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The hiring of Theo Epstein as club president marked a new era for the Chicago Cubs, but there was no chance that the change would manifest itself in the standings this year, and there is little chance that it will change anything next year. The Cu...

STREAKING 1. Alfonso Soriano, LF: Yes, we did find a Cub who had a decent week. Soriano finally found his home run mojo, hitting three during the week after enduring a six-week drought to begin the season. For all the talk about trading or releas...

HOUSTON -- They were going to have to send Bryan LaHair's superhero costume to the cleaners at some point. For much of the Cubs' current seven-game losing streak the previously red-hot slugger has been in a funk right along with the rest of his te...

The top six National League OPS leaders are as follows: 2011 NL MVP runner-up Matt Kemp, a rebounded David Wright, upstart 29-year-old Bryan LaHair, 2011 NL MVP Ryan Braun, 2010 NL MVP winner Joey Votto, and six-time All-Star Carlos Beltran. Certain...

The harsh reality of Anthony Rizzo's inevitable ascension to the major leagues dictates that baseball vagabond Bryan LaHair will be faced with changing positions or teams one more time. The 29-year-old first baseman knows that at the very least h...

CHICAGO -- Not even an ideal hitting day could help the Chicago Cubs on Sunday as they were shut out for the first time this season. Sure they had scored just one run in eight separate games, but they'd at least avoided getting blanked. That al...

CHICAGO -- A sixth consecutive defeat, a sweep by the cross-town Chicago White Sox and the first shutout of the season all have Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum working on the details of a lineup change for his last-place club. Sveum didn't reveal ...

The Cubs look like they're in for a long season after a sweep by the White Sox.

Cubs manager Dale Sveum plans to make lineup changes.

CHICAGO -- Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber and Chicago Cubs first baseman Bryan LaHair disagreed Friday whether Humber intended to throw at LaHair in retaliation for White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko being hit by a pitch. Konerko was hi...

Matthew Berry on 10 players he liked more or less than the rest of the gang in ESPN Fantasy mid-May re-rankings.

CHICAGO -- The fact that the Chicago Cubs have yet to be shut out this season could be a statistical oddity, or it could actually be a sign of something much different. The Cubs might have been 11th in both runs scored (134) and on-base percentage...

Tim Kurkjian speaks to Bryan LaHair following his big night at the dish in a win over the Cardinals....

The Atlanta Braves pulled off an impressive sweep in St. Louis over the weekend to take over the first place in the National League East. Most impressively, they did it by scoring 23 runs in the three games. While it's not a surprise the Braves are c...

We ended a fine week of Baseball Today podcasts with Mark Simon and I talking about what happened the night before and previewing the weekend, and there was lots in between. 1. Josh Beckett didn't make a lot of friends -- with his performance Thur...

ESPN Stats & InfoWhen it comes to hitting outside pitches, no one has been better this season than Bryan LaHair.The Chicago Cubs' Starlin Castro is in his age-22 season and already has accumulated more than 1,000 plate appearances. He also continues ...