Chicago Cubs

05/17/2008

Carlos Zambrano buried the hatchet with Jim Edmonds Wednesday and apologized Thursday for his angry display against the former St. Louis outfielder during a heated Cubs-Cardinals game in July 2004.

05/17/2008

Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now he's showing again that he can carry a team. Soriano homered in his 1st 2 at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep and the surging Cubs beat the Pirates 7-4 Friday for their 7th triumph in 8 games.

05/16/2008

Ryan Dempster called Greg Maddux a mentor and showed he found out some lessons. Dempster struck out a career high 12 and hit a go ahead single against Maddux during a 4 run 5th inning, leading the Cubs over the punchless Padres 4-0 Thursday.

05/15/2008

Forget Jim Edmonds. If the Cubs would like to go after a San Diego player who can make a difference in a World Series push, maybe they should be looking at Greg Maddux. Whether the Cubs would have given the Padres the right package to get the 350 game winner is at least a dice roll.

05/15/2008

Ted Lilly has located his strikeout pitch, and Alfonso Soriano has found his batting eye and power. It was a strong combination Wednesday night, one that led the Cubs over the Padres 8-5. Lilly fanned 11 in 6 innings to get his 3rd straight triumph and Soriano had his 2nd leadoff homer in as many nights.