Chicago Cubs
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False hope or high expectations? After strong spring, Cubs ready to play for realMar 15, 2025 9:50 pm - Cubs hitters were scorching hot in Arizona. Was that a great sign for the 2025 season or false hope? They’ll open the season Tuesday in Japan against the Dodgers.
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Smoking areas in clubhouse, no pitch clock: Cubs players get a little taste of baseball in JapanMar 15, 2025 12:16 pm - The Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers can party like it's 2022 on a baseball field for a few days in Japan, and even like it's 1982 off of it. There are a lot of similarities between baseball in the U.S. and Japan, but there are also subtle differences that will be on display as the Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers play in the Tokyo Dome.
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Lincicome: Baseball and Japan both are capable of surprising youMar 15, 2025 10:00 am - This just in. The national anthem will be sung on Opening Day by Yoshiki, a local lad, not to be confused with Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the starting pitcher. Further highlight...
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Cubs’ Suzuki, Imanaga among Japanese players come home to start the MLB seasonMar 14, 2025 4:53 pm - It's the World Series-champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome to start the Major League Baseball season. It's only two games. For the record, the MLB regular season consists of almost 2,500 games.
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Travis Jankowski opts out of Cubs deal to sign minor-league contract with White SoxMar 12, 2025 10:22 pm - Outfielder Travis Jankowski has agreed to a minor-league contract with the White Sox after opting out a minor-league deal with the Cubs. Jankowski signed with the Cubs on Feb. 24 after spending the past two seasons in Texas, where he won a World Series with the Rangers in 2023 as their fourth outfielder.
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Could Cubs make Workman the regular third baseman?Mar 11, 2025 8:28 pm - Roster decisions for the Cubs’ trip to Japan were made easier since Nico Hoerner is not going. Eventually, they’ll need to decide if Matt Shaw or Gage Workman is the better fit at third base, or if the two should share the spot.
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Nearing the end of a short spring, Dodgers, Cubs make final preparations for season opener in Japan
Mar 09, 2025 5:42 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani's bat is ready for the Los Angeles Dodgers while Shota Imanaga has looked good on the mound for the Chicago Cubs with less than 10 days re...
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Lincicome: A Rizzo return to the Cubs would be theater, and a great show indeedMar 08, 2025 10:28 am - The nobility of Anthony Rizzo has never been an issue, but even with all the synthetic statistics of modern baseball there is no measurement for class. Thus does Rizzo fi...
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Utility company: Spare infielders forcing Cubs into tough roster decisions ahead of Japan tripMar 05, 2025 7:42 pm - Four players in contention for the Cubs’ final roster spot -- Vidal Brujan, Gage Workman, Nicky Lopez and Ben Cowles -- have posted impressive offensive numbers this spring.
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O’Donnell: Harness any March thoughts of champ from IllinoisMar 04, 2025 6:42 pm - Jim O’Donnell: As Chicago’s pro sports team continue to struggle, it doesn’t look much better for the state’s NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams.