Chicago Cubs
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Media glare not too bright for a patient FukudomeMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- While the Cubs have superstars such as Derrek Lee and Alfonso Soriano on their team, it's only Kosuke Fukudome who gets grilled by the media every day. Fu...
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Campaign pitch: Marmol best man for jobMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Cubs won't win anything if Carlos Marmol isn't the closer by the end of the season. There, you need to hear it any more directly than that? The closer derby has beco...
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Numbers game will soon take toll on starting pitchersMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- All spring the Cubs have been saying they have seven starting pitchers and only five spots. So what happens to the two pitchers who lose out? Lefty Sean M...
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Baserunning not a problemMar 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MESA, Ariz. -- Kosuke Fukudome came to the United States with a reputation for being well-schooled in all aspects of the game, including baserunning. "Don't compliment m...
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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 ...