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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When Larry came here, he turned down bigger and better deals financially,
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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.
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In all honesty, he did not want to have the procedure. He was opposed to it at first. As long as it didn't hurt to pitch, he wanted to continue because his arm is feeling so well. After I talked to the doctors, we felt it's best to do it now.
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It?s something that I don?t take lightly. It?s a great, great franchise.
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I'm not despondent. I come from the school of, what can you do about it?
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I'm hoping it gives us a jolt. It's time, we have a lot to do.
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It's tougher than people think to find good starting pitching in the major leagues.
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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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There didn't seem to be enough business to go around.
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Dusty will write the lineup. We still have three more weeks of camp. I feel that all three guys are capable of playing very, very well. They're just different styles of players. We'll just play it out and worry about it when the time comes.
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Dr. Kremchek felt that from his studying the MRI, it would be nothing to stop him from being available once Spring Training opens. Why we're doing it now is to avoid a sprained ankle that would set back his rehab. We're just trying to give ourselves the maximum amount of time, no matter what it is.
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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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We have every intention of trying to sign Ryan to a multiyear deal. He'll be a priority as the off-season approaches.