Jim Hendry

GMs with the hardest offseason jobs

1. Still, the NL West is relentlessly mediocre, assuming Manny Ramirez is not back with the Dodgers, thus with the right moves, Sabean could put the Giants back into contention more quickly than imagined. Ned Colletti,...

Baseball's "Black Friday" arrives

By BOB NIGHTENGALE • USA TODAY • November 14, 2008 The irate letters and phone calls are pouring into baseball's front offices, expressing outrage with teams planning to part with hometown heroes. Top dollar RHP Francisco...

MLB Notebook: Big Unit, Arizona can't get deal done

Randy Johnson filed for free agency yesterday after failing to reach a contract agreement to return to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Johnson, a 45-year-old left-hander, is five victories shy of 300 and "hopes to find a team where...

Lou: 'Felt like we got run over by a semi truck'

The pressure of trying to win on the 100th anniversary of the Cubs last championship season was one of the reasons for their spectacular downfall. At least that's the opinion of Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who earned his third...

Pursuing Peavy could complicate Cubs' plans to re-sign Dempster

Affects Cubs' stance on Dempster, Wood Ryan Dempster and Kerry Wood were supposed to be the Cubs' priorities going into the off-season, but the unexpected availability of San Diego's Jake Peavy may have altered the game plan.

Mets Hot Stove Report

According to a report in Newsday, the Mets "have expressed an initial interest" in a trade for Edwin Jackson, but no names have been exchanged with the Rays. Now, it seems, Minaya would like to speak about and to Cordero about...

Cubs Hot Stove report

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs have raised their initial offer to free agent Ryan Dempster from a three-year contract to four years. The Tribune also reports that the Cubs are continuing talks with the Padres...

Scott takes the road and miles home again

Published Date: 08 November 2008 Dundee manager insists he will do it his way on his fifth stint at Dens WHEN the book Dundee Greats was published in 1991, Jocky Scott was an automatic choice to fill one of ten chapters....

Fukudome is the Cubs' mystery man Convention sells out

Hard to guess if he'll be boom or bust next year By Dave van Dyck | Tribune reporter DANA POINT, Calif. - Whatever caused Kosuke Fukudome to go from phenom to failure, all in his first major-league season, has put the Cubs in a...

Padres say Peavy is headed to Cubs, Braves or Dodgers

San Diego Padres starter Jake Peavy will be traded by the Dec. 8 winter meetings, according to Padres general manager Kevin Towers. DANA POINT, Calif. — The San Diego Padres anticipate trading ace Jake Peavy this month to the...