If Carlos Zambrano ever leaves the Cubs, he would only want to pitch for the White Sox or Red Sox.
Zambrano is 4-3 with a 3.69 ERA in thirteen starts this season. He has 66 strikeouts in 83 innings, and has walked just seven batters.
Entering Monday night's action, the Cubs were 3.5 games out of first place in the very competitive NL Central.
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White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen says that his team's fans are much smarter than those of the rival, cross-town Cubs.
Guillen was explaining why attendance at U.S. Cellular Field was greater when the Cubs where in town than when the Dodgers visited recently.
"Because our fans are not stupid like Cubs fans," Guillen said. "They know we're [expletive]."
Guillen added that fans will watch any game at Wrigley Field because the stadium "is just a bar."
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Cubs manager Lou Piniella apologized to outfielder Milton Bradley one day after sending him home in the sixth inning.
"I apologized for the last comment I made, told him he knows in the context I meant it," Piniella said. "But I also told him that just can't continue, to have shenanigans that we've put up with. I told him he's going to hurt somebody, he's going to hurt himself."
The manager sent Bradley home in the sixth inning after he threw his helmet following a fly out.
"He didn't really talk to me about it, he just kind of yelled at me in the dugout and told me to get out of there," Bradley said Saturday. "So I left. Then he continued to yell at me some more. I've got to take that."
"No, man, I don't have a problem with Lou at all."
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Jun 27, 2009 10:11 AM EST
Cubs manager Lou Piniella sent Milton Bradley home after the outfielder attacked a cooler in the dugout.
Bradley flied out in the top of the sixth inning on Friday night, leading to the outburst.
After an angry exchange with Piniella, the manager told Bradley to get dressed to go home.
"This has been a common occurrence and I've looked the other way a lot and I'm tired," said Piniella, who was planning to start Bradley on Saturday. "I'm not into discipline, I'm really not. I'm going to put his name in the lineup tomorrow and that's it."
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Jun 27, 2009 10:06 AM EST
The Cubs have had conversations with the Indians about re-acquiring infielder Mark DeRosa.
Sources confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times that the two clubs talked about DeRosa earlier this month.
The Cubs traded DeRosa to the Indians in January for three pitching prospects, but they are in need of another infielder with Amaris Ramirez battling shoulder issues.
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Cubs Jun 2009 Archive
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ESPN | Jun 27, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella came to the defense of catcher Geovany Soto on Friday, admitting that he has tried marijuana.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 26, 2009
White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko wouldn't mind facing solely the Cubs in interleague play.
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AP | Jun 25, 2009
Cubs catcher Geovany Soto says he is embarrassed after testing positive for marijuana at this lyear's WBC.
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ESPN | Jun 23, 2009
Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg doesn't believe that Sammy Sosa belongs in the Hall of Fame.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Jun 23, 2009
Members of the Cubs aren't buying into the idea that union leader Donald Fehr is retiring amid pressure.
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ESPN | Jun 20, 2009
Indians closer Kerry Wood failed in a save situation against the Cubs on Saturday for the second straight night.
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Brian Reynolds/RealGM | Jun 19, 2009
Kerry Wood blew a save opportunity in his first return to Wrigley Field on Friday.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 19, 2009
Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that Pedro Martinez's name has not come up in the team's clubhouse.
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ESPN | Jun 19, 2009
Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has no plans to become a candidate again to buy the Cubs.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Jun 18, 2009
The Cubs were impressed with Pedro Martinez after taking in his recent workouts in the Dominican Republic, but a contract offer isn't on the horizon.
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ESPN | Jun 18, 2009
The Cubs have struggled this season, and Alfonso Soriano says that the frustration has slipped over into the clubhouse.
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ESPN | Jun 18, 2009
Discussions to sell the Cubs have reopened with a second bidding group as negotiations continue with the Ricketts family.
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New York Daily News | Jun 17, 2009
Sammy Sosa worked out with the same Dominican trainer as Alex Rodriguez, according to a source familiar with the workouts.
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ESPN | Jun 16, 2009
Sammy Sosa reportedly is among 104 major league players that tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance in 2003.
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ESPN | Jun 14, 2009
The Cubs fired hitting coach Gerald Perry after more than two seasons on Sunday.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 14, 2009
If the Giants are going to make a push for the NL Wild Card, they'll need to add a hitter to their lineup.
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ESPN | Jun 13, 2009
The Cubs activated Rich Harden from the disabled list on Saturday, and promptly started him against the Twins.
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Boston Globe | Jun 12, 2009
A source close to Pedro Martinez indicated that both the Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays have watched Martinez throw in the Dominican.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 7, 2009
Cubs starter Rich Harden was scratched from a rehab start at Triple-A Iowa on Sunday.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 7, 2009
Few in the Cubs' clubhouse appear to be taking Carlos Zambrano's retirement claim seriously.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Jun 6, 2009
Carlos Zambrano said on Friday night that he'll be out of baseball in five years.
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ESPN | Jun 6, 2009
Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano helped his own cause in Chicago's 2-1 win over Cincinnati on Friday night.
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Chicago Tribune | Jun 5, 2009
Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee believes that Sammy Sosa belongs in the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Chicago Sun-Times | Jun 4, 2009
Sammy Sosa sees no reason why he won't be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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ESPN | Jun 3, 2009
Cubs pitcher Carlo Zambrano could face discipline after missing the team's flight to Atlanta on Monday.