Daily Dose: The Cubs Achilles’ heel? Oh, get a grip.

Take a step back from the ledge. Pour out your Drano cocktail. A pitcher with a sore leg after the first week of spring training is not exactly front page news. Unless he’s The Franchise, and then it IS front page news. The Cubs announced yesterday that Mark...

Daily Dose: Three more years!

On Friday the Cubs signed Kerry Wood to a three year deal, and then on Saturday they did the same with Derrek Lee. In both cases, the players took a “pay cut” in 2004 and will get that money back (and then some) in 2005 and 2006. This gives the 2004 Cubs a...