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On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals released first baseman Mike Jacobs. Should the Chicago Cubs give Jacobs a call? There are a couple reasons Jacobs intrigues me as a free agent, the biggest of which is that he would bring something the Cubs' bench currently lacks: power.

It appears the Cubs Propaganda Machine is firing its opening salvos in its carpet bombing campaign to sell us loyal faithful Cub fans on shortstop prospect Starlin Castro.

What? We have no tags for Jeff Baker&Andres Blanco? We need to rectify that, because they are here for the long haul.

Jake Fox broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run home run in the 11th inning Sunday and the Chicago Cubs went on to be St.

Jake Fox smacked a two-run homer with one out in the 11th to lift the Cubs to a 6-3 victory Sunday night over St.

Ted Lilly pitched six scoreless innings and Derrek Lee homered and singled twice Sunday, helping the Chicago Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

Just call him Steady Teddy. If there's one player on the Cubs you can count on to do the same thing year after year, it's lefty Ted Lilly .

They remain alive for Ted Lilly, who earned his eighth home victory of the season - and first over Cincinnati in eight starts - with a 5-2 win over the Reds on Sunday at Wrigley Field.

Ted Lilly threw six innings of shutout ball to lead the Cubs past the Reds, 5-2, in the rubber match of a three-game series.

For the second time in three games, the Cubs made a struggling pitcher look like an ace.

The easy thing would be to flip the channel and tune out the Cubs the rest of the season.

As I noted yesterday, the Pirates have become the Cubs' favorite punching bag . The Cubs have now won 10 of the last 13 games between the two teams at PNC Park; 12 of the last 14 overall; are 21-6 against the Pirates since the beginning of 2008 and 69-40 against them since 2003.

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Manager Lou Piniella motions to Alfonso Soriano to leave the game in the 7th. September 2, 2009 Lou Piniella was asked Tuesday if he was satisfied with the way he has managed this season.

It looks like the Derrek Lee of 2005 has returned. Lee doesn't have 46 homers and a league-leading .335 batting average, but he's been pretty good nevertheless for the Cubs.

With the major league rosters expanding to 40 players on September 1, the Cubs added three players to their team on Tuesday.

Starting pitcher Ted Lilly #30 of the Chicago Cubs delivers the ball against the New York Mets on August 28, 2009 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.

There will be eight players added to the Cubs ' active roster over the next several days, now that the September 1 roster-expansion date has arrived.

The Chicago Cubs announced on Tuesday that they have activated infielder Andres Blanco from the 15-day disabled list, and have also recalled right-handed pitcher Justin Berg and utility man Micah Hoffpauir from Triple-A Iowa.

Sunday 30 Aug 2009 Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 01:40AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-A five-run fourth inning helped the Iowa Cubs to a 7-4 win over the Oklahoma City RedHawks Saturday night at Principal Park.