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.
CHICAGO — Greg Maddux will be back with the Cubs in 2011 in the same capacity as an assistant to general manager Jim Hendry and be involved in scouting, coaching and player evaluation. New D-backs general manager Kevin Towers told USA Today he’d like to hire the four-time Cy Young winner as Arizona’s next bench [...]
CHICAGO — Cubs general manager Jim Hendry met with Ryne Sandberg this week in Arizona to discuss the team’s manager vacancy. “The process is continuing the way I said it would,” said Hendry, who was back in Chicago on Thursday. Hendry and Sandberg had dinner Tuesday night, and they continued discussions on Wednesday. Sandberg is [...]
Williams statue to be unveiled Tuesday Cubs give Castro a couple days off Aramis sits, receives treatment on quad DES MOINES, Iowa — Mark Hamilton homered with two outs in the ninth inning to lift Memphis to a 7-6 victory over Triple-A Iowa on Monday, ending the I-Cubs' season. Hamilton connected off Hung-Wen Chen (3-4), [...]
CHICAGO — Geovany Soto had to laugh when he saw Monday's lineup. "That's not a misprint," said Soto, who was batting cleanup out of necessity with Aramis Ramirez sidelined with an injury. The Cubs catcher delivered, hitting a solo homer with two outs in the eighth to lift the Cubs to a 5-4 victory Monday [...]
CHICAGO — Carlos Zambrano is in a very good groove. Aramis Ramirez hit a solo homer to back Zambrano and lift the Cubs to a 5-3 victory on Saturday over the New York Mets. With the win, the Cubs improved to 8-3 since Mike Quade took over Aug. 23 for Lou Piniella. Quade is the [...]
Coleman to start Monday, Silva day after Starlin developing beyond expectations CHICAGO — Carlos Zambrano passed Kerry Wood and moved into sole possession of third place on the Cubs' all-time strikeout list on Saturday when he fanned the Mets' Angel Pagan in the fifth inning of Chicago's 5-3 victory. Zambrano, 29, finished with eight strikeouts [...]