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Position analysis: Soriano retains value
Tribune ReporterBefore the final game of the season, Alfonso Soriano said he's ready for the trade rumors to start this winter. The next day, Cubs President Theo Epstein said he doesn't believe people "get an accurate picture of (Soriano) watching him across the field,"...Tags: Bernie Williams, Chicago Cubs, Sports, Tino Martinez, Baseball
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Position analysis: Pitching will be a priority
A pitching staff that included Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Matt Garza, Jeff Samardzija and Carlos Marmol went belly up in 2012, despite prolonged stretches of dominance from those four starters and the closer. The Cubs finished 24th among all major...
Tags: Jake Peavy, Michael Bowden, Spring Training, Chris Volstad, Shaun Marcum
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Cubs position analysis: Hole at the hot corner
The Cubs couldn’t find a way to replace Aramis Ramirez at third base this year, and have to go back to the drawing board in 2013. They tried Ian Stewart, Luis Valbuena and Josh Vitters for the most part, with Joe Mather filling in occasionally, and...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Sports, Jed Hoyer , Baseball, Chicago White Sox
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Position analysis: Rizzo an anchor at first base
Perhaps Anthony Rizzo’s best moment as a Cub wasn’t seen by fans at the ballpark or watching on TV. Amazingly, he didn’t even have a bat in his hand at the time. That moment of truth occurred in the Cubs’ clubhouse in Phoenix...
Tags: Sports, San Diego Padres, Todd Frazier, Baseball, Cincinnati Reds
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Reader Q&A: Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
I understand that the Cubs want to build the team the "right way" by building the farm system. What I do not understand is why they can't both build the farm system and try to build a winner right now. I think it is wrong to ask the fans who have waited...
Tags: Free Agency, Chris Volstad, Sports, Thomas Ricketts, Carlos Marmol
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After controversy-free, if lousy, season, Sveum persists
It may be small consolation, but the Cubs were basically controversy-free in 2012 for the first time in decades. While their 101-loss season goes down as the third-worst in club history, there was no backbiting or visible jealousy in the clubhouse, a...Tags: Spring Training, Dusty Baker, Carlos Zambrano, David DeJesus, Reed Johnson
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Cubs can only improve in 2013 (but don't bet on it)
The Cubs were built to lose 100 games, so what was with the obsession to avoid it? The actual issue is losing 100 games and still not getting the top pick in the draft. So Cub. I can understand players not wanting to be a part of 100 losses. I...
Tags: Spring Training, Sports, Jeff Samardzija, Matt Garza, Baseball
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Next year begins now
The Cubs celebrated the end of their season like a victory in a World Series game Wednesday, rushing out of the dugout to mob Bryan LaHair after his walk-off, RBI single in the ninth inning of a 5-4 victory over the Astros. It was just another bizarre...
Tags: Chris Volstad, Sports, Thomas Ricketts, Reed Johnson, David DeJesus
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Why didn't Adam Greenberg make his comeback with the Chicago Cubs?
Sun Sentinel columnistThe Marlins weren’t the only team that considered giving Adam Greenberg an opportunity to complete his remarkable comeback. Matt Liston, the documentary filmmaker and organizer of the One At Bat campaign, told me after Tuesday’s unforgettable...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Thomas Ricketts, Jed Hoyer , Marlins Park, Miami Marlins
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Wild finish for 2012 regular season
After a wild — and wild-card determining — final day of the six-month-long baseball season, we finally know the winners and who will play whom when and where. Wow is the only way to describe what happened in the 162nd game. For the A's, it...
Tags: National League, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Jim Leyland, Dusty Baker
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Wood's thinking sounds as destroyed as a famous boombox
Kerry Wood got his day at Wrigley Field on Sunday, and he spent part of it lobbying for the Cubs to bring Sammy Sosa back to the organization as something. Wait, why do the Cubs need to bring back the worst teammate in the world? OK, Sosa wasn’t...
Tags: Thomas Ricketts, Wrigley Field, Sammy Sosa, Kerry Wood, Cancer
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Cardinals are where Cubs want to be
With the Cardinals in town this weekend — and well on their way to another playoff berth — it is a good time to consider the fate of two old and proud franchises. One is trying to go someplace. That, of course, would be the Cubs. The other is...
Tags: National League Central, National League, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Baseball
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Oct 3, 2012
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Oct 3, 2012
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Sep 24, 2012
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Sep 21, 2012
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