Chicago Cubs
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Zambrano says shoulder is fine, wants to look ahead
Feb 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Big Z says his shoulder is just fine and he'd like to look ahead, rather than back to last season. Carlos Zambrano is showing no signs of the problems that hampered him ...
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Samardzija, Atkins slated for Cactus League opener
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. - Ryan Theriot has an old-school way about him. Whether it is his approach at the plate or his team-first attitude, Theriot's style of play would fit in perf...
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Cubs suitor Ricketts leaves day job
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- Tom Ricketts has resigned from TD Ameritrade's board after his family sold $403 million of its stock in the online brokerage to help finance its bid to bu...
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This is the year - for Piniella, at leastFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - This is the season Lou Piniella becomes an all-time baseball boom or just another Cubs managerial bust. Expectations have expiration dates for even the most esteemed spo...
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Gregg, Marmol: Who's closer to closing?
Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. - Kevin Gregg wants to close. He's done it before. So does Carlos Marmol, whose stellar work as a setup man has earned him a shot at the marquee spot in the ...
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Ozzie Guillen still the leader of these White Sox
Feb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. - Ozzie Guillen's golf cart weaves from one practice field to the next, stopping along the way to pick up players and give them a lift. Sometimes he'll j...
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Breaking down contenders for the Cubs' fifth starterFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - The Cubs have been big this spring on telling the media and the public "not to read to much into" their spring-training machinations. That goes for pitchers Rich Harden ...
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Miles looks forward to playing Cardinals
Feb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - St. Louis baseball fans loved the way Aaron Miles played, but now his allegiance is Cubbie blue, not Cardinal red. The 32-year-old infielder is looking forward to seeing...
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Piniella on a real 'roll' with leadoff situationFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The quickest way to elicit an eye roll from anybody in the Cubs family is to start a sentence with, "Lou just said." In other words, you can go up to a relief pitcher an...
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Cubs may get a big boost at second baseFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - After shooting his bow and arrow this winter, Mike Fontenot made it his target to get stronger so he can start at second base. Aaron Miles signed with the Cubs this off-...