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.
01/29/10 2:35 PM EST Xavier Nady finalized his one-year contract with the Cubs on Friday, but he still has some health hurdles to leap before Opening Day. The Cubs' newest outfielder underwent an all-day physical exam at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Thursday in which doctors paid particular attention to his twice-surgically-repaired right elbow. Nady, [...]
01/28/10 11:45 AM EST Veteran catcher Vance Wilson knows better than anyone the long rehab road that Xavier Nady has followed, and he's rooting for the would-be Chicago Cubs outfielder to pass medical muster this week and then find success at Wrigley Field. Wilson and Nady are on a short list of Major League position [...]
01/27/10 8:05 PM EST PHOENIX — Responding quickly to Mesa city officials' unanimous approval of the proposed "Wrigleyville West" project that would keep the Cactus League's most venerable member in Arizona, the Chicago Cubs granted the Phoenix suburb exclusivity to get the deal done. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) — which for the time being [...]
This is not the kind of signing of a free agent outfielder that is going to move media mountains as in the cases of Jason Bay and Matt Holliday. But that doesn't mean that it isn't an extremely positive move. The Chicago Cubs' signing of free-agent outfielder Xavier Nady is solidly in the category of [...]
01/25/10 11:15 PM EST City officials in Mesa, Ariz., approved an agreement to keep the Cubs' Spring Training home in Arizona for at least the next 25 years, The Associated Press reported on Monday. According to deal, Mesa will build an $84 million stadium and training facility for the Cubs, and the team will continue [...]
01/24/10 12:00 AM EST HOUSTON — The relationship between a hitting coach and a player is one of the most important and complicated in baseball. Trust and respect are as vital as they are in a marriage, and without them, the partnership is likely destined for failure. Hours are spent together inside batting cages hidden [...]
01/22/10 1:38 PM EST Let's say your dad is an All-Star infielder. He wins an American League batting title. He plays in three World Series. After his playing career is over, he becomes a big league hitting coach. The dad's two sons had to inherit some of those big league hitter genes. But both Josh [...]
01/21/10 1:10 PM EST CHICAGO — Jeff Baker didn't take much time off this offseason. Baker heads into the 2010 season with the Cubs as a candidate for the starting second base job along with Mike Fontenot. "I don't know if you view it as competition," Baker said about battling Fontenot for playing time. "The [...]
01/20/10 1:52 PM EST CHICAGO — How are you doing on your New Year's resolution to lose weight? Maybe you should try the Geovany Soto diet. Soto didn't wait for the new year to change his eating habits. He has dropped 40 pounds since the 2009 season ended on Oct. 4. He'll need a new [...]
01/19/10 6:00 PM EST CHICAGO — The Cubs avoided arbitration on Tuesday by signing five players to one-year deals, but still have to reach agreements with three key players, including Ryan Theriot, Carlos Marmol and Sean Marshall. Players and the team exchanged figures on Tuesday. Theriot and the Cubs are $800,000 apart. Theriot, 30, who [...]