This is how bad it’s gotten for Alfonso Soriano. A day after Lou Piniella defended the left fielder, Soriano went out and had two more defensive gaffes prompting Piniella to make a defensive switch in the seventh inning against the Brewers on Wednesday. Soriano lollygagged and bobbled a ball hit down the third base line in the fifth and misplayed a ball hit off the ivy-bare wall in the seventh. Still, after the game, Lou Piniella continued to support Soriano, telling reporters he had confidence ...
After a disappointing road trip to kick off the 2010 season, the Cubs return to Wrigley Field for the home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:20 p.m.
Ryan Dempster (0-0, 1.50) gets the start after throwing a gem in his first start of the year, striking out nine Braves and walking one in six innings of work.
Unfortunately, as we’ve already seen one too many times this year, Dempster was denied the win when the bullpen suffered a collapse.
This will be the third time in the last six years the Cubs have faced the Brewers ...
Ready for the first pitch?
The Chicago Cubs open up the 2010 campaign facing the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field at 3:10 PM CST today for the first time in the club’s history. Only four other times have the Cubs and Braves met in an opener.
The most recent matchup was at Wrigley Field in 1993, when Greg Maddux pitched his first game as a Brave and shut out the Cubs, 1-0, in 8 1/3 innings of work. Maddux went on to win the Cy Young Award in ‘93, and in ’94...and in ’95.
The clubs also ...
Unlike his counterpart on the other side of town, you’re not going to find Lou Piniella tweeting any time soon. As you probably already know, Piniella responded to a minor Twitter controversy early in the spring sparked by White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, who joined the social networking site to communicate with fans. Sweet Lou has never been tagged as a web-junky, and do not expect to find the old-school manager updating his Facebook status at your local Starbucks. In an era when players expect to be coddled ...
Cactus League action is winding down and the final roster is set. That means we can all forget about the exhibition season and focus on the games that do count.
Five days separate the Chicago Cubs from the season opener against the Atlanta Braves, and players, coaches, and fans are eager for that first pitch.
It's time to throw out those spring stats. They don’t really mean anything, do they?
Sorry, Tyler Colvin. Your team-leading .449 average and 17 RBIs no longer matter.
Congrats, Derrek Lee. Your .176 average doesn’t matter, either.
And what about the Cubs fourth-best record in ...
The regular season is right around the corner, but don't expect Carlos Zambrano or Ryan Dempster to make a World Series prediction for 2010. It was just three years ago when Zambrano declared himself the best pitcher in the National League and forecasted a Series victory for the Cubs. Dempster took over as prognosticator in ‘08, stating the team would end their 100-year wait between championships.
Last season’s hiatus of fearless forecasting came as no surprise, as the Cubs were knocked out of the playoffs ...
With just over a week remaining until opening day, the prospects of another long season for Cubs fans is finally starting to settle in. Spring training helped clear up some minor position battles and lineup tweaks, such as Ryan Theriot serving as the full-time leadoff hitter and Mike Fontenot appearing to be the front-runner at second base. But lots of questions remain in arguably the most overlooked aspect of any ballclub: the bullpen. The Cubs are not going to be featured on MLB Network’s new reality television show The Club (that honor goes to the White ...
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