Ron Santo once again was denied entry to the baseball Hall of Fame on Monday. Santo received only 39 votes from the Veterans Committee compared to 57 votes that he received last year. Did Ron say something about some past players that are on the committee in the last year that we don’t know about? I’m surprised that he received 19 less votes this time around.
The Veterans Committee examining the careers of those who began playing after 1943 did not elect anyone into the Hall, though a pre-1943 Veterans Committee elected former Yankees and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon.
The other members of the post-1943 Veterans Committee final ballot were Dick Allen, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson, Luis Tiant, Joe Torre and Maury Wills.
In a somewhat surprising move today, the Chicago Cubs declined to offer arbitration to Kerry Wood. I figured that the team would offer Wood arbitration so they would atleast get the two extra draft picks if Wood signed with another team. I guess management didn’t want to risk it and have Wood accept and end up paying him more money then they wanted to for the 2009 season.
Bob Howry, Daryle Ward, Jim Edmonds, and Henry Blanco were the other players that were not offered arbitration.
Your opinions on Wood not being offered?
Good Monday everyone! Well things are getting off to a bang this Friday morning as Cubs.com has reported that the Kansas City Royals are looking at Sean Marshall and Mike Fontenot from the Cubs. If a deal is made for either player, the Cubs would receiving Mark Teahen from the Royals.
I sure hope that Jim Hendry is not trading both Marshall and Fontenot for Teahen as that would be a very bad trade in my opinion. I think giving up Marshall for Teahen would be too much to be honest. If the Cubs were to trade for Teahen at this point, I think they would stop looking at the possibility of getting Raul Ibanez or Milton Bradley.
Hmm what are you thoughts on this Cubs rumor?
There is some new news to blog about considering the sale of the Chicago Cubs. The Tribune Company has said that the finaly four bidders have to have their bids in during the week of December 1st. The company then would look over the bids and move forward as they hope to have the team sold to the new owners before the start of next season.
Analysts have said the team, its storied home ballpark Wrigley Field and a stake in a regional sports television network could attract bids topping $1 billion. There is some talk right now that the Tribune could possibly still hold a 50% ownership in the team if the bids come in lower then expected due to the economy.
A source close to the bidding process who asked not to be identified said they are Jim Crane, the former chief executive of freight-forwarding company EGL Inc; Tom Ricketts, chief executive of Chicago investment bank Incapital LLC and the son of the founder of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp; Marc Utay, a managing partner with New York-based private equity firm Clarion Capital Partners LLC; and Chicago real estate executive Hersh Klaff.
Internet billionaire Mark Cuban, who was charged by federal regulators on Monday with insider trading, has not been part of the bidding for months, another source close to the process said.
