Cubs Live!: St. Louis Cardinals at Cubs, 7 p.m. CDT

Pitching matchup: St. Louis: Woody Williams, 3-5, 4.71 Cubs: Matt Clement, 6-4, 3.27 Lineups: St. Louis Tony Womack, 2b Roger Cedeno, rf Lassie, cf Scott Rolen, 3b Ray Lankford, lf John Mabry, 1b Somebody Molina, c Hector Luna, ss Woody Williams, p Cubs Jose Macias,...

Daily Dose: Tough love

Forgive Corey Patterson if he’s confused. On the day that the Cubs drafted his little brother, he breaks out of a 1-16 slump with a homer to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead and the cheers are muted and there’s a lot of head shaking in the stands. No, it’s...

Cubs Live!: St. Louis Cardinals at Cubs, 7 p.m., CDT

Pitching matchup: St. Louis: Chris Carpenter, 6-1, 3.44 Cubs: Glendon Rusch, 2-0, 3.73 Lineups Cardinals Marlon Anderson, 2b Edgar Renteria, ss Lassie, cf Scott Rolen, 3b Reggie Sanders, rf John Mabry, 1b So Taguchi, lf The third Molina brother, c Chris Carpenter, p...

Daily Dose: Irregular Joe

We all knew something was wrong. Not since his tragic one start cameo in 2001 had Joe Borowski looked as lost and as anemic as he did to start this season. After putting up ERAs of 2.73 (in 73 appearances) in 2002 and 2.63 (68 apps) in 2004, Joe’s ERA this year...

Cubs Live!: Pissburgh Pirates at Cubs, 2:20 p.m., CDT

Pitching matchup Pit: Josh Fogg, 3-4, 6.90 ERA Cubs: The Franchise, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Lineups Pittsburgh Jason Kendall, c Jack Wilson, ss Daryle Ward, rf Craig Wilson, lf Rob Mackowiak, 3b Randall Simon, 1b Tike Redman, cf Jose Castillo, 2b Josh Fogg, p Cubs Todd Walker,...

Daily Dose: He’s baaaaack

I just thought I’d trot out the lamest headline I could think of today. The runners up? – On your MARK, get set, go! – Prior committment! – Look out National League, The Franchise is coming to kick your butt! Frankly, I’m going to miss...