Topic: Chicago Cubs
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The New York Mets won a rain-shortened game with the Chicago Cubs 7-4 on Wednesday to bring a positive result to their otherwise less than encouraging week.The Mets had lost their three previous games while some of the team's ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The first taste of interleague play in 2011 comes this weekend to Major League Baseball and 15 seasons after it was first introduced during the regular season some of the match-ups still create a buzz.Metropolitan areas that are ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney sought escape from his previous work on war, torture and high financial crimes when he decided to make a film about baseball.Yet like a successful batter who eventually returns to home plate, Gibney found ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Cubs starting pitchers Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner will be out for at least two weeks with injuries, the National League team said on Wednesday.Wells has a strained right forearm and Cashner a mild strain in the back ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs avoided arbitration with Carlos Marmol by signing the hard-throwing closer to a three-year contract, the Major League Baseball team said Monday.The 28-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic, a 2008 All Star, set a franchise record last ...
The Chicago Cubs acquired pitcher Matt Garza from the Tampa Bay Rays in an eight-player trade on Saturday.The right-handed Garza won 15 games last season and threw a no-hitter against Detroit. He finished with an ERA of 3.91 and had 10 losses.Garza ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs acquired right-handed pitcher Matt Garza in a multi-player trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.Garza, who became the first member of the Rays to pitch a no-hitter when he blanked the Detroit Tigers last season, ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Pitcher Rich Harden has returned to the Oakland Athletics after signing a one-year contract, Major League Baseball's official website said on Tuesday.The deal is worth $1.5 million plus incentives, the website (www.mlb.com) reported.Harden, 29, pitched for Oakland from ...
Phil Cavarretta, 1945 NL MVP who led Chicago Cubs to last World Series, dies at 94Phil Cavarretta, the 1945 National League MVP who led the Chicago Cubs to their last World Series appearance, has died. He was 94.Cavarretta died Friday evening in ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pitcher Kerry Wood is returning to the Chicago Cubs after signing a one-year deal, the team said on Friday.Financial terms of the contract were not released by the Cubs but Major League Baseball's official website (www.mlb.com) said it was ...