:

http://fiveoutstogo.com/ [80 clicks]

where 2008 never happened...
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Ghost of Paul Noce:

http://www.ghostofpaulnoce.blogspot.com/ [363 clicks]

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GoatRiders of the Apocalypse:

http://www.goatriders.org/ [423 clicks]

Bringing you Cubs news, analysis, and humor until the end of the world.
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Gonfalon Cubs:

http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/gonfalon_cubs/ [405 clicks]

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Harry and Hawk:

http://harryandhawk.blogspot.com [252 clicks]

Covering both sides of Chicago baseball and the league at large through our televisions, one game at a time.
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Hire Jim Essian:

http://hirejimessian.com/ [424 clicks]

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In A League of Her Own:

http://inaleagueofherown.com/ [415 clicks]

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Ivy Chat:

http://ivychat.blogspot.com/ [348 clicks]

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Ivy Envy:

http://ivyenvy.com/ [82 clicks]

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Just One Bad Century:

http://justonebadcentury.com/ [436 clicks]

Dedicated to the long-suffering fans of Chicago's favorite baseball team.
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Kosuke Fukudome.org:

http://www.kosukefukudome.org/ [390 clicks]

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Len & Bob's Baseball Blog:

http://blogs.trb.com/sports/custom/weblog/wgnsports/ [406 clicks]

The blog of Cubs announcers Len Kasper and Bob Brenly.
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Lollygaggers:

http://www.lolligaggers.blogspot.com/ [383 clicks]

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Out of Right Field:

http://out-of-rightfield.blogspot.com/ [323 clicks]

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Pomp Culture:

http://www.pompculture.com/ [352 clicks]

use to be Thunder Matt's Saloon; rebranded with more pop culture, less Cubs
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Tales from Aisle 424:

http://424tales.blogspot.com/ [84 clicks]

This is inspired by the Trib ads in the 80s featuring Mike Royko, called Tales from the Upper Deck. I spend a great deal of my time with other Cubs season ticket holders up in Aisle 424 of Wrigley Field. We mainly talk about the Cubs or baseball, but we will also diverge into other topics, so this blog will probably resemble the occasionally insightful and usually nonsensical rants of me and my summer family. But lets face it, it usually will come back around to the Cubs.
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Temporary Bleachers:

http://www.chicagocubshistory.com/blog/ [323 clicks]

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The Brickyard:

http://www.thecubsbrickyard.com/ [381 clicks]

All the news that's fit to fake...
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The Collegiate Cub:

http://collegiatecub.blogspot.com/ [208 clicks]

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The Cubs in Haiku:

http://www.thecubsinhaiku.com/ [71 clicks]

My third haiku blog This one will follow the Cubs Not Torah or news
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The Heckler:

http://www.theheckler.com/ [401 clicks]

Founded in 2003, The Heckler is about life as a Chicago sports fan. It has absolutely no affiliation with any sports team. Largely satirical, The Heckler also contains bonafide sports news and commentary. All names used in a satirical context are fictional, unless the individual represented is famous or otherwise noteworthy.
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The Lou Brock Fan Club:

http://loubrockfanclub.com/ [295 clicks]

A fan of speed on the basepaths
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The Other Fifteen:

http://otherfifteen.blogspot.com/ [351 clicks]

Eighty-five percent of the f---in' world is working. The other fifteen come out here.
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The Wolf Report:

http://wolf-report.blogspot.com/ [274 clicks]

Reader "Ryno" has his own graph and chart-happy Cubs blog.
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thecubsfan.com:

http://www.thecubsfan.com/ [398 clicks]

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Towel Drills:

http://www.toweldrills.com/ [97 clicks]

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Wasting Away in Wrigleyville:

http://wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com/ [70 clicks]

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Waxpaperbeercup:

http://wpbc.wordpress.com/ [63 clicks]

named in honor of the wax cups we drank Old Style out of for years out at Clark and Addison.
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Wrigleyville23:

http://www.wrigleyville23.com/ [420 clicks]

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Yarbage Cubs Review:

http://yarbage.blogspot.com/ [359 clicks]

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Baseball Links

Ballhype:

http://ballhype.com/ [378 clicks]

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Bleacher Report:

http://bleacherreport.com/ [165 clicks]

the open source sports network
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Knuckle Curve:

http://www.knucklecurve.com/ [384 clicks]

Geoff Young of Ducksnorts random musings on what's happening around the rest of baseball...
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The Griddle:

http://griddle.baseballtoaster.com/ [381 clicks]

A place where a man can slow down to a walk and live his life full measure, but he has to keep his watch on Pacific Time.
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Yardbarker:

http://www.yardbarker.com/ [295 clicks]

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Baseball News

Rotoworld MLB Player News:

http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playernews.aspx [397 clicks]

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SportSpyder Cubs News:

http://www.sportspyder.com/teams/mlb/cubs/ [374 clicks]

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Baseball Rumors

FanNation:

http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/mlb [408 clicks]

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MLB Trade Rumors:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ [331 clicks]

