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I'm guessing yes : A Cubs offer could be built around 19-year-old shortstop Starlin Castro, who is emerging as one of the top prospects in the minors.

Nick Johnson is good at baseball. In 2009, Johnson played 133 games, the first time since 2006 that he had topped the 130 mark.

It was a day reliever Clay Zavada won't forget. His teammates won't, either. Zavada, a native of Streator, Ill., a town two hours south of Chicago, threw a scoreless ninth inning in his first career game at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs have played three times since they officially fell from playoff contention Tuesday.

Late on Tuesday night, the Rockies beat the Brewers in extra innings to officially eliminate the Cubs from playoff contention.

When Micah Hoffpauir and Sam Fuld couldn't come up with this fly ball, we should have known Game 2 wasn't going to turn out well.

Ryan Dempster pitched a five-hit shutout Tuesday to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ryan Dempster threw a five-hitter to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a four- game series.

Ryan Dempster is a class act, as we all know -- but today, Gordon Wittenmyer tells us more about what Dempster had to go through after his daughter was born with a rare congenital disease, and notes that the toughest person on Ryan Dempster is... Ryan Dempster: Dempster has a hard time accepting that he didn't pitch better when things were most ...

Giants left fielder John Bowker makes a sliding catch of Chicago's Micah Hoffpauir fly ball in the second inning in their game against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, Sept.

One of the most hyped prospects of the fantasy season, Matt Wieters has finally started to deliver on his immense promise.

Playing out the string, Paul Sullivan answers your questions about Tom Ricketts, trading Milton Bradley and Big Z, what to do with Jake Fox and Micah Hoffpauir, Ryne Sandberg's future and Garfield Goose.

What's-its in the outfield! Let's take a moment to talk about what happened with the Cardinals, before moving back on to how bad Milwaukee sucks.

The Cubs pound the Brewers and officially eliminate them from the division race... RSS Photo Chicago Cubs' Aramis Ramirez, right, is congratulated by Micah Hoffpauir after hitting a home run against the Milwaukee Brewers during the second inning of a baseball game Monday in Milwaukee.

Has Milton Bradley played his last game this season? Maybe his last as a Cub? The right fielder took batting practice and jogged around the bases before Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals but then took himself out of the lineup, and manager Lou Piniella said after the game he doesn't know when Bradley might be able to play again.

The Chicago Cubs suspended volatile outfielder Milton Bradley for the rest of the season Sunday, one day after he criticized the team in a newspaper interview.

The Cubs' Micah Hoffpauir is forced out at second base as the St. Louis Cardinals' Skip Schumaker throws to first to complete a double play on Geovany Soto during the Cubs' 2-1 loss Saturday in St.

The Cubs and Brewers honor Medal of Honor recipients before Thursday's game. Browse more photos>> And after all was said and done, it wasn't the grand slam by Jody Gerut that did the Cubs in, although that did give the Brewers a lead today that they never relinquished.

This entire season has been a little squirrelly. Browse more photos>> Yesterday wasn't the first time a squirrel entertained fans at Wrigley Field by running across the field during a game.

The Iowa Cubs played the 2009 baseball season with a power shortage. The team hit just 86 home runs in a 72-72 season that ended with a 7-2 loss to Albuquerque on Monday at Principal Park.