Mike Quade’s Road Less Traveled, But Not Abandoned

When Mike Quade took over for Lou Piniella, no one expected him to be a permanent fixture inside the Chicago Cubs clubhouse. Nearly two months after picking up his first win as Cubs manager, Quade has the job on a full-time basis after signing a two-year contract on Tuesday. Now, few expect a former interim [...]

TBDS Hits The Road

The Big Dead Sidebar will be out of the office tomorrow as it tends to personal business and a road trip. Hopefully, the young lady washing my car here doesn’t miss a spot. Throughout the day, TBDS will have random postings to keep your interest until we return Tuesday for some hard-hitting action that includes [...]

Who Wants To Be The New Lou: Eric Wedge Edition

The search for the next manager of the Chicago Cubs is heading into the final stretch. According to Carrie Muskat of Cubs.com, a source confirmed that owner Tom Ricketts has interviewed Mike Quade, Ryne Sandberg, Eric Wedge and Bob Melvin in hope one of them will fill the vacant position. Over the next few days, [...]

Milwaukee Brewers Ask For Permission To Interview Joey Cora

Looks like another potential managerial position has opened up for White Sox bench coach Joey Cora as the Brewers have asked for permission to interview him. As of late Thursday Cora said that he had not been contacted by the Brewers but the request to talk to him has been confirmed. Aside from the possibility [...]

Joey Cora Is Likely To Return To White Sox Next Year

White Sox bench coach Joey Cora is expected to return to the White Sox next year as the job market for him is getting increasingly smaller as time goes on. Once believe to be on the list of potential candidates for the vacate manger position for the Seattle Mariners, the Mariners announced that Joey Cora [...]

Twins veteran Michael Cuddyer to have offseason knee surgery

It’s turns out that there’s perhaps a reason for Michael Cuddyer’s low output this 2010 baseball season – Cuddyer’s been suffering from a right knee injury all year, and he’ll require arthroscopic surgery sometime this offseason. The nature and details of the injury to Cuddyer’s right knee are unknown. A bum knee sure makes sense [...]

Paul Konerko Free Agency Update: October 10th

Well White Sox fans, it’s starting to look more and more like captain Paul Konerko isn’t going to return to the White Sox next year. Recently Konerko talked about contract length not being much of an issue when it comes to free agency because he’s not sure how much longer he wants to play. To [...]

Depressing: Yankees sweep Twins in ALDS, Twins done for year

Well, what everyone feared has inexplicably come true: the New York Yankees swept the Twins in the ALDS, effectively ending the Twins 2010 season. How utterly depressing. The Yankees seem to have some sort of weird choke-hold on the Twins; things that were routine for the Twins in the regular season were impossible to achieve [...]

Lance Berkman Possible Candidate For First Base Should Konerko Not Return

With the possibility of Paul Konerko not returning to the South Side next year, the White Sox are already looking into possible options to replace him. Apparently, if the White Sox were to lose Paul Konerko then they would be willing to take a shot at acquiring free agent Lance Berkman as a short term [...]

Twins fans most mad about Mauer’s postseason hitting – or lack thereof

In a current Star Tribune poll, Minnesota Twins fans voted an overwhelmingly that the most disappointing thing about this year’s ALDS between the Twins and the New York Yankees is Joe Mauer’s hitting – or lack thereof. An astounding 69% of those who voted (and something like 26,000 folks have voted so far) chose Mauer’s [...]

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