What four Cubs have had their number retired by the team?
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Ron Santo, Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg and Billie Williams
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nl west\nlad-gagne\nsd-hoffman\nsf-benitez\ncol-fuentes\nari-valverde\n\nnl central\nstl-isringhausen\nchi cubs-dempster\nhou-lidge\ncinci-weathers\nmil-turnbow\npitts-gonzalez\n\nnl east\nbraves-reitsma\nmets-wagner\nphili-gordon\nwash-cordero\nfla-borowski\n\nal west\nana-rodriguez\noak-street\nsea-soriano\ntex-cordero\n\nal central\nchi sox-jenks\ndet-rodney\ncle-wickman\nmin-nathan\nkc-macdougal\n\nal east\nnyy-rivera\nbos-papelbon\ntor-ryan\nbalt-ray\ntampa-camp\n\nthe best middle reliever is not scott shields, the best middle reliever is duaner sanchez and francisco liriano!
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1. Cy Young - 749 \n2. Pud Galvin - 646 \n3. Tim Keefe - 554 \nare the top 3 all time                                                                1. Roger Clemens - 118 \n2. Greg Maddux - 108 \n3. Randy Johnson - 97                                     active leaders
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The big red machine had three in Bench, Joe Morgan, and Tony Perez, the 1927 Yankees had six with Earl Combs, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Babe Ruth, White Hoyt, and Herb Pennock. I am pretty sure the 27 Yankees was the most although the current Yankees could be close as Randy Johnson, Mariano Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Gary Sheffield, and Mike Mussina all have a shot at the hall of fame
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Today = Adam Dunn\nPast 2 Years = David Ortiz\nPast 5 Years = Alex Rodriquez\nPast 10 Years = Barry Bonds\nPast 15 Years = Mark McGwire\nPast 20 Years = Mike Schmidt\nEVER = Mickey Mantle (Nobody hit them further)
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they dont have much left\n\nhow old is soriano 30 or 31?\n\nthey really signed a person in his 30s to an 8 year contract\n\ni mean he's worth 17 million now, \n\nbut in his late 30s, or even early 40s, with him making 17 million, will not be good\n\nbut to answer your question\n\nthe cubs signed mark derosa to a 3 yr/13 million dolalr contract\nthey signed henry blanco to a 2 yr/5.25 million dollar contract\nthey signed kerry wood to a 1 yr/1.75 million dollar contract\nthey signed aramis ramirez to a 5 yr/ 75 million dollar contract\nand of course will sign soriano to a 8 yr/136 million dollar contract\n\nso in 07 \n\nderosa makes: 4.3 million\nblanco makes: 1.8 million\nwood makes: 1.75 million\nramirez makes: 15 million\nsoriano makes: 17 million\n\nso lets see that is a total of 39.85, or around 40 million\nthe cubs payroll is $94,424,499 or around 94.5 million\n\nso 94.5 - 40= 54.5 million dollars\n\nso they have spent a little less than half their payroll\n\nand guess what, they won't win a world series
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Bob Gibson, # 45 for the St. Louis Cardinals.  Dominaiing, intimidating pitcher.  In one season, he had a 1.12 ERA, incredible and still a record.  The most famous bob gibson alive.  Go Cards!  Cubs Suck
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ME ME ME ME ME\n\nI LOVE THE CUBS\n\ntoo bad lee, wade miller, mark prior, kerry wood are ALL injured
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Its the cubs turn this year.
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The Cubs do not play well for 3 reasons\n\n1. Injuries-Every year the Cubs manage to injure at least 5 of their key players. Often it's the same players who are injured year after year.\n\n2. Poor coaching-Dusty Baker needs to be more aggressive on making his team play better. Thats really all I can say.\n\n3. Poor offseasons-The Cubs year after year do nothing during the offseason leaving them with the same injured players. They need to start being aggressive in the offseason and get the talent they need.\n\nBut think about it this way also. The Sox have gotten pretty lucky with some players. Nobody knew going into this season that Jim Thome would start cranking them like he did 10 years ago. Nobody knew that Jermaine Dye would be playing like this now when the White Sox first got him. Nobody thought before last year that Jon Garland was capable of winning 20 games. Or that Jose Contreras would finally start pitching like the way he pitched while he lived in Cuba. That is why the White Sox are good. They have somehow managed to turn players that were not meant to be stars into stars.
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Well if I am going with an all-time team I would go with 4 starters and a closer.\nSP-Pedro Martines- For all who dont know he has the best adjusted ERA+ of any pitcher ever, and his peak were some of the best seasons any pitcher has ever recorded\n\nSP-Walter Johnson- Ninth on the all-time strikeout list and owner of a 2.17 career ERA. \n\nSP-Randy Johnson-Very few lefties have dominated as much as Johnson has. Him and Walter would also lead to a bunch of funny Johnson and Johnson references\n\nSP-Roger Clemens-Obviously I concentrated on very high strikeout pitchers who could dominate a game and that is what Clemens did\n\nCL-Mariano Rivera-Best closer ever\n\nIf I could have all these guys in there prime pitching in a four man rotation, like they used to back in the day, I could easily win 120 games.
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That's a tough question. As I am not aware of each team's GM or owner.\n\nI would venture to say that The Cubs have a pretty bad run organization (as the Tribune owns, and they seem to be more concerned with turning a profit than fielding a decent team).\n\nAlso, from the surface, it looks as if The Royals have it pretty bad, and have had for several years.\n\nIf their management team wanted to improve the team, they would improve thier farm system.\n\nOne team that has made a good turn around (and I am bragging here) is My Beloved Tigers.\n\nDavid Dombrowski has been GM for 4 years now, and he has stocked our minor league teams with much talent, which is starting to pay off (justin verlander, joel zumaya, Marcus Thames, etc.).
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The Braves retired number #3. It belonged to Dale Murphy
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14 in the AL, and 16 in the NL:\nAL:\nYankees\nOrioles\nRed Sox\nDevil Rays\nBlue Jays\nWhite Sox\nIndians\nRoyals\nTwins\nTigers\nAngels\nRangers\nMariners\nAthletics\n\nNL:\nMets\nBraves\nMarlins\nPhillies\nNationals\nPirates\nReds\nBrewers\nCardinals\nCubs\nAstros\nRockies\nGiants\nPadres\nDodgers\nDiamondbacks
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kerry wood from the cubs!
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if prior is healthy...... the cubs!
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5 -- Philadelphia Phillies, 1938-42\n4 -- Washington Senators, 1961-64\n4 -- Boston Braves, 1909-1912