Cubs Live: Arizona at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 7/29

Pitching matchup Arizona: Javier Vazquez 9-9, 4.37 ERA Cubs: Mark Prior 7-3, 3.23 ERA Lineups Gritty, gutty little Craig Counsell, 2b Chad Tracy, rf What’s left of Luis Gonzalez, lf Troy Glaus, 3b Tony Clark, 1b SuperJew, cf Royce Clayton, ss Chris Snyder, c...

Daily Dose: So sleepy

The only thing missing from the three hour power nap the Cubs took yesterday in a 6-0 loss to Arizona was Dusty Baker handing out pillows before the guys took the field. Because there is some kind of law that the Cubs make every soft tossing lefty look like an...

Daily Dose: Don’t let the Giants out of town

You have to love the San Francisco Giants. If the Cubs somehow emerge from the wild card scrum and claim a playoff spot, we will have to look no further than the three games the Giants should have won at Wrigley Field this week. They actually did win one of them, but...

Cubs Live: San Francisco at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 7/27

Pitching matchup Giants: Brett Tomko, 7-10, 5.03 ERA Cubs: Carlos Zambrano, 7-4, 3.42 ERA Lineups San Francisco Giants Jason Ellison, cf Mr. 3000, ss JT Snow, 1b Pete Happy, lf Michael Tucker, rf Edgardo Alfonso, 3b Deivi Cruz, 2b Yorvit Torrealba, c Brett Tomko, p...

Daily Dose: Watered down history

On a night when Greg Maddux made history, the Cubs made something else. Maddux’s third inning strikeout of Omar Vizquel made him the second player in Major League history to get his 3,000th strikeout with less than 1,000 walks. The only other guy who did it also...