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MLB.com: Wood can’t close out Cardinals
Published 7/6/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
MLB.com: Wood can’t close out Cardinals Rick Ankiel smacked a walk-off two-run single in the ninth inning off Wood to spark the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4, come-from-behind victory over the Cubs on Saturday, and close to 2 1/2 games in the National League Central. ... “He almost got out of it,” Cubs manager Lou Piniella said. “You walk the first two hitters in an inning, you get yourself in trouble right from the get go. We weren’t sure if Kennedy was going to bunt or not bunt, and he hits the ball by the first baseman. Then the two-out hit by Ankiel—tough loss. “All I know ...

Cubs to make up 22% of All-Star Team
Published 7/7/2008 by Minneapolis Red Sox (noreply@blogger.com) at Siberian Baseball
The All-Star rosters and final ballot nominees have been announced and to no one's surprise, the teams are pretty stacked with the three teams that draw the most attention from Major League Baseball and the Four-Letter Network. In an indication of the talent levels in the National League, the Cubs will send seven representatives to New York, including Kerry Wood and Ryan Dempster. Starting for the team are Alfonso Soriano, Kosuke Fukudome and Geovany Soto. Soto will be the first rookie to start the All-Star game, with Rusell Martin and Brian McCann backing him up. The seven players selected marks a club record, according to Major League Baseball. The Cubs ran away ...

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Published 22 days ago by Mike D. at Hire Jim Essian!
So now that everything but home-field advantage has been settled–and, truthfuly this, too should be settled in the Cubs’ favor before the weekend–we’ve got a week to turn our attention to the postseason. Today, let’s look at what the postseason roster may look like. Sure Things C Geovany Soto C Hank White IF Derrek Lee IF Mike Fontenot IF Ryan Theriot IF Aramis Ramirez IF/OF Mark DeRosa IF/OF Daryle Ward OF Alfonso Soriano OF Reed Johnson OF Jim Edmonds OF Kosuke Fukudome P Ryan Dempster P Carlos Zambrano P Ted Lilly P Rich Harden P ...