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Catcher Navarro brings perspective, goodwill to Cubs clubhouse
MESA, Ariz. — Whenever new Cubs catcher Dioner Navarro would go home questioning whether he still belonged in the big leagues during his struggles the last three seasons, his wife, Sherley, liked to remind him of his baseball claim to fame. "She'd...
Tags: Kidney Disease, Welington Castillo, Ceremonies, Aneurysm, Baseball
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Your Morning Phil: Hahn, Peavy, Wood
Talking baseball while praising Kirk Hinrich’s grit: 1. There are lots of good deals on Chicago condos. A forward-thinking baseball organization might buy, not merely rent hotel space, this summer. Scouts will be camping out on both sides of...
Tags: Jesse Crain, Carlos Villanueva, Chicago Cubs, Matt Garza, Alex Rios
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Low-risk Baker signing restocks Cubs' inventory
Some would say Scott Baker had a better 2012 than the Cubs. He didn’t make it on the field. Baker experienced elbow pain in spring training and underwent Tommy John surgery in April. Now he’s coming to Chicago to try to help the Cubs while...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Inventories, Matt Garza, Jeff Samardzija, Spring Training
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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: Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo, Matt Garza, Ian Stewart, Baseball
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Sorry, Cubs fans, but this is worse than you thought
Sorry, Cubs fans. My condolences. Your team is worse than I thought -- whoops, wait a minute, I think another Cub just struck out -- and so is your future. It’s not here yet and won’t be for a long time. Heck, it looks like it’ll be...
Tags: Josh Vitters, Jeff Samardzija, Starlin Castro, Carlos Marmol, Baseball
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Travis Wood crashes Anthony Rizzo's beatification
This one is too easy: Anthony Rizzo finally got called up from the minors and will make his Cubs debut after going 0-for-his-last-9 in Iowa. So, yeah, he’s a perfect Cub. See? Told you it was too easy. But seriously, folks, Rizzo will start...
Tags: Johan Santana, Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets
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Let housecleaning begin at Wrigley
As the crowd cheered every move Justin Verlander made Thursday at Comerica Park South, the Tigers could not have felt more like they were in downtown Detroit without the Cubs replacing the Toyota sign in left field with a giant Ford logo. You won't see...
Tags: Justin Verlander, Comerica Park, Ryan Dempster, Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo
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Finally, Wood gets a win as a Cub
Cubs starting pitcher Travis Wood wants home plate umpire C.B. Bucknor to know there’s an inside corner. But the shoelaces were a strike? No matter. Showing great savvy in adjusting to Bucknor’s sometimes incomprehensible strike zone...
Tags: Orlando Hudson, Alejandro De Aza, Baseball, Adam Dunn, Alexei Ramirez
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Wake up, Cubs fans: Your team was built to stink
Late Wednesday night, someone named Tom Hamilton sent me this email with the subject line “And I am a Cubs fan’’:
“I was all excited about our new YOUNG Management team, thinking they would make a difference. Interesting Fact...Tags: Prince Fielder, Passover, Chicago Cubs, Anthony Rizzo, Ryan Dempster
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Calm Volstad wants to collect victories
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chris Volstad's heart lies at the beach, not too far, in fact, from where Carlos Zambrano lays his head every night.
On some level, he still would love to be with his hometown Marlins, getting ready to move into a the new...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Ryan Dempster, Matt Garza, Doug Fister, Baseball
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Power rankings: No. 12 Reds
No. 12 Reds: 19th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Cardinals.
Poor Zack Cozart.
In the year of Barry Larkin, it falls to Cozart to do the near-impossible — replace him.
Cozart, a broad-shoulder product from Ole Miss who has...Tags: Jay Bruce, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Cincinnati Reds
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Power rankings: No. 26 Cubs
En route to 91 losses last season and a radical regime change, the Cubs were outscored by 102 runs. As it happens, half of those can be put down to talent and half of them to playing the game well.
Bill James tracks manufactured runs, both created and...Tags: Ryan Dempster, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Ian Stewart
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