Chicago Cubs
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Down-slide: Rookie Marmol has rare failureOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- So many times this season, Carlos Marmol has been lights out for the Cubs. But during the seventh inning in a pressure-packed setting in Game 1 of the NLDS on...
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$43, air fare will get you to playoffs ... in ArizonaOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - It's good to live in Arizona. At least if you want to see the Cubs play the Diamondbacks for something under $800 tonight. If you can make it to the game, you can sit in...
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Goat-busters want to break Cubs curseOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Marge Flashing has seen it all. A black cat cross Cubs legend Ron Santo's path in 1969. A ball slip between Leon Durham's legs. A bespectacled Steve Bartman thwart a su...
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Watch Zambrano earlyOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Q. How should Cubs hitters approach starting pitcher Brandon Webb? A. One of the things you have to do against Webb is get him to get the ball up. He's one of the few pi...
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D'backs have leadoff power, tooOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin didn't need to be reminded that Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano hit 7 leadoff home runs in September. "He's a guy you have t...
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Diamondbacks relish underdog labelOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Don't tell the Arizona Diamondbacks they're favored in the best-of-five NLDS against the Cubs that begins tonight at Chase Field. The D'backs don't want the t...
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Kids' Cub conundrum: It's a school nightOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Bedtime at the Martins' Aurora home is 8:30 p.m. Period. Not even the Chicago Cubs' playoff berth tonight will change the lights-out rule, mom Ruthann Martin said. This...
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Zambrano will try to keep emotions in checkOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- When he's performing his craft, Cubs starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano can be like a zebra. A fanatical zebra. The animated style gets the 26-year-old ace in ...
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Cubs postseason history
Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The postseason history of the Chicago Cubs: World Series (Won 2, Lost 8) 1945 -- Lost to Detroit Tigers, 4-3 1938 -- Lost to New York Yankees, 4-0...
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Cubs need to be kings of world (Series)Oct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Nothing short of getting to the World Series will do. Changing the Cubs' culture … establishing a foundation … providing hope for the future … None of that ma...