Bruce Miles
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Dempster does quality work but not Cubs’ offenseMay 08, 2011 12:00 am - Ryan Dempster looks to be back to where he should be on the pitcher’s mound. The Cubs’ offense in the batter’s box? Not so much. Dempster gave the Cubs 7 good innings on...
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Castro still in learning modeMay 07, 2011 12:00 am - A year ago Saturday, Starlin Castro burst onto the baseball scene with a smashing debut in Cincinnati. He hit a 3-run homer in his first major-league plate appearance an...
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Fukudome’s hot bat helps Cubs walk offMay 07, 2011 12:00 am - Cubs manager Mike Quade is an inveterate horse player. So it was no wonder he alluded to the Kentucky Derby right after his team pulled out a 3-2 win in the ninth inning...
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Cubs can't come through in clutchMay 06, 2011 12:00 am - There were many plots, subplots, causes and effects Friday in the Cubs' 5-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on a rare warm afternoon at Wrigley Field. Take your pick: poor ...
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Tough teams on the horizon for CubsMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - The “easy” part of the schedule is over for the Cubs, at least for the time being. In the opening weeks of the season, they went 14-16 against seven different teams, on...
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Zambrano no longer the joker in Cubs' deckMay 04, 2011 2:00 am - Let's face it, if the Cubs' pitching staff were a deck of cards, there'd be about 42 cards instead of 52. You'd also be hard pressed to find an ace in the bunch, but Ca...
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Cubs going with 4 starters for nowMay 03, 2011 2:00 am - And then there were four. With the help of the schedule, the Cubs are going with a four-man pitching rotation for now. Manager Mike Quade made it official before Tuesday...
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Piniella: I did the best I couldMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - Former Cubs manager Lou Piniella admitted Monday that he may have waited too long to retire last year, but otherwise, he said he had no regrets about his four years in C...
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Numbers telling for Russell, PenaMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - The numbers were down for two players in Monday night’s lineup for the Cubs at Dodger Stadium. Question is, will those players’ numbers be up in terms of losing playing...
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Soriano Cubs’ sole source of powerApr 29, 2011 2:00 am - Cubs manager Mike Quade has talked about starting pitching being the “backbone” of any success the Cubs are going to have. They also could use some muscle. Except for on...