Matt Clement

The Cubs' 88th home opener Monday at Wrigley Field figures to be one of the most anticipated in years, with a new manager in Dusty Baker, a new attitude in the clubhouse and the same old fans who've been packing the place, win or lose. But now the Cubs...

Millions of fans will be in front of their television sets Tuesday night when the All-Star Game is played. Sammy Sosa won't be one of them. "I don't want to watch the game," Sosa said Saturday after hitting his 18th home run in the Cubs' 7-3 victory...

Matt Clement was freeze-dried but relaxed when he took the mound for the delayed home opener Tuesday afternoon, knowing the starting pitcher has the least chance of anyone to suffer from hypothermia. It was all mind over matter for Clement, who shut down...

Cubs manager Dusty Baker keeps throwing out little warning signs for his team. The latest, now that they are in a stretch of 19 straight games against NL Central Division opponents: If you don't win in your own division, you might not make the playoffs....

It is early in the season to start thinking about goals achieved, but the Cubs already have begun reaching some of theirs. One target was to win series, not just games, and Sunday's 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates gave the Cubs three winning...

After Dusty Baker put the onus on Cubs fans to try to be a little more positive, Matt Clement gave them a performance to cheer. Clement not only threw a two-hit shutout in a 3-0 victory over San Francisco before a crowd of 40,221 Tuesday night at Wrigley...

Welcome everyone to the play-by-play commentary of the Cubs home opener against the Montreal Expos. Bonjour to all the Expos fans. It's flat out brutal out, more suitable for the Iditarod than baseball with the wind blowing in from left-center and the...

An improbable Cubs season comes down to three games at Wrigley Field, where starting pitchers Mark Prior, Matt Clement and Kerry Wood will hold the keys to their postseason dreams. Whether the weekend winds up in heartache or hysteria remains to be seen,...

Matt Clement could use a hug. He got one from manager Dusty Baker in the dugout during the seventh inning Monday night. Clement also received some rare offensive support from his teammates as the Cubs subdued the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 at Miller Park....

The Cubs' season has played out like a fractured fairy tale so far, with six weeks left to find out whether they'll turn into pumpkins. No one knows what's in store as they head into the final stages of a three-way division race, but if Mark Prior and...

As hot and cold as the Cubs offense has looked in April, there may be some nice debates on the North Side this summer. The Cubs wasted another fine start by Matt Clement in Thursday's 2-1 loss to San Diego, dropping their first series since the opening...

Maybe the Cubs should skip batting practice more often. Given a day off from BP, the sputtering Cubs offense shook off a succession of missed opportunities Thursday before Derrek Lee's three-run homer capped a five-run fifth-inning eruption and jolted...