Today's hottest baseball trade rumors. If it's whispered, we hear it.
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Pro Sports Daily:

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/mlb/mlb-rumors.html [383 clicks]

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Yahoo Rumors:

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors [410 clicks]

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Blog Networks

AOL Fanhouse:

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/ [294 clicks]

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Baseball Toaster (Retired):

http://www.baseballtoaster.com/ [381 clicks]

where most of the old all-baseball.com crew moved to before calling it quits...
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Bloguin:

http://www.bloguin.com/ [85 clicks]

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Bugs and Cranks:

http://www.bugsandcranks.com [324 clicks]

Humor-injected baseball commentary...
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MVN:

http://mvn.com [401 clicks]

our old home...
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SB Nation:

http://www.sbnation.com/ [344 clicks]

a sports blog network of, by and for the fans
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Chicago Cubs Message Boards

Cubs.com Message Board:

http://www.forums.mlb.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx [401 clicks]

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Desipio Message Boards:

http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/ [367 clicks]

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Fogpog:

http://www.fogpog.com/ [384 clicks]

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Northside Baseball:

http://www.northsidebaseball.com/Forum/index.php [385 clicks]

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ProSportsDaily Cubs Forum:

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums/forumdisplay.php [276 clicks]

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Scout.com: Wrigley Field:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx [268 clicks]

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Sons of Ivy:

http://www.cubsbrickyard.com/sonsofivy [92 clicks]

Cubs Brickyard forum...
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Chicago Media Blogs

'Burbs Eye View:

http://blogs.southtownstar.com/arvia/ [278 clicks]

The Daily Southtown Blog...
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Chicago's Inside Pitch:

http://blogs.dailyherald.com/blog/18 [96 clicks]

Blog on Cubs and White Sox from The Daily Herald
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Hardball:

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/ [317 clicks]

The Chicago Tribune blog...
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Inside the Cubs:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/cubs/ [330 clicks]

The Chicago Sun-Times blog...
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Vine Line:

http://vineline.mlblogs.com/ [142 clicks]

Blog with the editors of Vine Line, the official monthly magazine of the Chicago Cubs.
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Cubs Podcasts

Bricks and Ivy Radio:

http://www.bricksandivyradio.com/ [367 clicks]

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Cubs Closeup:

http://www.cubsobsession.com/ [305 clicks]

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Cubscast:

http://cubscast.com/ [401 clicks]

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Desipio Podcast:

http://www.desipio.com/ [156 clicks]

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Ivy Envy:

http://ivyenvy.com/ [79 clicks]

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Cubs' Player Blogs

Cubs in the AFL:

http://aflcubs.mlblogs.com/ [119 clicks]

The experiences of Cubs prospects while on the Arizona Fall League's Mesa Solar Sox.
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Jeff Samardzija Blog:

http://www.jeff-samardzija.com/blog.asp [135 clicks]

official website of Jeff Samardzija
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The Pulse:

http://markderosa.mlblogs.com/ [169 clicks]

Official MLBlog of former Chicago Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa
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General Baseball

Baseball Musings:

http://www.baseballmusings.com/ [381 clicks]

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Baseball Prospectus:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ [388 clicks]

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Baseball Prospectus Unfiltered:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/ [365 clicks]

Baseball Prospectus free blog...
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Baseball-Intellect:

http://www.baseball-intellect.com/index.html [296 clicks]

Combining Sabermetric Analysis and Player Scouting Into One
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Home Run Derby:

http://homerderby.com/ [391 clicks]

Not nearly as Yuppie as other baseball sites...
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Steve Finley Was Here:

http://finleywashere.blogspot.com/ [344 clicks]

Steve Finley Was Here will cover the Angels, Dodgers, Giants, Padres, and Athletics. Basically all the major league on the west coast. Apologies to Seattle...
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Tango on Baseball:

http://www.tangotiger.net/ [373 clicks]

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The Baseball Analysts:

http://www.baseballanalysts.com/ [405 clicks]

Examining the Past, Present, and Future
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The Hardball Times:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/ [380 clicks]

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THT Live:

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog/ [390 clicks]

The Hardball Times blog
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General Sports

Deadspin:

http://deadspin.com [243 clicks]

Sports news without access, favor, or discretion.
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Fire Joe Morgan:

http://www.firejoemorgan.com/ [358 clicks]

Where Bad Sports Journalism Comes To Die
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Top Ten Chicago Sports:

http://www.toptenchicagosports.com/ [295 clicks]

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With Malice:

http://with-malice.com/ [431 clicks]

The mad ramblings of a sports-mad guy living in Japan…
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Individual Team Blogs

6-4-2 -- an/Angels/Dodgers double play blog:

http://6-4-2.blogspot.com [326 clicks]

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Bronx Banter:

http://bronxbanter.baseballtoaster.com/ [386 clicks]

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Dodger Thoughts:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dodgerthoughts/ [372 clicks]

Jon Weisman's consistently excellent Dodgers blog.
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Ducksnorts:

http://ducksnorts.com/ [377 clicks]

