Cliff Floyd

MESA, Ariz. -- One day after manager Dale Sveum cited the need for power, Cuban prospect Jorge Soler put on a long ball display in his first day of spring training with the major league team. Soler said he hopes to be with the Cubs by next season, though...

In bringing back Indy cars to Pocono Raceway next summer after a 23-year absence, race officials are trying to turn back time to a more prominent era for open-wheel racing. And while they can't bring back the Unser brothers, A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford,...

Marlins all-time All-Star list 2011 – Gaby Sanchez 2010 – Hanley Ramirez, Josh Johnson 2009 – Ramirez, Johnson 2008 – Ramirez, Dan Uggla 2007 – Miguel Cabrera 2006 – Cabrera, Uggla 2005 -- Luis Castillo; Paul Lo Duca, Dontrelle Willis; Cabrera 2004 –...

ANAHEIM -- Considering the way he has pitched there in 2009, Jered Weaver should consider making a plea for the All-Star game to be played at Angel Stadium a year early. Continuing his season-long mastery of opponents at home, Weaver pitched a five-hit...

Carlos Zambrano won his 10th game Tuesday night in the Cubs' 3-1 victory over Washington, giving himself a fighting chance to make the National League All-Star team for next week's game. Zambrano said he voted for himself 25 times on baseball's...

On a normal midsummer afternoon at Wrigley Field, Eric Munson's seventh-inning shot Friday off Carlos Marmol would have landed several rows up in the bleachers. But instead of hitting a game-tying grand slam, the Houston catcher wound up with a routine...

Lou Piniella knew it couldn't last forever, that sooner or later the Cubs would come back to earth. After winning 19 of 24 games through July 20, they suddenly have gone ice-cold. "You're going to cool off, yeah," Piniella said. "But we need to start...

Manager Lou Piniella said before Friday night's game that if anyone knew at the end of spring training the Cubs would be tied for first place on Sept. 7, "I don't think anybody would've been too disappointed, especially with a team that lost a lot of...

While the clock was ticking down on the trading deadline Tuesday afternoon, Lou Piniella was in his office with his shirt off. Baseball was not exactly on Piniella's mind. "I got a massage the last hour before the trading deadline," the Cubs manager...

Cubs' manager Lou Piniella sermonized all spring about the importance of getting off to a good start. Does an 11-6 record—which includes Sunday's 13-1 pasting of the Pirates and victories in 10 of the last 13 games—qualify? Sure it does,...

Lou Piniella was tinkering with his office computer Thursday at Petco Park, trying to find some solutions to his team's vexing problems. But after discussing the lack of a consistent offense in depth before Thursday night's game, Piniella finally grew...