Bruce Miles
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Darvish wows Maddon, Cubs with his pitching presenceFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. - Yu Darvish drew a crowd Tuesday. Cubs fans gathered outside the backstop on one of the practice fields as Darvish got ready to throw live batting practice...
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Chicago Cubs' Maddon likes the paceFeb 19, 2018 12:01 am - MESA, Ariz. - There was no easing into spring-training workouts Monday for the Chicago Cubs as position players took part in their first formal workouts. Batters faced p...
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Rizzo returns to Chicago Cubs, with heavy heart but ready to goFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - MESA, Ariz. — Anthony Rizzo faced down pitchers Max Scherzer and Clayton Kershaw while standing in the batter's box last fall. But that was nothing compared to what Rizz...
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5 issues facing the Chicago Cubs heading into spring trainingFeb 11, 2018 12:00 am - The Cubs no longer have that “World Series hangover” to worry about as spring training prepares to begin. Nevertheless, manager Joe Maddon wants his team ready from the...
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Signing Yu Darvish for $126M puts Cubs in command of NL Central againFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - A Cubs off-season suddenly turned from a question mark to an exclamation point Saturday. Major-league sources confirmed that the team has agreed on a six-year deal wort...
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Former Cubs catcher starting new chapter as manager of Kane County CougarsFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - In 2009, the Cubs called up onetime first-round pick Tyler Colvin from the minor leagues. One of the first people Colvin credited for helping him climb the ladder was a ...
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Grimm loses arbitration case with Chicago CubsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - It might have been the oddest salary-arbitration case in all of baseball this off-season. While the Chicago Cubs quickly settled with five of their arbitration-eligible ...
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Remembering former White Sox slugger Oscar GambleJan 31, 2018 12:01 am - The 1977 White Sox were a fundamentally flawed team. That is, they were flawed in executing some of the fundamentals of baseball. But boy, were they fun to watch. One ...
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Chicago Cubs invite 19 nonroster players to spring trainingJan 25, 2018 12:00 am - A few days ago, social media was all atwitter over news that catcher Chris Gimenez had signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs and snagged an invite to big-league sprin...
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Why this year's Baseball Hall of Fame class could be bigJan 23, 2018 12:00 am - They may have to build a bigger stage in Cooperstown come July 29. It could well be that five baseball greats will join Jack Morris and Alan Trammell in upstate New York...