Hits missing from hit-and-miss offense
What the White Sox offense has experienced this past week wasn't exactly unexpected. Nor does it mean it can't be expunged. Not with this team, whose Jekyll-and-Hyde offense has a...
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How do the Cubs measure up?
Cubs fans have seen it with their eyes and don't need a computer printout to prove how bad their team is. But President Theo Epstein has the reputation of a...
Cubs’ Campana nearing a career crossroads
The biggest surprise for the Cubs at the July trade deadline was not Matt Garza staying. It was Tony Campana not leaving. Campana's speed would seem to be an invaluable...
Kerry Wood lobbies for Sosa, others to return
Back at Wrigley Field for his Appreciation Day on Sunday, Kerry Wood lobbied to have more former teammates -- like Sammy Sosa, Mark Grace, Greg Maddux and Ryne Sandberg --...
Cubs’ loss leaves them 6 shy of unsightly 100
After the final weekend game at Wrigley Field this season, a 6-3 loss Sunday to the Cardinals, here is what the Cubs face, courtesy of manager Dale Sveum: "With nine...
Cubs honor Wood
They include three MVPs, two Cy Young Award winners and the major league hits leader from the 1990s. But for various reasons, none is associated anymore with the Cubs, an...
Sveum enjoys judging young talent against contenders
In September, the Cubs won five of their seven games against the Pirates, virtually eliminating them from the National League wild-card playoff race, and they nearly won the first two...
Marmol lets 1 get away
The surest thing the Cubs have had going for them the last few weeks, short man Carlos Marmol, finally yielded to the long ball. After a career-high 19 straight saves,...
Barney, DeJesus lift Cubs to victory
This Cubs-Cardinals rivalry isn't quite what it used to be, as shown when only 29,100 tickets were sold for Friday's 5-4, 11-inning Cubs' victory at cold and damp Wrigley Field....
Cardinals are where Cubs want to be
With the Cardinals in town this weekend — and well on their way to another playoff berth — it is a good time to consider the fate of two old...