Blogging the San Diego Padres baseball club. Established 1997.
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Mets Blog:

http://www.metsblog.com/ [390 clicks]

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U.S.S. Mariner:

http://ussmariner.com/ [397 clicks]

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Miscellaneous Cubs Links

Chicago's Best Blogs:

http://blogs.trb.com/news/local/chicagosbestblogs/ [321 clicks]

The best Chicago-centric blogs according to the Trib.
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Cubs By the Numbers:

http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/ [83 clicks]

a look at which Cubs wore which number through the years plus other old scorecards and photos...
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Directory of Cubs Front Office:

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp [392 clicks]

Roster of Cubs front office, scouts, physicans, etc
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Everything Cubs:

http://everythingcubs.com [77 clicks]

Cubs stuff to buy
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Fan Threads:

http://www.fanthreads.com/ [72 clicks]

unique Cubs and baseball shirts
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Miracle On Addison:

http://www.miracleonaddisonstreet.com/ [83 clicks]

the search for the next Cubs slogan continues...
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Wrigley Field Photos:

http://www.horschgallery.com/ [150 clicks]

Featuring professional aerial and panoramic images of Wrigley Field including framed photos of the Chicago Cubs players.
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MLB Online Video

Watch live baseball online:

http://www.watchlivemlb.com/ [16 clicks]

Tune in to Watch MLB Live Streaming online on your pc with instant access payments.
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Prospects

Baseball America:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/ [390 clicks]

the grand-daddy of prospect info...
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East Windup Chronicle:

http://eastwindupchronicle.com/ [359 clicks]

A Cubs scout in Korea...
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First Inning:

http://firstinning.com/ [89 clicks]

in-depth and creative minor league stats
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Inside the Ivy:

http://cubs.scout.com/ [407 clicks]

Besides our very own Arizona Phil, the best source for Cubs prospect information.
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Minor League Ball:

http://www.minorleagueball.com/ [403 clicks]

one of our favorites for prospect info...John Sickel's blog
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Minor League Baseball:

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp [375 clicks]

the minors official website...
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Minor League Splits:

http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/ [88 clicks]

just as the name says, splits on minor league numbers
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The Baseball Cube:

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/ [87 clicks]

the most in-depth minor league database of stats
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Cubs' Bullpen Usage

Look at the highlighted column and work your way backwards to see which relievers might be available. A red square indicates 30 or more pitches in the outing.

2009 Cubs Payroll

Updated 7/2/2009

Cubs Detailed Depth Chart
AZ Phil's Roster Info

2009 MLB Luxury Tax threshold is $162M

2009 MLB mimimum salary is $400K

38 players are on Cubs MLB Reserve List (includes six players on 15-day DL and seven players on Optional Assignment to minors)

+ Player has "No Trade" rights

ACTIVE LIST (25-MAN ROSTER)
+ Carlos Zambrano, RHP - $17.75M
+ Alfonso Soriano, OF - $16M
+ Derrek Lee, 1B - $13M
+ Ted Lilly, LHP - $12M
+ Ryan Dempster, RHP - $12M
+ Kosuke Fukudome, OF - $11.5M
Milton Bradley, OF - $7M
Rich Harden, RHP - $7M
Kevin Gregg, RHP - $4.2M
Aaron Heilman, RHP - $1.625M
+ Jeff Samardzija, RHP - $1.3M
Carlos Marmol, RHP - $575K
Geovany Soto, C - $575K
Ryan Theriot, SS - $500K
Koyie Hill, C - $475K
Sean Marshall, LHP - $450K
Mike Fontenot, 2B-3B - $430K
Jeff Baker, IF-OF - $415K
Kevin Hart, RHP - $407.5K
Micah Hoffpauir, 1B-OF - $407.5K
Randy Wells, RHP- $402K
Jake Fox, 1B-OF - $401.5K
Sam Fuld, OF - $401.5K
Andres Blanco, INF - $400K
David Patton, RHP - $400K

15-DAY DISBALED LIST
+ Aramis Ramirez, 3B - $15.65M
Reed Johnson, OF - $3M
Aaron Miles, INF - $2.2M
Chad Fox, RHP - $575K
Angel Guzman, RHP - $421.5K
Jason Waddell, LHP - $400K

OPTIONED TO MINORS
Neal Cotts, LHP - $1.1M
Jose Ascanio, RHP - $65K
Bobby Scales, INF - $65K
Mitch Atkins, RHP - $32.5K
Justin Berg, RHP - $32.5K
Marcos Mateo, RHP - $32.5K
Jeff Stevens, RHP - $32.5K

DESIGNATED LIST
Ryan Freel, IF-OF - $800K

OTHER - Henry Blanco $300K 2009 buy-out, $875K paid toward Jason Marquis 2009 salary, Paul Bako $180K termination pay, Chad Gaudin $1.6M termination pay, and Luis Vizcaino $3.18M termination pay & $500K 2010 buy-out

ESTIMATED TOTAL - $140.456M

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