They're 37-12 at Wrigley, 21-29 on the road ... Alfonso Soriano should be back Wednesday, which will send secret weapon Mike Fontenot (.931 OPS vs. righties) back to the bench ... Kerry Wood possibly headed to the DL ... with a blister? That's all? No tears or disfigurements? This is like Elijah Dukes getting arrested for something like jaywalking.
07/09/2008
2
2
Kudos to overshadowing the Brewers' trade acquisition on the night of his debut with your own deal for ace Rich Harden -- a classic case of 'Can you top this?' The Cubs gave up far less for Harden, too.
07/01/2008
2
1
After that interleague debacle, the AL really stuck it to the supposed 'Senior Circuit,' we cannot justify having an NL team on top. As bad as the weekend was, though, they get to beat on the 'Short Circuit' from now until late October.
06/24/2008
1
1
They rebound from a sweep in Tampa Bay and the loss of Carlos Zambrano to the DL to sweep the first-place White Sox at home. Their No. 1 ranking will be on the line this weekend on the South Side.
06/18/2008
1
1
The loss of Alfonso Soriano will be felt, but it sure helps when your primary division rival loses Albert Pujols in the same week.
06/10/2008
1
1
The schedule is pretty tough the next few weeks -- Braves, Blue Jays, Rays, White Sox -- but nothing this team won't be able to handle.
06/03/2008
1
4
They laid the struggling Dodgers and Rockies to waste this week and, while they have struggled on the road, they don't figure to see much of a challenge in San Diego and Los Angeles.
05/27/2008
4
2
Back-to-back road series losses are a bit of a reality check, but you would be hard-pressed to find an NL team with a better case to be its top dog right now.
05/20/2008
2
2
Look back at their trends: We saw an Alfonso Soriano hot streak and a Cubs roll coming. Hey, a Soriano turnaround wasn't as certain as years past, but we tend to like players in their second year with their new teams.
05/13/2008
2
6
They have busted out of their mini-slump and steamrolled our former No. 1 D-Backs in a weekend sweep. This club is strong and deep.
Preseason Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
02/28/2008
8
-
Only our third NL team in the top eight, but this team is a few pieces from being among the elite. They have questions in center, right, catcher and at closer, but all four spots can be more-than-adequately filled with up-and-comers (Felix Pie, Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto and Carlos Marmol) or Kerry Wood.
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