After manager Lou Piniella said that “sometimes less is more,” the Cubs not only skipped batting practice but also closed the outfield hitting cage before they met the Reds on Saturday.
The Ladner Cubs had the last laugh in their surprising run to the Bantam “A” baseball playoff championship. The Cubs struggled through the regular season, compiling a 6-10 record in a league that featured teams from Tsawwassen, Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver, Gibsons and Sechelt.
So many runsCincinnati’s nine-run seventh was the most runs by a Cubs opponent in one inning in four years. The total was the highest by a Reds team in one inning since scoring 10 in the fourth inning against Atlanta on Aug. 19, 2005.So few runsThe Cubs had two singles, from Mike Fontenot and Marlon Byrd, and were shut out for the second time in the last three games. It was the third time they …
Sporting New staff reports Cubs righthander Carlos Zambrano will apologize to his Cubs teammates when he returns from the restricted list, according to the Chicago Tribune. Cubs bullpen catcher Edgar Tovar, who has been in contact with Zambrano since his infamous blowup in the dugout on June 25, told the newspaper that the righthander is sorry. “He feels bad about everything,” Tovar said. “He …