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Trade inactivity should seal Jim Hendry’s fate
WrigleyvilleThe MLB Trade Deadline has officially passed and Jim Hendry and the Chicago Cubs only managed to make one move by trading Kosuke Fukudome. The relative inactivity will most likely (and hopefully) be the end of Jim Hendry as we know him. Fans were... -
Rocky stop for Hill
Tribune staff reporterRich Hill said one bad pitch spoiled an otherwise decent performance Saturday night at Coors Field. But that one pitch turned out to be a back-breaker in a 15-2 loss to Colorado, pushing the Cubs 1½ games behind first-place Milwaukee. On a night when...Tags: Basketball, Lou Piniella, Chicago Cubs, Scott Eyre, Sean Gallagher
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Ask Paul Sullivan
Ask Paul returns to discuss the latest chaos and calamity that is Chicago Cubs baseball. Now that the Cubs have screwed up Matt Murton who's next? --Lee Barton, Idaho Falls, Idaho I don't know how the Cubs have screwed up Matt Murton, unless you're...Tags: Miami Marlins, Kerry Wood, Baseball, Cesar Izturis, Chicago White Sox
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Cubs' home win streak ended by Orioles
Tribune reporterAfter making the long and winding trek from the visitors' clubhouse to the dugout late Tuesday afternoon, Baltimore third baseman Melvin Mora looked out at Wrigley Field and let out a big sigh. "It's already 1-0, Cubs," Mora said with a straight face,...Tags: Geovany Soto, Baseball, Eric Patterson, Ronny Cedeno, Melvin Mora
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It's OK to exhale —just a bit
Tribune staff reporterManager Lou Piniella has fewer worries now as the Cubs head into the final 12 games of the season with a one-game lead over Milwaukee. His team has a little momentum after beating the Cardinals 4-2 Sunday at Busch Stadium, knocking the defending world...Tags: Jim Edmonds, Jason Marquis, Geovany Soto, Lou Piniella, Albert Pujols
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Cubs bats wake up vs. Rockies
Tribune staff reporterThere was no kicking or screaming, no harsh language and no flashbacks to Knute Rockne. Manager Lou Piniella called a team meeting late Thursday afternoon to remind his players of "some tough luck we've had" over the last week. "I just wanted these kids...Tags: Ted Lilly, Lou Piniella, Kerry Wood, Cinderella (fictional character), Mark Derosa
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Cubs outlast Brewers
Tribune staff reporterThe idea in May was for Ryan Dempster to mentor Carlos Marmol on the art of closing so Dempster one day could move back into the rotation. But that was another lifetime ago in Wrigleyville, and after Marmol turned in another dominant outing Thursday...Tags: Ted Lilly, Lou Piniella, Carlos Marmol, Mark Derosa, Corey Hart
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Cubs squander chances, game
Tribune staff reporterLou Piniella knew it couldn't last forever, that sooner or later the Cubs would come back to earth. After winning 19 of 24 games through July 20, they suddenly have gone ice-cold. "You're going to cool off, yeah," Piniella said. "But we need to start...Tags: Lou Piniella, Kerry Wood, Eric Patterson, Mark Derosa, Jason Kendall
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Getting tired of running in place
Tribune staff reporterLou Piniella is so conditioned to hearing the same questions after a Cubs' defeat that he begins answering them before they are asked. So after the Cubs botched several scoring opportunities Wednesday night in a 2-1 loss to San Diego, Piniella knew...Tags: Lou Piniella, Mark Derosa, Cesar Izturis, Sports, National League
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Cubs bats take care of Rockies again
Tribune staff reporterIn a move as rare as a Bigfoot sighting, Lou Piniella started the exact same lineup on Friday night that he used in Thursday's romp over Colorado. "It worked well [Thursday], so no need changing it," Piniella said before the game. "The team showed some...Tags: Jacque Jones, Jason Marquis, Alfonso Soriano, Bob Howry, Lou Piniella
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Cubs blanked, then swept by Marlins
Tribune staff reporterTwo months into the season, Lou Piniella finally appears ready to go with a set lineup. What that lineup is or how long he will stick with it are questions only Piniella can answer, but after Wednesday night's 9-0 loss to Florida, he wasn't ready to...Tags: Jacque Jones, Miami Marlins, Ted Lilly, Lou Piniella, Chicago Cubs
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Winning streak ends for Cubs
Tribune staff reporterThe new, decaffeinated Carlos Zambrano was back to his old ways Friday night at Citizens Bank Park, letting his emotions get the best of him in a 5-3 loss to Philadelphia. Whether he was snapping back his glove after taking a throw from catcher Geovany...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Pat Burrell, Geovany Soto, Lou Piniella, Kosuke Fukudome
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