Cubs sign a Japanese Reliever

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<!--quoteo(post=12607:date=Jan 20 2009, 06:31 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Jan 20 2009, 06:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->Eleven pitchers – lefthanders Ed Campusano, J.R. Mathes, Matt Smith, Mike Stanton, Jason Waddell and Bill White and righthanders Esmailin Caridad, Andrew Cashner, Chad Fox, Ken Kadokura and Rocky Roquet – have been invited to major league camp, as well as catchers Welington Castillo, Steve Clevenger and Mark Johnson. Infielders Darwin Barney, Andres Blanco, Luis Rivas and Bobby Scales have also been invited, along with outfielders Doug Deeds, Jason Dubois and So Taguchi.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That bitch Luis Rivas went deep on us twice I remember. Mike Stanton's 41, didn't pitch last year, and was crap in 2007.
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