Ted Lilly News

Ted Lilly will miss the start of the 2010 season after undergoing arthroscopic shoulder surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Reports out of Philadelphia Friday are that the National League Champion Phillies will not pursue an extension with Brett Myers.

Chicago Cubs left-hander Ted Lilly has had surgery on his left shoulder. The Cubs said the arthroscopy and debridement procedure performed Tuesday by Dr.

Reports are flying out of Arizona, where the Chicago Cubs are having their first winter management meetings with new owner Tom Ricketts, that apparently 2009 hasn't bottomed out just yet.

This has been a big week for surgeries around baseball. On Monday it was the New York Mets' Jeff Francoeur going under the knife , on Tuesday it was the Detroit Tigers' Brandon Inge and the mother of The Ghost of Moonlight Graham having surgery, and yesterday it was the Chicago Cubs' Ted Lilly getting repaired.

Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target-shooting instructor accidentally shot him.

Chicago Cubs left-hander Ted Lilly, who's been one of the team's most consistent starters the last three seasons, had surgery on his left shoulder and no timetable has been set for his return.

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Last night the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Boston Red Sox to begin their Divisional Series in California.

The way the Cubs have been pitching as of late, some have to wonder if they even need Rich Harden.

The good news is the Cubs posted their third consecutive winning season in 2009, the first time the franchise has done that since 1967-72. The bad news: They didn't make the playoffs.

Bruce Miles' game tracker Still job. 1: Randy Wells turned in the Cubs' 94th quality start of the season by working 7 innings of shutout ball.

Count pitcher Randy Wells among the best chapters to a sad Cubs story. Brought up in May to fill in for the injured Carlos Zambrano, Wells outperformed all but one of his rotation counterparts, capping his 12-10 season Saturday in the Cubs' 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The bleachers during Thursday night's rain delay, about 9:15 pm. View full size photo uploaded October 2, 2009 We have, at times this season, debated whether the Cubs should have traded Mark DeRosa and whether he would have helped the club through its various injuries and lack of production.

For Jeff Samardzija, the future started on Thursday night. And then the future got rained out after three innings.

Ted Lilly wore his heart on his chest Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field , donning a T- shirt promoting the return of teammate Reed Johnson.

The Cubs' championship drought reached 101 years Tuesday night when the Rockies' victory over the Brewers eliminated them from the National League wild card chase.

Overview Fall Training enters its final week starting with a four-game set against the 4A Pirates.

And it might be one more reason for the Cubs to like the way their pitching staff looks heading into next season.

But while one of the two occurred with no expectations, the other was one of the bitterest disappointments since the Bartman Incident half a decade before.