Jim Hendry
Jim Hendry
Jim Hendryis currently a special assistant for New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, and is a former Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry was promoted to GM on July 5, 2002 by former Cubs President/CEO Andy MacPhail. He worked for the Cubs from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his promotion to GM, he was named Assistant GM/Player Personnel Director on October 12, 2001, and previously the Director of Player Development, in charge of both Scouting and Minor League...
anyone plan reason
We haven't had any reason to plan for anyone to play first base.
add decision tomorrow
We'll make a decision (Thursday night) on who we want to add to the roster tomorrow in an in-house move.
couple past
We did not see that coming. We deliberately slowed him from the past couple of years (earlier in the spring) because he had problems.
school
I'm not despondent. I come from the school of, what can you do about it?
contract increase interest people sure
I'm sure once people see he is being tendered a contract -- after a lot of people thought he wasn't going to be tendered -- we'll see an increase of interest for Corey.
good major people pitching starting tougher
It's tougher than people think to find good starting pitching in the major leagues.
great
It?s something that I don?t take lightly. It?s a great, great franchise.
good hopefully works
We just thought it was a good gamble. Hopefully it works out.
corey healthy hit instead step
We had a healthy Nomar, who was going to hit third. We thought Corey was going to take a step up, instead of a step back,
best consider deal felt mind obligation putting
Corey's still with us, and our obligation is to do what's best for the Cubs. If I felt putting him in a deal makes us better, I'd consider that. I would always keep in mind what's best for him, too, after our long relationship.
basis corey regular saw talent
Corey is still young; he has a lot of talent. We saw it kind of on a regular basis in '03, then inconsistent in '04, then very disappointing in '05.
against games happy proud win
Congratulations, I'm proud of you and really happy for you . . . just don't win any games against us,
adding club everybody guy guys hitter time wants
Everybody wants a hitter this time of year, everybody wants another 'pen guy this time of year. We may be adding two outstanding 'pen guys in the club in the same week.
business seem
There didn't seem to be enough business to go around.