Scott Eyre

Sunday's game will officially be recorded as a loss for the Cubs, the end to a seven-game trip that started so well before ending with back-to-back losses. But not all losses are equal, and for the Cubs there was more to hang their hats on in defeat than...

Ryan Dempster suffered another ninth-inning meltdown against the New York Mets on an otherwise perfect afternoon at Wrigley Field, conjuring up memories of his previous collapse May 17 at Shea Stadium. The Mets scored four runs in the ninth inning off...

A baseball was placed strategically inside the cracked windshield of a car parked at 3703 N. Kenmore Ave. on Friday morning as part of an ad campaign for automobile insurance. But Carlos Zambrano hit a batting practice home run that actually flew over...

It probably won't pass muster with Cubs management, and it's not as family-friendly as "Don't Stop Believing," the theme song adopted by the 2005 White Sox. But when the old-school rap song "Insane in the Membrane" blared over the Cubs' clubhouse...

The Cubs have until 10 a.m. Wednesday to finalize their 25-man roster for the division series, and general manager Jim Hendry might wait until Tuesday night to make the final decisions. Can Sam Fuld sneak in? Will Kevin Hart make the cut? Hendry wasn't...

Lou Piniella is from the old school, so when he was asked if his Cubs might be a team of destiny, he went back to the ABC's of baseball: "I don't believe in destiny. I believe in good pitching and good defense and timely hitting. That's destiny. You do...

No one could blame manager Lou Piniella if he's wondering just exactly what he got himself into. The latest savior of baseball's most beleaguered franchise had seen just about everything there was to see in a long and illustrious career until he came...

When it was all over, when the Cubs finally knew they would be playing baseball into October, a clubhouse explosion was the order of the day. It wasn't the kind of blast that provided the city with a dose of shock therapy back in June, but instead was...

Manager Lou Piniella was speechless Monday night after the Cubs blew a four-run lead in a 5-4, 12-inning loss to Milwaukee at Wrigley Field. Piniella blew off his postgame interview session after Cubs hitting coach Gerald Perry got into a loud and...

Seven weeks of spring training was not long enough for manager Lou Piniella to make any snap judgments about his team. But after the Cubs blew a late lead Thursday in a 5-2 loss to Cincinnati, he has a better indication of what things he has to watch...

The Cubs tried to make themselves at home at Miller Park over the weekend as scores of vocal Chicagoans made the short trek to support them. But the Brewers spoiled the fun Sunday, avoiding a sweep by thumping Wade Miller en route to a 9-4 victory....

Prince Fielder glared at Carlos Zambrano in the first inning Wednesday night after the Cubs' ace performed a little spin move on the mound when he struck out the Milwaukee slugger. Zambrano, of course, was just being Zambrano. But he soon discovered it's...