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Sandberg named PCL manager of the year
Chicago Cubs Blog | ESPN Chicago — Triple-A Iowa Cubs manager Ryne Sandberg has been named Pacific Coast League manager of the year. Sandberg, in his first season on the Triple-A level, has led Iowa to an 80-60 record entering action Friday. The Iowa Cubs are in a first-place tie as they enter a series with Memphis that will determine if they’ll reach the postseason. The former Cubs’ Hall of Fame second baseman will be interviewed for the team’s major-league job after the Iowa Cubs are done for the season, according to ESPNChicago.com’s Bruce Levine.
Chicago Cubs 11 mins agoLa Russa doesn't think "underachieving" description is fair
St. Louis Post-Dispatch — La Russa disagrees with Blue's assessment, but not his right to make it
St. Louis Cardinals 41 mins agoCain facing "tough lefty"
Brewers Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Philadelphia - Centerfielder Lorenzo Cain is in the lineup tonight against Phillies LHP Cole Hamels, owner of a 3.31 ERA thsi season.
Milwaukee Brewers 1 hour agoSandberg has lunch with Hendry
Chicago Sun-Times — Cubs general manager Jim Hendry says he had lunch with Ryne Sandberg but did not formally interview the Hall of Famer for the manager's job.
Chicago Cubs 1 hour agoLeft-handed complement
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — Pirates Q&A; with Chuck Finder
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 hours agoDeWitt's 3-run HR powers Cubs' 7-6 win vs. Mets
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Voting for Top 3 Moments begins
Brewers Blog | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — Voting begins today for the “Top Three Moments in Brewers History” as a part of the Brewers “40 Years/40 Moments” program.
Milwaukee Brewers 3 hours agoCubs to unveil Billy Williams statue Tuesday
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Carlos Silva may start Monday for Cubs
Cubs Blog | Chicago Breaking Sports — By Dave van DyckDisabled Carlos Silva is tentatively scheduled to start Monday as the Cubs begin a series against the Astros. With the absence of Tom Gorzelanny due to a left-hand injury, Casey Coleman is the tentative Tuesday starter, although that could be changed if he is used in rellief this weekend.For Friday's game against the Mets, with Randy Wells starting, the lineup had Kosuke Fukudome and Starlin Castro in the top two spots and with Geovany Soto back as catcher.The lineup:Fukudome, rfCastro, ssByrd, cfRamirez, 3bNady, 1bSoto, cSoriano, lfDeWitt, 2bWells, p
Chicago Cubs 5 hours agoCubs to dedicate Billy Williams statue Tuesday
Daily Herald — The Chicago Cubs will unveil a statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams Tuesday, Sept. 7 in a ceremony to take place at the corner of Sheffield Avenue and Addison Street outside of Wrigley Field, beginning at 5:30 p.
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- Stephen Strasburg's Tommy John surgery successful Nationals Journal | Washington Post Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg underwent successful Tommy John surgery this morning in Los Angeles, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo said. Renowned orthopedist Dr. Lewis Youcum and Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih performed the operation, which took three hours. "He came through it with flying colors," Rizzo said. "It went smooth and uneventful." Strasburg's ulnar collateral ligament was replaced by a tendon from his thigh. He will spend the night at the hospital and return home to San Diego tomorrow. His rehab will start at a facility outside San Diego, and Strasburg will miss at ...
- Home runs fly as Mets fall to Cubs, 7-6 Ledger on Mets | Newark Star-Ledger R.A. Dickey allowed all seven Cubs runs
- Nationals' Morgan suspended 8 games, but could face Mets New York Post Nyjer Morgan’s wild week has landed him an eight-game suspension, one of nine punishments handed out Friday by Major League Baseball following a brawl between Washington Nationals and Florida Marlins. MLB suspended Nationals outfielder Morgan and fined him an undisclosed amount for three separate incidents over the past week...
- Braves have 93.6 percent chance of making playoffs? Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien | Atlanta Journal-Constitution FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Hello from South Fla., where the weather went from perfectly sunny to thunderstorms, dark clouds and torrential rain in a span of about 20 minutes while ago. In other words, pretty much normal here. Any way, before we go any further I’d like to bring two pieces of potentially good news to you, since we’re all about sunshine and smiley faces here at the ol’ blog: Marlins' Gaby Sanchez got three-game suspension today for part in Wednesday brawl with Nationals. (Getty Images) First, Marlins first baseman Gaby Sanchez got a three-game suspension today for ...
- Dodgers' Web musings: Thoughts now turn to next season and the need for a major bat Dodgers Blog | Los Angeles Times Things are so bad for the Dodgers these days -- hey, I’m not even talking divorce court -- they’re almost as far out of the wild-card race (eight games) as the division lead (nine). They are down and not getting up. Further evidence for the bleeding-blue faithful is offered by SI.com’s Tom Verducci, who wrote that since the formation of the eight-team playoff format, only one of baseball’s 112 teams made the postseason after starting Sept. 1 more than 3½ games out (the ’07 Rockies were five back). Which immediately turns the mind to … next season. And a pair...
- Fantasy baseball injury analysis: Justin Morneau done but Alex Rodriguez can still help ESPN With fantasy playoffs just around the corner, everyone wants to know who's in and who's out. At this point it's perhaps easier to identify who will n...
- Chasing the perfect Ricky Nolasco season is a fool's errand ESPN I'm searching for the correct words to describe how I feel about Florida Marlins starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco. He is obviously talented, but it's no...
- Start/sit advice, two-start pitchers, rankings for Week 22 of the 2010 fantasy baseball season ESPN Tristan H. Cockcroft breaks down the schedule for weekly lineup setters in Week 22 of the fantasy baseball season.
- Start 'em, sit 'em advice for Segment 2, Week 9 of Baseball Challenge ESPN AJ Mass gives advice for those setting their lineups for the ninth week of Segment 2 of the ESPN Baseball Challenge game.
- Fantasy baseball starts/sits, pickups and pitcher rankings for Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5 ESPN Daily notes for fantasy baseball lineups for Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5.