The Chicago Cubs, based in Chicago, Ill., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Cubs were founded as the Chicago White Stockings in 1876.
CUBS 10, RANGERS 4at Surprise, Ariz.Feb. 27 Rangers at the plate: Catcher Adam Melhuse hit a two-run double, and starting backstop Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two doubles for the Rangers. He missed an RBI, though, in the second inning on a two-out double off the wall as Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot cut down Frank Catalanotto trying [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Ron Washington says there may be only one thing wrong with Milton Bradley: He's a perfectionist. Washington was Bradley's manager last season in Texas and said Friday the outfielder should make a significant contribution to the Cubs. "He's a winner, and he wants to play," Washington said. "He's hard on himself more [...]
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Lou Piniella has expressed some concern about the pitch-count limits for the starters in the World Baseball Classic, mainly because the Cubs are sending starter Ted Lilly to the event. "It's going to be really hard for a pitcher here in Spring Training to jump from 25, 30 pitches to 75," Piniella [...]
CUBS 7, BREWERS 4at Mesa, Ariz.Thursday, Feb. 26 Brewers at the plate: Mike Cameron and Mike Rivera each hit solo homers. Cameron connected off Chad Gaudin leading off the fourth and Rivera homered off Mike Stanton leading off the sixth. Chris Duffy tripled with one out in the first and scored on the first of [...]
MESA, Ariz. — Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley took himself out of Thursday's game after he drew a walk in the first inning because of mild tightness in his left quad. Bradley, who signed a three-year contract in January, was making his first Cactus League start for the Cubs against Milwaukee. He drew a walk off [...]
MESA, Ariz. — Sean Marshall definitely prefers pitching when the hitters don't know what's coming. On Thursday, the left-hander made his first spring start, sans a protective screen in front of him or having the catchers tip the hitters. He gave up one run on four hits over two innings in the Cubs' 7-4 win [...]
CUBS 5, DODGERS 3at Mesa, Ariz.Wednesday, Feb. 25 Dodgers at the plate: Tony Abreu hit a two-run single with two outs in the second. Matt Kemp singled, stole second and scored on Blake DeWitt's single in the fourth. James Loney, who hit a grand slam off Chicago's Ryan Dempster in Game 1 of the NLDS, [...]
MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs won 97 games last year and for the first time since 1907-08, they reached the playoffs in consecutive seasons. But it's not enough, and Derrek Lee knows that. "It's all about the championship," the Cubs first baseman said. "[The fans] want it really bad. We can't worry about those things, [...]
MESA, Ariz. — Micah Hoffpauir took advantage of the designated-hitter spot Wednesday in the National League lineup. Hoffpauir hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to spark the Cubs to a 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at HoHoKam Park. Teams are allowed to use a DH and stray from a National League [...]
MESA, Ariz. — Jeff Samardzija showed the Cubs he could handle the big leagues when called up last season. Now he wants to convince them to keep him on the 25-man roster for 2009. Samardzija will take that first step Wednesday when the right-hander opens the Cubs' Cactus League season against the Los Angeles Dodgers [...]