Cubs win 5-3;Let the games begin
cubbienation.net 2/26/2009 — Filed:February 25th, 2009 Cubs 2009 Spring Training (Morry Gash/AP)   Well, first things first. For the reader who chided me about using a Spring Training photo featuring Matt Murton in an earlier post, sorry. We take the photos here as we get them, especially when they have to be ...

The First Spring Training Game is Here
bleachernation.com 2/25/2009 — Only 38 more to go until Opening Day. Jeff Samardzija gets the first start for the Chicago Cubs as they open up the Cactus League against the Los Angeles Dodgers at HoHoKam Park today. There are a few battles to watch this spring - fifth starter, second base, seventh bullpen spot - so that ...

Video from Cubs First Game of the Spring
chicagocubsonline.com 2/26/2009 — Wednesday at HoHoKam Park was truly a beautiful day for a ballgame. Familiar faces filled the park, all in anticipation of the Cubs first game of the year. Granted it was just an exhibition, but to see the Chicago Cubs on the field after such a long, cold, strange winter was more than a ...

Josh Vitters is Still an Awesome Chicago Cubs Prospect
bleachernation.com 2/26/2009 — Keith Law said in a lengthy discussion that Chicago Cubs youngster Josh Vitters is the 14th best prospect in baseball, effectively making him quite awesome. Well, Baseball America doesn’t think of him quite so highly , but they still think he’s awesome. They’ve got him ...

Cubs | Samardzija to start Wednesday
baseballinstinct.com 3/3/2009 — Paul Sullivan, of The Chicago Tribune, reports Chicago Cubs RP Jeff Samardzija will start the team's Spring Training game Wednesday, March 4. Our Instinct: It seems more likely that The Shark is...

Spring Training Positional Battlewatch: February 25, 2009
bleachernation.com 2/26/2009 — Quick hits (or some equally cheesy way of saying I’m not going to type out a full recap): Micah Hoffpauir makes a powerful (get it? GET IT?!?!?) case for the last spot on the Cubs bench with a grand slam. Jeff Samardzija doesn’t look any more likely to claim the fifth starter ...

Jeff Samardzija Is the 6th Starter Right Now
bleachernation.com 2/18/2009 — Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is tasked with picking the number five starter out of the Sean Marshall, Aaron Heilman, Chad Gaudin, and Jeff Samardzija bin by the end of spring training. But for today, Lou says it’s looking like Marshall at five and Samardzija at six. This ...

Better Know a Prospect: Jeff Samardzija
310tojoba.blogspot.com 3/20/2009 — Throughout Spring Training we'll be looking at Baseball America's Top 100 Prospect list to show you some things you perhaps didn't know about the future of certain MLB franchises. Name: Jeff Samardzija Height: 6'5 Weight: 220 Age: 23 BA Prospect Ranking: 79 Organization: The Chicago Cubs ...

Chicago Cubs Top-15 Prospects of 2009, No’s 1 - 5
baseball-intellect.com 2/20/2009 — Moving onto the NL Central and scouting the top-5 prospects in the Chicago Cubs organization...

Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. White Sox - 03/04/09
chicagocubsonline.com 3/5/2009 — Spring Training Game Nine: Cubs (5-3) vs. White Sox (3-4) Game Time - 9:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN - Radio: None Location - Cashman Field - Las Vegas, NV Jeff Samardzija (0-0, 9.00/2.50) vs. John Danks (1-0, 0.00/0.50) For the fifth spring in a row the Cubs will play a pair of games ...

Three Up, Three Down: Chicago Cubs Spring Training Outlook — Bleacher Report - MLB 2/17/2009
Every single Major League team comes into spring training expecting to win the World Series. Cubs fans and players having been doing that for 100 years now. Peering into the 2009 looking-glass, it's interesting to see where the Cubs need to ...

Cubs Should Keep Soriano at The Top Of The Order, But Move Lee To The Five-Hole — Bleacher Report - MLB 2/17/2009
Alfonso Soriano is certainly not a prototypical leadoff man.  He doesn't do a very good job of working the count and he lacks plate discipline.  That said, the Cubs can win a championship with Soriano as their leadoff man.  Lou ...

Milwaukee Brewers in the News: Feb. 17 — Bleacher Report - MLB 2/17/2009
Brewers News - The Brewers will be looking to young guns Yovani Gallardo and Manny Parra to replace the production lost by the loss of Ben Sheets and CC Sabathia. - More on replacing CC’s production. - It looks as though Jason ...

Piniella may try putting Soriano in middle of order — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 2/17/2009
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Monday he would consider moving Alfonso Soriano out of the le...

Cubs offer Obama an open invitation — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 2/17/2009
MESA, Ariz. – If President Obama wants to show Americans he’s sincere about reaching across the aisle, he’ll have the ideal opportunity Wednesday morning. That’s when the First White Sox Fan is scheduled to appear at a Mesa, Ariz., high school just a ...