Scott Eyre

What's the Curse of the Billy Goat? It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry...

The Cubs still are tied for first place in the National League Central, despite themselves, thanks to the New York Mets. And guess who comes into Wrigley Field for a three-game series starting Friday? Those same Mets who helped the Cubs climb into first...

Quality starting pitching was one reason the Cubs were riding a three-game winning streak and the lack of same Saturday night is why that streak ended. Staked to a four-run lead when he took the mound against the Atlanta Braves, Jason Marquis not only...

There's no place more tranquil than an empty Wrigley Field at 10 o'clock on a Sunday morning in September. Ted Lilly was out throwing a football around in the outfield. Jason Marquis was stretching near the bullpen while listening to his iPod. And the...

Figure this one out: The Cubs outspend the Marlins $100 million to $30.5 million. They outhit them .268 to.259. They outpitch them 3.93 ERA to 4.47. They even out-field them 24 errors to 45. But in one of those believe-it-or-nots, the Cubs were...

Cubs manager Lou Piniella was left without answers on Friday when trying to explain the puzzling pitching of Rich Hill and the clueless defensive play of Alfonso Soriano. While Soriano was able to make up for his defensive lapses with a game-tying, two-...

As the Cubs' modified youth movement continues to march forward, an old veteran said he's letting the kids know he's here only for a cameo. "I told Angel Pagan and Matt Murton, 'I'm just keeping a spot warm for you,'" right-fielder Cliff Floyd said...

The air is a little cooler, the stakes are a little higher and the Cubs are finally starting to get their act together on the road. After struggling to get baserunners for eight innings on Tuesday night, the Cubs broke through with a five-run ninth...

As they began their three-game homestand Tuesday night against Atlanta, the Cubs had the National League's top-ranked offense, its top-ranked pitching staff and its only rapping manager. Manager Lou Piniella revealed he actually rapped while shooting a...

Alfonso Soriano earned a $136 million contract last winter because of his ability to hit a baseball. Wrigley Field security guard Anton Migursky earns considerably less than that for ensuring a safe atmosphere at the Friendly Confines. On a bizarre...

The Los Angeles Dodgers found a way to beat the Cubs without even putting the bat on the ball in the 11th inning of their 2-1 victory Sunday at Dodger Stadium. "Oh, Lord," exasperated Cubs manager Lou Piniella said afterward. "Oh, Lord." In another game...

The more Lou Piniella tries to temper everyone's enthusiasm, the more it seems to backfire on him. After the Cubs beat Philadelphia 5-4 Wednesday night on Brett Myers' bases-loaded wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning and moved into a first-place...