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Epstein cited "philosophical differences" that led to the firing of Rudy Jaramillo on Tuesday, and it's obvious the lack of taking pitches and working counts was a major part of those differences.
Jhonny Peralta had three hits and two RBIs one night after he made two costly throwing errors, and the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Wednesday.
Darwin Barney had three RBIs and the Chicago Cubs used shortstop Jhonny Peralta's two throwing errors in the eighth inning to push across the winning run in a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night.
If you didn't know any better, you would have thought you were at Rudy Jaramillo's press conference to announce a contract extension instead of his firing. The way Cubs president Theo Epstein was gushing about Jaramillo, you had to remind yourself what was really going on.
The Cubs have fired hitting Rudy Jaramillo and named James Rowson, minor league hitting coordinator, as interim major league hitting coach.
According to a report from Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Chicago Cubs have acquired Cuban prospect Jorge Soler.
Ryan Dempster further raised his trade value with eight shutout innings, pitching the Chicago Cubs past the Minnesota Twins 8-2 Sunday.
Trevor Plouffe had a double, a homer and four RBIs and Scott Diamond pitched six scoreless innings to lead the Minnesota Twins to an 11-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
Josh Willingham's RBI single in the 10th inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to an 8-7 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.
And as we bask in the hopeful afterglow provided by this week's draft, I thought it would be wise to also look back at some of the Cubs' biggest disappointments throughout the years.
