LAS VEGAS - MARCH 31: Pitcher Horacio Ramirez #26 of the Seattle Mariners throws against the Chicago Cubs during an exhibition game at Cashman Field March 31, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Getty Images logo Getty Images 34 months ago

LAS VEGAS - MARCH 31: Pitcher Horacio Ramirez #26 of the Seattle Mariners throws against the Chicago Cubs during an exhibition game at Cashman Field March 31, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  9. Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, right, Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin, center, and Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro, left, leave meetings with baseball owners and general managers, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
  10. Chicago Cubs president Crane Kenney makes his way to attend meetings among baseball owners and general managers Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Paradise Valley, Ariz.
  11. Chicago Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa (L) chats with St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire (R) at first base after Sosa walked in the fourth inning in Chicago's Wrigley Field, in this September 20, 1999 file photo. McGwire admitted in a January 11, 2010 statement, to using steroids during his MLB career, according to MLB.com.
  12. TAMPA, FL - JANUARY 05: Chicago Cubs Manager Lou Piniella watches the game between the South Florida Bulls and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the SunDome on January 5, 2010 in Tampa, Florida.
  13. Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella watches from courtside of the Notre Dame-South Florida NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010, in Tampa, Fla.
  14. Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts talks to the media after the annual baseball owners meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Chicago.
  15. St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire waves to the crowd after hitting home run number 65 in the first inning against the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, in this October 3, 1998 file photo. McGwire won the home run title, beating out Cubs' Sammy Sosa by two home runs. McGwire admitted on January 11, 2010 that he used steroids during his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career, including in 1998 when he broke the single-season home run record, Major League Baseball website mlb.com reported.
  16. Former baseball player Andre Dawson smiles as he talks to a reporter during a news conference at Landshark Stadium in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Dawson has been elected to the Hall of Fame while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of earning baseball's highest honor. Dawson hit 438 homers with 1,591 RBIs in a career that spanned from 1976-96. Nicknamed "The Hawk," he was voted NL Rookie of the Year in 1977 with Montreal and NL Most Valuable Player in 1987 with the Chicago Cubs, the first member of a last-place team to earn the honor.

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