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Cubs to honor legendary Banks on Opening Day

Chicago Cubs will kick start their campaign for the 2008 MLB season on Monday by unveiling the statue of Ernie Banks outside the Wrigley Field. The statue of the Hall of Famer, Banks, is situated at Clark and Addison streets, next to the Wrigley Field. Ernie Banks, the legendary Chi cubs player will be […]

Cubs to use Woods as a closer

The Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella has chosen Kerry Wood to be the Cub’s closer ahead of his team mates Carlos Marmol and Bob Howry. Wood should be very happy hearing the news as there has been an awful lot that has gone wrong in his baseball career. He had undergone surgeries in his right […]

Rich Hill to stay in the team despite poor showing

The Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella has reassured the Chicago Cub fans that the lefthander Rich Hill will be a part of the Cubs playing team. Piniella had talked to Hill and told him to lessen the pressure he puts on himself. He guaranteed Hill his place in the Cubs player’s list. Piniella said […]

White Sox player Fields leaves the playing field after injury

Josh Fields was stuck in the right forearm last Wednesday in the Cactus League game against the Rockers by a pitch from Jimenez. The White Sox third baseman was replaced by pinch runner Jason Bourgeois as he was said to be suffering from a bruise on his right forearm that did not need an X-ray […]

Martinez happy with his first outing for the Cubs

Pedro Martinez was very much pleased with the pitching performance he showcased against the Tigers in the exhibition game last Sunday which was also his debut game for the Chicago Cubs. Martinez said that he had his work cut out against the Tigers and had also expected nothing less than a hard day’s work in […]

Piniella demands for better play

Lou Piniella, the manager of the Chicago Cubs, wants his team to play better than what they are doing now. He doesn’t want his team to lose even in exhibition matches as it is very difficult for him to digest defeat. Lou Piniella has turned the Cubs who gave the worst performance in national […]

“We Believe” the documentary on Chicago Cubs

The documentary Film maker John Scheinfeld is trying to cash on the probable win of Chicago Cubs in the World Series. This is the hundredth year of their win in a championship, last championship was in 1908. John Scheinfeld and his crew will follow the 2008 Chicago Cubs team to film a documentary titled “We […]

DeRosa is pleased that he is playing again

The Chicago Cubs second baseman, Mark DeRosa, was a pretty pleased man for playing his first spring game this year after going through a medical procedure to correct his irregular heart beat condition. DeRosa did not have any practice against real time pitchers prior to his first game and faced his first pitch from Dave […]

Will Cubs play in a temporary home ground?

A proposed reconstruction of the Cub’s home ground, Wrigley field, will force them to play at a temporary home venue on the South Side at the U.S Cellular field. The Wrigley’s Field is expected to have a complete makeover with a $250 million renovation plan and if this is to happen, then according to Cubs […]

Kosuke Fukudome not bothered about the odds

Kosuke Fukudome, the Japanese right fielder who joined the Cubs recently is not bothered about the differences in play format as well as in rules between the Japanese and American baseball. Last year Daisuke Matzuka struggled in front of the baseball fanatics in Boston. The Cubs fans are notorious for their atrocious behavior when things […]