Joey Reaves

Manager Jim Lefebvre would be a happy man if the Cubs could just count on this kind of pitching from the starters when the season begins. Mike Morgan gave up...

Maybe Danny Jackson has something here. He lets the opposing batters hit his pitches and they make outs. Jackson used that strategy Tuesday against the San Diego Padres and had...

Greg Maddux must be slipping. He actually gave up a solid base hit and walked a batter. But Maddux survived those minor imperfections and pitched five scoreless innings to lead...

The down side to split-squad games in spring training is that on any given day, a team can look bad twice-or twice as bad. The Cubs were both Sunday when...

The wrath of Shawon knows no bounds. Young or old. Hall-of-Famer or frightened rookie. They`re all the same to Shawon Dunston, shortstop and clubhouse jester of the Cubs. Last week,...

Ryne Sandberg, traditionally a slow starter during the regular season, is hot this spring. He had a pair of doubles, drove in one run and scored two Thursday to lead...

Cub manager Jim Lefebvre will have to wait until Saturday, at least, to beat his old team. The Cubs lost a pair of games Wednesday to the Seattle Mariners, 8-7...

Cubs win! Cubs win! They can talk all they want about how spring training games are learning experiences, about how winning and losing don`t matter. But learning to win is...

The Cubs had, not one, but two games rained out Monday, giving them more rainouts than games played so far this spring. After being rained out against the Milwaukee Brewers...

Cubs manager Jim Lefebvre says he wants his players to get comfortable at the plate before he starts getting fancy with his offense. ''The first couple of games, I want...