Michael Wuertz

Sleepwalking while playing baseball is never a good idea, particularly when you are in a race for a postseason spot. But the Cubs looked more like pretenders than contenders Wednesday night in Citizens Bank Park, giving away a game to Philadelphia that...

With the Cubs out of contention and one month remaining in the 2005 season, manager Dusty Baker was asked Friday what he would like to see from his players in September. "Play the game for love of the game and for respect, and try to finish as high as...

Trying to save Juan Mateo's life, Dusty Baker almost cost the Cubs a win on Tuesday night. Instead his decision not to expose Mateo to retaliation from a seemingly angry Roger Clemens merely set up one of the longest, craziest nights in Cubs history. A...

The Cubs look to be playing out the string in September, but general manager Jim Hendry's to-do list figures to keep him busy. Besides going over his list of potential managerial candidates for 2007, Hendry must decide how much Juan Pierre is worth,...

Aramis Ramirez is so hot, he may hear the sounds of cash registers ringing in his sleep. Ramirez went 4-for-5 with two home runs and a career-high seven RBIs on Monday night in the Cubs' 11-6 victory over Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park. "It's a...

Plenty of more meaningful games in the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry have been played since they first met in 1892, but few have provided as much drama as did Saturday's before 40,864 at Wrigley Field. Phil Nevin's run-scoring single off Jason Isringhausen...

The Cubs played Washington in the series finale Sunday at RFK Stadium, but after a 7-1 loss, it's debatable whether they actually showed up. Nationals right-hander Tony Armas Jr., who came in with a 7.15 earned-run average in his last five starts, held...

For the second time in three days, the Cubs knew early in their game that wild-card leaders Houston and Florida had lost. But after wasting an opportunity to pick up a game two days earlier, the Cubs rallied to beat the Giants 3-2 Sunday, leaving them 5½...

On the second-coolest day of Ryan O'Malley's life—the first being obvious and Thursday being his first full day as a big-league pitcher coming off eight scoreless innings and a victory—the 26-year-old Cubs left-hander was still trying to take it all in....

As Carlos Zambrano took the mound Friday night, Hurricane Dennis was inching its way toward south Florida. The question before the Cubs-Marlins game was which force of nature would make a bigger impact—Big Z or the 35-m.p.h. wind gusts swirling through...

It was an abnormal start to an otherwise normal Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field. Ryan Dempster walked around the clubhouse with a case of Red Bull energy drink, placing individual cans on the seat of every player, while Joe Borowski cooled off...

With one week to go before Opening Day, the Cubs' pitching staff still is in a state of flux. Reliever Scott Williamson was forced to leave Sunday's game against Arizona after throwing only three pitches in the sixth inning. Manager Dusty Baker described...