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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Poor Edwin Jackson. The right-hander can't catch a break. After opening the season with a 1-7 record and a 6.11 ERA, Jackson came out firing Tuesday night against the White Sox. It was...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs had a little meeting of the minds, and one player spoke his mind this past weekend. The team snapped a six-game losing streak with Sunday's 5-4, 10-inning victory at Cincinnati....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH After Thursday's 4-2 loss at Pittsburgh, the Cubs have dropped four in a row. The Cubs scored a grand total of six runs in the series, and they face myriad offensive problems. The Nos. 2,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Manager Dale Sveum held a brief meeting with his bullpen members this week. It was a circle-the-wagons type of meeting after a brutal game Tuesday at Pittsburgh, after the relievers...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH Lost amid the shuffle of another bad bullpen blowup was a nice season debut by Matt Garza. Garza, the erstwhile ace of the Cubs' starting rotation, was very good Tuesday night in a 5-4...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs made it official over the weekend, saying right-hander Matt Garza would come off the disabled list and start Tuesday night at Pittsburgh. When Garza does return, manager Dale...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH The Cubs aren't disappointed in shortstop Starlin Castro, but they'd like to see their 23-year-old budding star progress more quickly. Castro was a tough 0-for-4 in Sunday's 4-3 loss to...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH One of the more interesting side stories developing with the Cubs is their third-base situation. The Cubs, 1-0 losers to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, had hoped Ian Stewart would...

Not only are the Cubs bad enough to blow past the single-season franchise record of 103 losses, but they might be just as bad next year, and management better figure out how to make it better ASAP. That seemed to be Dale Sveum’s message coming...

The Orioles finalized their 25-man roster Wednesday for Friday's season opener against the Minnesota Twins, and there was one mild surprise: veteran sidearmer Darren O'Day and left-hander Troy Patton made the bullpen over lefty Zach Phillips. The 25-...