Chicago Cubs
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Local connections fuel drive of four nonroster Cubs playersMar 03, 2018 12:00 am - Chicago has a certain pull when it comes to four of the Cubs' nonroster players in spring training camp. Like all teams, the Cubs have a varied collection of players as...
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Happ preparing for key role with Cubs
Mar 01, 2018 6:00 am - MESA, Ariz. (AP) - A year ago, Ian Happ was just looking for a spot on the Chicago Cubs' crowded roster. The touted prospect took balls in the outfield and soaked in the...
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Leaner Schwarber weighs in on his focus to produce for CubsMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - There's a certain charm, even a naiveté, to Kyle Schwarber that's hard to resist. Around Cubs spring-training camp in the early going, Schwarber has looked to be the mos...
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Chicago Cubs look to make a run at smart, assertive baserunningFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - The Chicago Cubs are not going to become a swashbuckling, basestealing team anytime soon. That's even with Kyle Schwarber's 2 stolen bases in one inning S...
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Chicago Cubs' Baez continues to dazzle on defenseFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Javier Baez's defense looks like it didn't take any time off. Before Sunday's Cactus League game against the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs manag...
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Chicago Cubs' Hendricks 'a different cat' comfortable in his own skinFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - In the early days of spring training, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon made an interesting observation about starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks. "He look...
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Chicago Cubs' Maddon: Starter for season opener will be named next weekFeb 24, 2018 12:01 am - MESA, Ariz. - The Cubs will trot out their normal five-man pitching rotation in Cactus League games beginning Monday, when No. 5 starter Tyler Chatwood pitches against t...
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Catcher Gimenez would be pleased to fill Chicago Cubs' backup roleFeb 24, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - The chemistry between pitcher Yu Darvish and catcher Chris Gimenez looked to be in midseason form Saturday morning. "Atta boy," Gimenez yelled after sever...
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With help from veterans, young Cubs maturing nicelyFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - PHOENIX — The Cubs kids have pretty much all grown up. This young group that surprised the baseball world in 2015 by making it to the National League championship serie...
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Rizzo, Cubs proud to salute Stoneman Douglas by wearing special capsFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - PHOENIX — Anthony Rizzo was not in the Cubs' lineup for Friday's Cactus League opener against the Milwaukee Brewers. But Rizzo was front-and-center as he joined teammat...