Chicago Cubs
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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...
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Marshall hoping he's not left outMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- The odds are against him, but Sean Marshall keeps pressing on. The "forgotten" lefty of the Cubs started Friday's 7-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies and wor...
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Hitless day as center fielderMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Kosuke Fukudome made his first appearance in center field Thursday and didn't get any action in the Cubs' 8-6 victory over the Rockies. "It didn't help hi...
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Strikes against him: Hill's control an issueMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- What constitutes a "Cubbie occurrence?" Oh, a whole lot of things, from players coming up with freak injuries to performing well below expectations. Manag...
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Piniella may shift lineup againMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. - Cubs manager Lou Piniella may change his lineup again. Whatever way Piniella goes, it looks like Alfonso Soriano will not be going back to the leadoff s...
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Wood back with no sign of troubleMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Kerry Wood sought Thursday to allay any fears about his health and well being. "I didn't know I was the first guy in history to have back spasms," Wood sa...