Reds 5, Cubs 9, Final - Apr. 15, 2008

Redleg Nation • Game Thread: Reds at Cubs — 2008.04.15
Our beloved manager Dusty Baker makes his long-anticipated return to Wrigley Field tonight to face his old club, the Cubs (or, as my son calls them, the “Stinky Cubbies”). Of course, former Red manager Lou Piniella will be managing the ...

A League of Her Own - Front Page • Game Thread: Reds at Cubs: 8:05 EDT/7:05 CDT
A self-described "life long Cincinnati Reds fan". We're so much cooler. Tonight's game has been publicized thusfar for the return of one former Cubs manager to Wrigley Field. I mentioned in today's headlines that I'm not that interested in his ...

BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog • AP: Cubs LF Alfonso Soriano (calf) replaced in first inning
Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano never came to bat Tuesday night against the Cincinnati Reds after straining his right calf in the top of the first, apparently while catching Ken Griffey’s inning-ending fly ball. Mike Fontenot came up to ...

Another Cubs Blog • Reds at Cubs open game thread
B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOM Reds hitters vs. Dempster :  .287/.417/.404 Cubs hitters vs. Harang :  .259/.300/.465 A couple of hated former Cubs return to Chicago.  Dusty Baker and Corey ...

MLB FLEECE FACTOR: Providing MLB rumors and deciding who gets FLEECED. • More Injuries: Soriano, Robertson
It’s sad that it has come to this. That we have to write daily updates on injuries to key players throughout the league. First up on tonight’ list is Tigers’ starter Nate Robertson. Robertson came out of the game this evening with a ...

Big League Stew • Wrigleyville manages a shrug for Dusty Baker's return
Yahoo! Sports national baseball writer Jeff Passan checks in from Wrigley Field to weigh in on the return of a ghost from the Cubs' past ...   Dusty Baker's grand return to the city that ran him out two years ago pretty much went according to ...

CubsHub • 04/15/08: Cubs ruin Dusty Baker’s return to Wrigley, beat Reds 9-5…
Dusty Baker returned to Wrigley Field on Tuesday night, this time in the visitor’s clubhouse. Baker spent 4 years as the Cubs’ skipper from ‘03-06 which included a trip to the 2003 NLCS & also an infamous last-week debacle in ...

Another Cubs Blog • That was a big win
Anytime you can get a win when you’re facing the other team’s ace it’s a big win.  The Cubs got 8 hits in 6 innings from Harang and scored 5 runs.  Dempster wasn’t as good as he was the first two times out, but after ...

Baker wiser from years at Wrigley
Dusty Baker returns to Wrigley Field as a manager for the first time since 2006. While he learned a lot from his four years as Cubs skipper, he is not reflecting on the past, but is using these lessons to hopefully excel in Cincinnati.

Cubs' Soriano leaves game with calf injury
Cubs left fielder Alfonso Soriano never came to bat Tuesday night against the Cincinnati Reds after straining his right calf in the top of the first, apparently while catching Ken Griffey's inning-ending fly ball.

Baker back at Wrigley as Reds' manager (AP)
Dusty Baker popped up the steps in a red Cincinnati warmup jacket and made his way across the field to a familiar dugout, the one where he spent four years managing the Chicago Cubs through good times and bad. There was a quick stop behind the batting ...

Ken Griffey Jr. hits 595th homer
Cincinnati Reds star Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 595th career home run Tuesday night, connecting for a two-run shot off the Chicago Cubs' Ryan Dempster in the third inning.

Lee's HR helps Cubs spoil Baker's return (AP)
Dusty Baker knew exactly what to look for when he returned to Wrigley Field. "The first thing you do when you get here, you check the wind," he said. It was blowing out. Derrek Lee hit a three-run homer and started a pivotal double play to help ...

Lee's Homer Helps Cubs Spoil Dusty Baker's Return to Wrigley
Derrek Lee hits a three-run homer to help the Cubs beat former manager Dusty Baker and his Cincinnati Reds, 9-5, on Tuesday.

Lee, Cubs spoil Dusty's return
Derrek Lee hit a three-run homer and started a pivotal double play to help the Cubs beat their former manager and his Cincinnati Reds, 9-5, last night in Chicago. Dusty...