Topic: Chicago Cubs
(Reuters) - The Milwaukee Brewers moved to shore up their batting order by signing slugging free agent third baseman Aramis Ramirez to a three-year contract, the Major League Baseball (MLB) club said on Wednesday.Ramirez will be expected to restore some power to ...
Former Chicago Cubs star Ron Santo was elected to American baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday, a year after he died of complications of bladder cancer.The third baseman won five Gold Gloves, was chosen for nine all-star games and belted 342 homers ...
(Reuters) - Former Chicago Cubs third baseman and broadcaster Ron Santo, who overcame debilitating effects of diabetes to inspire others, was elected posthumously to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday.Nine-time All Star Santo belted 342 home runs and won five Gold ...
(Reuters) - Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum was named on Friday as the new Chicago Cubs' manager.Sveum, who has 20 years Major League experience as a player and coach, agreed to a three-year contract with an option for 2015, the Cubs ...
(Reuters) - Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum has been named as the new Chicago Cubs' manager, the Cubs said on Friday.Sveum, 47, served briefly as the Brewers' interim manager, posting a 7-5 record, but this will be his first permanent job ...
The Chicago Cubs have hired Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum as their new manager.The Major League Baseball club announced the hiring Thursday and said he would be officially introduced at a news conference at Wrigley Field on Friday.Sveum replaces Mike Quade, ...
(Reuters) - Mike Quade was sacked as manager of the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, the club's new president of baseball operations Theo Epstein saying that a fresh approach was needed going forward."I believe that the Cubs would benefit long-term from bringing in ...
The Boston Red Sox introduced Ben Cherington as their new general manager on Tuesday, promoting him after his three seasons as Theo Epstein's assistant -- and this season's major collapse.Cherington appeared at a press conference hours after the Cubs introduced Epstein as ...
The Chicago Cubs officially introduced Theo Epstein as their new president of baseball operations on Tuesday, the luckless Cubs hoping he can help them end a title drought as he did the Boston Red Sox."Baseball is best of all when you win. ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Theo Epstein took the reins of the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, declaring he would engineer a "culture change" for the long-suffering club and recreate the excitement he had with his former team, the Boston Red Sox.Epstein, 37, acknowledged he ...