2009 spring training Stories - SB Nation
Favors Granted: Cubs 5, Indians 7
MESA, Arizona -- The thing I was most reminded of as Mark DeRosa kept hitting 450-foot drives off Ted Lilly was a story that's been told about Greg Maddux and Jeff Bagwell, related in Jessica's BCB to...
Homecoming: Cubs vs. Indians at Mesa, Sunday 3/29, 3:05 CT
The Cubs have played the Indians earlier this spring, losing 5-4 in a split-squad game on March 4, but Mark DeRosa was off with the USA WBC team that day, and Kerry Wood didn't appear that day. So ...
The Case For The Cubs Remaining In Arizona For Spring Training
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Recently, there has been much discussion on this site and elsewhere about the possibility of the Cubs pulling up stakes and leaving Mesa, Arizona, where they have been holding s...
Farewell To Tucson: Cubs 6, Rockies 10
TUCSON, Arizona -- It's probably not the Cubs' absolute final game in Tucson, because the Diamondbacks and Rockies are probably there for at least one more spring (although, a year ago, did you think ...
Head On Down The Highway: Cubs vs. Rockies at Tucson, Saturday 3/28, 3:10 CT
I've decided to take the drive down to southern Arizona for this afternoon's game (and the time in the headline is correct; first pitch will be at 3:10 CT, not 3:05 as most of the games are). ...
Fukudome Unimpressive, Rest Of Team Outstanding: Cubs 9, White Sox 4
MESA, Arizona -- Had Kosuke Fukudome not lost Josh Fields' fourth-inning fly ball in the sun, Carlos Zambrano would have gone six scoreless innings this afternoon. As it was, the Cubs' seven-run fi...
Blue Skies, Sunshine: Cubs vs. White Sox at Mesa, Friday 3/27, 3:05 CT
The sun is out and the wind is gone; this afternoon's temperature will be about 73 and so the Cubs and White Sox can concentrate on baseball instead of flying debris. Kosuke Fukudome will make his ...
Gone With The Wind: Cubs 3, Giants 5
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona -- Now here's a first -- a Cactus League game ended early because of high winds. The Cubs lost to the Giants 5-3, breaking a six-game spring winning streak, in a game where the ...
The Late Show: Cubs vs. Giants at Scottsdale, Thursday 3/26, 9:35 CT
Scottsdale Stadium lit up for night ball photo via stylemens.typepad.com The only night game on the Cubs' Cactus League schedule will occur at the unusual time of 7:35 local time (most of ...
Know Your Enemy: Cubs' American League Central Opponents
I'm leaving the Royals out of this AL Central preview, not because I have anything against them, but because the Cubs won't play them in this year's tour through the division in interleague play. The ...
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