Chicago Cubs
-
Baker happy to be backApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - When he rode into town from the Wild West in 2003 to take over the Cubs, Dusty Baker famously proclaimed that he wasn't the Messiah. For about six months of that season,...
-
Excuses, excuses: Baker had a million of themApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - In the corner of the Cubs' dugout is a seat often obscured by players and coaches. It's safe from the TV cameras, from the fans' wrath, and sometimes from the game itsel...
-
With Dusty, you take the good with the badApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dusty Baker's four-year tenure as manager of the Cubs was one of the more eventful in recent team history. Baker blew into town in November 2002 and actually had to temp...
-
Time to bury good vibrations in this 'rivalry'Apr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the weekend I took my first look at "Champions Plaza" located just outside Gate 4 at Comiskey Park. White Sox fans were gawking at the shrine to their 2005 World Se...
-
No boos from this crowdApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - In barrooms and backrooms around Chicago this week, they'll be talking about Dusty Baker coming back to town. Most of that talk probably won't be kind to Baker. And no d...
-
Piniella, Baker travel similar career pathsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- When the Cincinnati Reds come to Wrigley Field on Tuesday night to open a three-game series, it will mark the return of former Cubs manager Dusty Baker. ...
-
Cha-ching! Cubs cash in on bullpen rouletteApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella spun his bullpen wheel again Sunday and came up a winner. On a windy and wild afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, Piniella used Ke...
-
Lilly's woes a mystery to CubsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- According to Cubs pitching coach Larry Rothschild, the struggles of starting pitcher Ted Lilly are "a little mysterious." Lilly is 0-2 with a 9.95 ERA, a...
-
Piniella: Nothing wrong with 'Big Z' showing emotionsApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- The TV cameras caught Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano rearranging a few things in the dugout during Friday night's 5-3 loss to the Phillies. Zambrano's "emo...
-
Lilly, Cubs knocked silly in PhillyApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- The Cubs are having all sorts of trouble with lefties lately, both the other teams' and their own. The Phillies' Cole Hamels handcuffed the Cubs on Satur...