Michael Canter

Favorite Quote: "Look Ma! Top of the World!" Cubs fan since I was five years old (1969): lover of B&W movies, the Oxford Comma, classic rock, and of course, baseball; annual roto-champ; partial insomniac; I detest the liberal use of the word 'albeit' by baseball writers; Nice guy, though somewhat brooding. Comment me, please and thank you.

Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterFebruary 18, 2016

The Rundown: The Offseason is Over, Fowler Likely to O’s, Cubs Named Least Confusing Team

Top Of The First It’s officially not the offseason anymore. I woke up this morning feeling like I needed to do some…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterFebruary 17, 2016

The Rundown: A Brief History of Spring Training, Awesome Baseball Minutia, and Dexter Fowler

Top Of The First Spring Training is opening up this week as players and teams set up camps in Arizona…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterFebruary 12, 2016

The Rundown: Top 100 Lists, Top 5 Lists, and Various Notes and Rumors

Top Of The First We are a week away from pitchers and catchers reporting. I know this because of all…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterFebruary 11, 2016

The Rundown: Cubs Breakout Candidate, Soliciting Fantasy League Members, and More

Top Of The First Good to be back and operating at full health. I picked probably the worst month to…
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Cubs Minor League & Prospect News

Michael CanterJanuary 22, 2016

The Rundown: Deferring To Theo and Jed, Thoughts on Lincecum and Lee, Top 20 Cubs Prospects

Top Of The First My apologies for lack of a recent column as I have had some professional obligations that…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterJanuary 6, 2016

The Rundown: Fallout from Al Jazeera Doping Report, Potential Breakout Season for Soler, Various and Sundry Baseball Tidbits

Top Of The First Just a friendly reminder that I love and appreciate the comments on my Rundown articles. I’m…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterJanuary 5, 2016

The Rundown: HOF Voting Updates, Why Sammy Sosa Deserves to Make It, and Budweiser’s Real Men of Genius

Top Of The First Happy New Year everybody. This week’s Hall of Fame induction announcement is grabbing all of the…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterDecember 31, 2015

The Rundown: A Brief History of Broadcast Rights, Kazmir to Dodgers, and the Relief Pitcher Revolution

Top Of The First Another Top 25 free agent came off the board yesterday when the Los Angeles Dodgers inked…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterDecember 30, 2015

The Rundown: MLB’s Biggest Issues for 2016, Ken Griffey Jr’s HOF Votes, Single-Team MLB.tv Packages, White Sox After Big-Time OF

Top Of The First Just a heads up to my boss/editor Evan Altman that I am posting today’s column under…
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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis

Michael CanterDecember 29, 2015

The Rundown: Aroldis Chapman Traded, HGH Scandal Names 3 MLB’ers, Cubs Most Dominant Ever?

Top Of The First Not much Cubs news lately so I’ll focus on some general baseball stuff in today’s Rundown.…
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