Sean Marshall

Twins rally to edge Cubs 8-7 in 10 innings

MINNEAPOLIS -- While Roger Waters plays at Wrigley Field Friday night, the Cubs are comfortably numb in Minneapolis, trying to find a solution to their losing ways. They enter Friday's game with 18 losses in their last 22 games, going 1-6 since their 3-...

Tags: Shawn Camp, Denard Span, Chicago Cubs, Trevor Plouffe, Starlin Castro

Finally, Wood gets a win as a Cub

Cubs starting pitcher Travis Wood wants home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor to know there’s an inside corner. But the shoelaces were a strike? No matter. Showing great savvy in adjusting to Bucknor’s sometimes incomprehensible strike zone...

Tags: Jake Peavy, Gordon Beckham, Gavin Floyd, Paul Konerko, Starlin Castro

Peavy superb in 2-1, complete-game loss

The Cubs and White Sox found a new bottom at the box office for a second straight night, but that doesn't mean Cub fans didn't find a season's high in pleasure. If the Cubs can't be in first place, the next best thing for their fans is knocking the White...

Tags: Jake Peavy, Gavin Floyd, Cleveland Indians, Paul Konerko, U.S. Cellular Field

Marshall traded to Reds for Travis Wood

With Garza ailing, Cubs will turn to Travis Wood

Matt Garzawon't make his scheduled start Sunday for the Cubs and left-hander Travis Wood has been summoned from Iowa as a backup. Garza was originally set to start Saturday but he came down with a virus and  was moved to Sunday. “Iffy” is...

Tags: Flu, Viral Diseases and Infections, Dale Sveum, Matt Garza, Travis Wood

Votto slams Nationals

Joey Votto gave the Washington Nationals one more heartache in a week already full of them. Votto hit a grand slam in the ninth inning for his third home run of the game on Sunday, rallying the Cincinnati Reds to a rain-delayed 9-6 victory that knocked...

Tags: Bryce Harper, National League East, Edwin Jackson, Physical Disabilities, Scott Rolen

Readers Q&A: Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag

Now that the Cubs have been mathematically eliminated from 2012 and 2013 postseason contention, how bare do you see Theo Epstein stripping the Cubs? Is he going to trade everything of value (Matt Garza, Geovany Soto), pay large chunks of salary (Alfonso...

Tags: Theo Epstein, Genes and Chromosomes, Memorial Day, Jeff Baker, Anthony Rizzo

Wake up, Cubs fans: Your team was built to stink

Late Wednesday night, someone named Tom Hamilton sent me this email with the subject line “And I am a Cubs fan’’: “I was all excited about our new YOUNG Management team, thinking they would make a difference. Interesting Fact...

Tags: Theo Epstein, Prince Fielder, Josh Vitters, National League, Anthony Rizzo

Nationals win on wild pitch in 10th

Tags: Gold Glove Awards, National League East, Montreal Expos, Osvaldo Martinez, Scott Rolen

Ex-Cub Sean Marshall happy with Reds

Former Cubs’ reliever Sean Marshall admits “it’s different but I’m getting used” to being dressed in red instead of blue. Marshall returned to Wrigley Field with the Reds Friday for the start of a three-game series, his...

Tags: Ryan Madson, Dave Sappelt, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field

Wonder why Marmol is still a Cub

I don’t know why Carlos Marmol is still a Cub. I don’t know if Marmol knows why he’s still a Cub. Only Theo Epstein knows, and he should know better. Marmol is the European sports car of closers --- finely tuned and destined to cost a...

Tags: Theo Epstein, Jonathan Papelbon, Marlon Byrd, National League, Kerry Wood

Power rankings: No. 12 Reds

No. 12 Reds: 19th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Cardinals. Poor Zack Cozart. In the year of Barry Larkin, it falls to Cozart to do the near-impossible — replace him. Cozart, a broad-shoulder product from Ole Miss who has...

Tags: Felipe Lopez, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Jeff Keppinger, National League Central