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Baseball America recently released their of lists of the top 10 prospects in each major league organization for the 2014 season. In comparison to the list Baseball America devised for the Cubs 2013 campaign; there is little change. However, the two new names to crack the list quickly leap-frogged to the two and three positions […]

It was ice-cold and snowing outside on day two of the Chicago Cubs Convention, but inside the Sheraton Riverfront hotel it was warm and exciting. While the weather kept me from venturing outside I did enjoy watching the snow fall onto Downtown Chicago from my room on the 31st floor of the building. However, I […]

I always enjoy the annual Chicago Cubs Convention and a big reason is because it is the first baseball related event I attend in the new year. This one marks my fourth year in a row  and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s in store. The convention in is Downtown Chicago at the Sheraton Riverfront […]

As long as baseball has been played, there have been baseball related injuries. Everything from scratches to scrapes to bumps to bruises to pulls to tears and breaks can happen on the field and no two injuries are alike; nor are their healing processes. In professional baseball when a player gets hurt one of three […]

Buddy Bailey will be returning to Tennessee for the 2014 season to serve a third consecutive season as the Manager of the Smokies. Bailey is the first man to do this since Rocket Wheeler completed his third consecutive season in 2002. This will be Bailey’s fourth overall season as the manager of the Smokies and […]

Rule 5 draft Thursday was the Rule 5 Draft. That is where teams can take players from other organizations who are not protected on the 40 man roster. If a player is selected in the MLB phase of the draft, they must remain on that teams 25 man roster for the entirety of the following […]

Disney World It seems as though there are five cities the Winter Meetings rotate through: Nashville, Dallas, New Orleans, Anaheim, and Orlando. Now that I have been in the industry for some time, I’m starting to run into these places for the second or even third times. This year the meetings are in Orlando and one […]

Job Fair I remember when I went to my first Winter Meetings in Nashville. I went to the job fair looking for work and was surrounded by 500 other people in the same boat as me. There were only four radio jobs available and unfortunately I did not receive any of them. I did however […]

It’s Time to Play Let’s Make a Deal Monday kicked-off the Baseball Winter Meetings. I was excited about getting to go this year and the atmosphere was jolting with electricity as everyone began to arrive. One great part about the winter meetings is that it gives me a chance to catch-up with many of my […]

The Arizona Fall League had many ups and downs for every player there, but for the Cubs players there were a lot more of the former. The Cubs sent four position players and four pitchers to the fall league; the most highly regarded being pitcher Dallas Beeler, right fielder Jorge Soler, center fielder Albert Almora […]