Bruce Miles
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Cubs bench a mix of veterans, versatilityMar 15, 2011 12:00 am - How do you like your team’s bench? Young? Old? Speedy? Full of power hitters? If history provides any indication, it tells us Cubs general manager Jim Hendry and his fie...
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Bullpen looks to provide some strength for CubsMar 14, 2011 12:00 am - It's fashionable these days to say that the bullpen is the major “strength” of the Cubs. The back end certainly looks solid. Carlos Marmol is a human thrill ride as the...
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With fourth spot Wells set, will there be a Silva lining?Mar 13, 2011 12:00 am - Figuring out the Cubs’ starting rotation has been as easy as 1-2-3 in the early days of the Cactus League season. Now it’s looking more and more likely you can add “4” t...
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Cubs hopefuls dream bigMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - One player is getting a World Series ring even though he watched the Fall Classic from his couch last year. Another sat out the entire 2010 season. Yet another is back ...
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Quade's challenge: Getting most from Colvin, FukudomeMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - From right field last year, the Cubs had a 20-homer guy. They had a guy with an on-base percentage of .371. They had a guy with a slugging percentage of .500. They got...
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Cubs, Byrd looking for more consistencyMar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Marlon Byrd quickly found a few ways into the hearts of Cubs fans last year: • He hit a 3-run homer in his first at-bat of the regular season (while making sure to run ...
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Healthy Soriano should be serviceable in LFMar 08, 2011 1:00 am - There’s only one way to discuss Alfonso Soriano, and that’s realistically. No, he’s not the player the Cubs thought he was when they signed him in the fall of 2006. Yes...
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As phenoms go, Cubs’Castro still under constructionMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The Cubs didn’t stencil a “FRAGILE” sign on shortstop Starlin Castro last year. But in equally bold letters, they might as well have tagged him with one that read, ‘HAN...
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Can Pena defeat tough Wrigley winds?Mar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - It comes too late to please former manager Lou Piniella, but the Cubs hope their search for a left-handed power hitter is over. Or in Piniella parlance, their search for...
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On cusp of free agency, Ramirez faces put-up yearMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - What would you call a Cub who has put up batting average of .293, an on-base percentage of .355 and a slugging percentage of .534 during his time in Chicago? What would ...