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...
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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,
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I have a lot of fondness in my heart for Corey. I feel badly at what happened last year. I certainly will try to do what's best for the Cubs first and what's best for Corey second.
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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.
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When you have a guy that plays 162 games every year, it makes that guy two stools down think twice about taking a day off.
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The player made it real clear he wants to be here and he wants to be here long term.
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We knew neither one of them would be ready for opening day. Mark has been throwing again and has had no discomfort. Woody has been very, very good.
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We knew neither one of them would be ready for opening day.
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Too much pitching would be a good problem to have.
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We had a bad year and I should've done a better job myself.
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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.
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Both sides are interested in getting something done.
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We just thought it was a good gamble. Hopefully it works out.
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The prisoner handling and detainment process will be closely examined during a thorough and independent investigation.
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We are anxious to see how Scott is after he had a very solid closing career going for a while. He started to show glimpses of some good stuff last September. He should be much better because he will be six months farther away from the surgery.