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Cubs closer Carlos Marmol is an electric presence on the mound and now that he signed a three-year, $20 million contract earlier this week the pieces are in place for him to become one of the game's elite. Still, some worry about Marmol's issues with consistency, but Cubs GM Jim Hendry said he's got that covered.

In an effort to shave valuable time from his morning routine, Geovany Soto has turned in his manscaping kit, and possibly earned back his man card. The idea was to leave more time to focus on baseball. But letting his beard grow has brought mixed results.

Cubs GM Jim Hendry has lots of work left to do as Spring Training begins, but he might have trouble doing his job from his new location. After proclaiming the Cubs will be in contention this year while talking to reporters earlier this week, Hendry was dragged away kicking and screaming by three men in white coats and brought to the nearest psychiatric hospital for evaluation.

Following a lackluster sophomore season, Randy Wells hasn’t been mentioned nearly as often as his teammates. Even Cubs GM Jim Hendry recently forgot he was on the team.

“We'll split the profits 60/40,” said Ramirez. “They are always talking about new revenue streams, and nothing brings in the pesos--or the dollars--like a good cockfight..."

Yesterday the Bears officially refused to let Mike Tice interview for a job with the Titans, but not because they are happy with the job he did as offensive line coach this season. Instead, the Bears can afford to lose Tice because he's the only one with keys to the locker room at Halas Hall.

On Monday at Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick revealed she’s cutting her extremely unproductive NASCAR racing schedule to just 12 races in 2011 at the instruction of her owner Dale Earnhardt, Jr.