Chicago Cubs
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Cubs agree to terms with OF Reed JohnsonMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. - The Cubs on Tuesday announced they have agreed to terms with outfielder Reed Johnson on a one-year contract. Johnson, who will wear No. 13, was scheduled ...
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Wood nails down the closer's jobMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Kerry Wood is barely old enough to use the term "back in the day." But back in the days when he was regularly reaching double figures in strikeouts as a s...
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Piniella picks Wood to be team's new closerMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- There was no real drama Monday as far as the Cubs' closing situation went. Kerry Wood won the job over the weekend, and Monday's announcement was a mere f...
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Hendry still trying to land outfielderMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- There was nothing under Cubs manager Lou Piniella's Christmas tree or in his Easter basket as far as a new player goes. With less than a week before Openi...
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Barrett learns from mistakes, moves onMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA, Ariz. -- Michael Barrett chuckled Sunday over the unintentional double meaning of the question. The question was whether Barrett's scars from his days as a Cub h...
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Wrigley, Cubs in limbo as Tribune's Zell seeks home-run deals
Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite a Midas touch for eking profit from distressed properties, Sam Zell surely didn't know that having control of baseball's lovable losers would be this hard. As Op...
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Readers: Don't waste a good name on Cubs homeMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's only logical to me that after 99 years of playing like rubbish in Wrigley Field -- and trashing their fans' hopes and dreams at the end of each unfulfilled season -...
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Lineups big issue as White Sox visit CubsMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Who'd have thought? Things were more tranquil Saturday with White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen than with Cubs boss Lou Piniella, at least as far as the start...
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Next test for Wood will be today against PadresMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- The Cubs moved pitcher Kerry Wood up one day on the schedule as they try to get him to pitch on back-to-back days. Instead of working today and Monday, Wo...
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Piniella continues to ponder every possibility with his Cubs lineupMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. -- Pat Pieper, the old Cubs public-address announcer, used to instruct fans to get their pencils and scorecards ready so he could give them the correct lin...