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Steve Phillips' Fix My Team: Chicago Cubs

Every team has a few precious months in the offseason to make tweaks to their roster and ensure that they improve in 2011. Steve Phillips has taken a team to the World Series before, and in November and December he will present his plan for every major league team to get there as well. It's the eighth episode of Fix My...

Cubs Players Endorse Mike Quade

Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry is still going over candidates to replace Lou Piniella as the team's manager in 2011, interviewing Eric Wedge, getting ready to interview Bob Melvin, and of course, the in-house candidate Ryne Sandberg. Bob Brenly was also in consideration to move from the Cubs broadcast booth to the...

Roto Rush: Why Brett Cecil Should be Signed in All Fantasy Formats

Brett Cecil shut down a formidable New York Yankees lineup on Wednesday, pitching eight innings and allowing just two earned runs. Wednesday was the second straight start for Cecil where he's held the opposing team to two runs or less. But Cecil didn't just start pitching well, he's been in a groove for some time...

Lou Piniella Accomplishes Little for a Floundering Franchise

CHICAGO - And there goes another one. Another year, another manager, another era. And the Cubs are still losers. Lou Piniella announced Tuesday that he was quitting as Cubs manager at the end of the year, but the truth is, the Cubs had already beaten the life out of him nearly two years ago. Piniella arrived known for...

Roto Rush: White Sox, Fantasy Gold

The Cubs and White Sox closed out their series on Sunday, and the White Sox 11-game winning streak was on the line. Ryan Dempster was able to hold the White Sox offense to three runs on nine hits and a walk while striking out eight and picking up the win for the Cubs. But the success of the White Sox players in our little...

Ryan Dempster News From the Web

05/31/12 Barney homers to lift Cubs over Padres 8-6 Source: Lincoln Daily News - Lincoln IL Darwin Barney was running as hard as he could, hoping his ball would fall into the gap.
05/31/12 Darwin Barney's walk-off homer caps Cubs' three-game... Source: Post-Tribune - Merrillville IN Bits of drywall and dust remained on the clubhouse floor between Alfonso Soriano's and Ryan Dempster's lockers, presumably having fallen from the gaping, bat-head-sized hole in the wall. For sure, it's not me, Soriano said when asked what happened.
05/30/12 Padres leave Chicago with baseball's worst record Source: Sify "He's fast, he got out of the box well," Padres manager Bud Black said.
05/30/12 Padres leave Chicago with baseball's worst record Source: Daily News - Lebanon PA CHICAGOâWhen San Diego came to Wrigley Field, the Cubs had the worst record in baseball.
05/30/12 MLB: Barney homers to lift Cubs over Padres 8-6 Source: The Daily Journal - Kankakee IL Before he knew it, he had slowed down to a trot and a mob of teammates was waiting for him at home plate to celebrate his two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth that gave the Chicago Cubs an 8-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.