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    Daily Facepalm – 2.18.12, Evening Edition 90 Comments

    Neverending Story Remember when we were on the 5-yard line in the Theo compensation talks? Remember when Bud Selig said he'd get involved if a decision hadn't been agreed to ...
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    Daily Facepalm – 2.17.12 33 Comments

    This week in Best Shape of His Life Geovany Soto dropped 25 pounds this offseason. If you recall, he also lost a lot of weight before his breakout 07/08 seasons. If you combine this ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2.15.12 69 Comments

    Jorge Soler a Cub, then Jorge Soler not a Cub Reports that the Cubs had signed Jorge Soler yesterday proved to be premature. Could he be signed today? It could go either way. The Yankees ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2.14.2012 73 Comments

    Cubs May or May Not Have Added a Cuban We're still on Jorge Soler watch, which I suspect will result in a brand new member of the "Putting Cub in Cuban" club. All the ...
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    Daily Facepalm: 2.10.12 – Uber-facepalm edition 117 Comments

    Self-directed facepalm AC and berselius posted new Daily facepalm posts one minute apart from one another. So now they are merged. Those responsible have been sacked Mish Mash Let's ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2.9.2012. – Cubs: The Musical 99 Comments

    WGN Radio Wants YOU WGN is having a song-writing contest to find their next rah-rah Cubs tune to play before, after, and during Cubs games and on a nonstop loop inside Judd Sirott's ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2-8-2012: Numerology 129 Comments

    Campana's Number 1! With Fukudome now saving face in free agency, Tony Campana has claimed the number 1 spot in the jersey lottery. Still think he should be wearing 5/8, but whatevs. ...
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    DFP 2.7.2012 105 Comments

    DeStubbled I hope you're happy, beat writers. I hope you find some sick pleasure in running another Cubs legend out of town by crucifying him with broken prose. Maybe you live ...

    Daily Facepalm: II.VI.MMXII 148 Comments

    Rammy Gave All He Had Maybe Mike Quade had his fishing interrupted by Daryl Van Schouen of the Sun Times, so naturally he was in a less than fantastic mood. It appears the dearth of ...
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    Daily Facepalm Returns with a Fiery Vengeance 106 Comments

    Cubs and Matt Garza Agree to Terms It's no longterm contract extension, but the Cubs are tweeting that they've agreed to terms for 2012 with Matt Garza, thereby sticking it ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2.1.12 145 Comments

    Garza arbitration hearing set for Friday Matt Garza's arbitration hearing is set for Friday. The Cubs offered $7.5m and Garza asked for $12.95m. We haven't heard any rumblings ...

    Daily Facepalm 1-31-12: Um . . . 88 Comments

    UPDATE: Yankees Hire Jim Hendry According to Bruce Levine, the New York Yankees have hired Jim Hendry as special assistant to Brian Cashman. Good news, Yankees. there will always be ...
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    DFP 1-12-30: He Saw It All 145 Comments

    In Peace Henry Widegren was the rarest of Cubs fans. A lot of people can say they’re the biggest fan or the craziest fan or the fan least likely to succeed (I’m not sure ...

    DFP: The Friday Five, 1-27-12 162 Comments

      Top Ten Signs the Cubs Might Contend This Year The Cubs aren’t that good. They were bad last year, and they haven’t taken any dramatic steps forward this offseason. ...
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    Daily Facepalm | 1.25.12 1 Comment

    Site news: at some point today we'll be moving from Joomla to WordPress. The site should not be down too long, but it will be down at some point. Once the site transfer is complete, ...
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    DFP: Brett’s Number 5 No Comments

    Cinco City Brett Jackson is the number 5 OF prospect in all of baseball, according to MLB.com's rankings. MLB.com also ranked two guys in the Cubs system, newly acquired Anthony ...

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    New Feature Since the proliferation of blogworthy Cubs news and content seemingly never ceases to exceed the capacity of this blog and threatens to overwhelm the bandwidth of even ...