Chicago Cubs
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Kenney: Naming rights only part of big pictureMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Cubs chairman Crane Kenney visited HoHoKam Park on Friday and gave a bullish state of the state interview. "I think the team has never been in better shap...
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Two more weeks in closer derbyMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Friday he hopes to have the closer's situation settled by the third week of March. "We get so concerned about the closer's ...
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No drama on this dayMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- All was peace, love and harmony Thursday between Cubs pitcher Jason Marquis and manager Lou Piniella. Marquis pitched 3 scoreless innings in the Cubs' 2-1 los...
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Competitive fire roars deep within PiniellaMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Know this about Cubs manager Lou Piniella: He hates to lose. He doesn't care if it's the seventh game of the World Series, a mid-April game in 30-degree tempe...
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Piniella tells a white lieMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Kosuke Fukudome returned to the lineup Thursday against Oakland after getting Wednesday off. He was looking for a scouting report on A's pitcher Gio Gonzalez,...
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Girardi keeps his challenges in perspectiveMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Joe Girardi has April 22 circled on his calendar. And it's not because the lifelong Cubs fan has more interest in beating the White Sox than he does the Red Sox. Not at ...
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Some Cubs chasing their dreamsMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. -- He comes to camp wearing a uniform number better suited for a football interior lineman than a baseball player -- 66, 73, 60. He could be a veteran out ...
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Losses beginning to irritate PiniellaMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. -- Lou Piniella was pacing after Wednesday's 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. "Zambrano and Hill both pitched well," Piniella said of starting pitcher Carlos...
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Howry not worried about 18.00 ERAMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- The last person worried about Bob Howry's spring start is Howry himself. In his first 2 relief appearances, Howry has an 18.00 ERA, having given up 7 hits...
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Some spring cleaning for CubsMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Even though the Cactus League season has just started, spring training is about half over. The Cubs, who started so quietly in February, already have a ho...