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Cubs manager Lou Piniella got off with a warning Tuesday when San Diego police stopped him for jaywalking in the Gaslamp District. Piniella was talking to his son on his phone when he heard a police siren, and stopped to see what was up. "But it was for...
Tags: Lou Piniella, Cubs, Kevin Gregg, manager lou, cubs manager, Carlos Marmol, piniella got, Oklahoma City
Beleaguered Chicago Cubs closer Kevin Gregg was demoted Tuesday, and replaced by right-hander Carlos Marmol. Manager Lou Piniella disclosed the move Tuesday, a day after Gregg blew another save in a 4-1 loss to San Diego. Marmol was chosen to take over...
Tags: Kevin Gregg, San Diego Padres, Lou Piniella, runs homer, blanks hit, Carlos Marmol, park homer, Rookie Kyle Blanks, Chicago Cubs, homer innings
The Chicago Cubs had Alfonso Soriano hitting third for the first time in his two seasons with the team Friday night against St...The Cubs totaled one run in consecutive losses to the Reds heading into a three-game series against the Cardinals. Their .252...
Tags: Carlos Marmol, Aramis Ramírez, Alfonso Soriano, St. Louis, Cardinals, outs innings
Aaron Cunningham's had a good spring, but it wasn't enough to convince the Oakland A's that the outfielder from South Kitsap belonged on their roster at the start of the season. Cunningham, rated the 55th best prospect by Baseball America, was among six...
Tags: Carlos Marmol
Ariz. — Bengie Molina caught Randy Johnson in a minor league intrasquad game Sunday, so the Giants were able to put Buster Posey behind the plate for all nine innings of their 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers...Afterward, the club assigned its impressive...
Tags: San Francisco Giants, Lou Piniella, Carlos Marmol, Randy Johnson, minor league
Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella picked Kevin Gregg to be the team's closer heading into the season. Gregg beat out Carlos Marmol , the Cubs' top set-up man last year. They both spent spring training vying to replace All-Star closer Kerry Wood , who...
Tags: Kevin Gregg, Lou Piniella, spring training, Carlos Marmol, Kerry Wood, Cleveland Indians, beat outing, piniella picked, gregg beat, manager lou
Wherever Kosuke Fukudome went, the crowds followed, particularly the Japanese media. The mania gave way to concern, which gave way to worry as the season wore on, and pretty soon, Fukudome was a curiosity because of what went wrong. So how did Fukudome...
Tags: Lou Piniella, Kosuke Fukudome, Milton Bradley, Carlos Marmol
I'm out here to just get on the field as much as possible, but with [Lou] saying that, it makes you feel good," he said. "But you have to keep coming out here every day and putting up numbers...Aaron Miles becomes the backup against left-handed pitchers...
Tags: Lou Piniella, Carlos Marmol, Kevin Gregg, The Chicago Cubs, struggled innings, hander expected, hander kevin, innings cubs, innings frustration, ground innings
Ariz.- Manager Lou Piniella named Carlos Zambrano as his Opening Day starter on Thursday, giving Big Z his fifth straight opening assignment. How did Piniella and pitching coach Larry Rothschild decide on Zambrano over Ryan Dempster? "We talked about...
Tags: Carlos Zambrano, Lou Piniella, Japan, Carlos Marmol, world baseball, baseball classic, Ryan Dempster, Chicago Cubs, cubs managed, managed lou
Carlos Marmol now says he'll pitch for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic. Of course, he's not planning to leave until Tuesday, so stay tuned. "He's vacillated on it a little bit,'' Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Saturday. "But he's...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Chicago Cubs, Carlos Marmol, world baseball, baseball classic