Marquis, Marshall put on a show for scouts

MLB Rumors • Sutcliffe Diagnosed With Cancer
Former Cubs Cy Young winner Rick Sutcliffe has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Sutcliffe was luckily diagnosed with a treatable form of the cancer, and is expected to return to TV later this year. Sutcliffe is one of those pitchers who lived up to ...

A Hundred Next Years • Alfonso The Second
Wanting to move Alfonso Soriano out of the leadoff spot, where he might "feel pressured to run" and thereby risk re-aggravating hamstring and quadriceps injuries that troubled him in 2007, Cubs manager Lou Piniella slotted Ryan Theriot in the leadoff ...

ChicagoCubsOnline.com • The Value of Patience
Spring Training Game Sixteen - Cubs 3 Padres 2 WP - Carlos Marmol (1-0) LP - Carlos Guevara (0-1) Save - None Lou Piniella's new look lineup did not light up the scoreboard against Greg Maddux and the Padres pitching staff, but they did just ...

The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog - • Cintron Comes Through When It Counts
Alex Cintron laced a two-out bases-loaded PH GW single into right-field, scoring Matt Murton with the winning run, as the Cubs defeated the Padres 3-2 this afternoon at HoHoKam Park in Mesa. box score   Jason Marquis got ...

Cobra Brigade • Marquis Pitches a Gem
You have to love the competition taking place in the Cubs rotation right now as Jon Lieber and Jason Marquis battle it out for the final spot. It looked like Lieber was just about to sew up the job and Marquis went out yesterday and threw four ...

Cintron delivers Cubs win in a pinch
Pinch-hitter Alex Cintron hit a two-out RBI single in the ninth to give the Cubs a 3-2 win over the Padres on Thursday. Jason Marquis gave up two hits and two walks over four scoreless innings, striking out two.

What a Waste!
Twenty-three million dollars wasted.  Well, to be exact, $23, 428,571 millionwasted.  That was the salary last year for 14 home runs and 39 runsbatted in. That was the salary for Jason Giambi.  What a waste you say?  You’d be exactly ...

Padres' Maddux leaves with bruised thigh (AP)
Padres starter Greg Maddux took a line drive off his thigh and had to leave the game Thursday against the Chicago Cubs. The ball, hit by Derrek Lee in the first inning, left a bruise on Maddux's left thigh. Maddux recovered and threw Lee out, but left ...

A new route to heart of the order
Batting Theriot, Soriano 1-2 looks like real deal That lineup experiment with Ryan Theriot batting leadoff and Alfonso Soriano batting second? It just may have ...

Baseball Roundup: Maddux Is Day to Day After Being Hit by a Line Drive
San Diego Padres starter Greg Maddux took a line drive off his thigh and had to leave the game Thursday against the Chicago Cubs.