Cubs awake on Opening Day for 8-4 victory over Marlins
Anthony Rizzo, Ian Happ, and Kyle Schwarber each went deep as the Cubs slugged their way to an 8-4 win over the Marlins on Opening Day 2018. It wasn’t always the prettiest game, including two errors by...
View ArticleCubs find Legend of Kyle Schwarber right where they left it: Cleveland
CLEVELAND — Maybe it’s the smokestacks. Maybe it’s the lake water. Or maybe it’s something in the rain that seems to follow the Cubs to this ballpark. Whatever it is about the place, Kyle Schwarber...
View ArticleSchwarber, Hendricks shine in Cubs’ win
Kyle Schwarber focused on ripping line drives instead of lofting fly balls during the offseason. The work has paid off in the form of more-frequent hits, including home runs, for the 25-year-old...
View ArticleWhy Joe Maddon is considering Kyle Schwarber for a return to Cubs’ leadoff spot
Don’t look now, but the Cubs’ 18-month search for a leadoff man might take them right back to where they started. Will Kyle Schwarber be back at the top of the lineup? “I have thought about it,”...
View ArticleCubs’ Ben Zobrist back in black — cleats, that is — in defiance of MLB rule
They are foot soldiers in a war against Major League Baseball. On second thought, that’s probably a tad too dramatic. Let’s just say Ben Zobrist and at least some of his Cubs teammates aren’t going to...
View ArticleCubs’ Kyle Schwarber delivers fireworks with HR, ejection and ‘a choice word’
CINCINNATI — The opener of the Cubs’ four-game series in Cincinnati went so late into Friday night after a long rain delay that the Reds were forbidden by city ordinance from setting off their postgame...
View ArticleCubs turn to Mike Montgomery for series opener
Mike Montgomery will make his first start of the season when the Cubs open a three-game series against the Pirates on Monday afternoon at PNC Park. The 28-year-old southpaw will fill the vacancy...
View ArticleCubs’ Javy Baez, Kyle Schwarber fill half NL field for Monday’s Home Run Derby
SAN FRANCISCO — The official announcement won’t come until Wednesday night, but the Cubs have drawn starring roles for what might be the most powerful event of All-Star week in Washington. Second...
View ArticleBaez faces Muncy, Schwarber goes up against Bregman in Home Run Derby
Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will take on Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman in an all-NL East matchup in the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night. The 25-year-old Harper is...
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Home Run Derby 2018: Bryce Harper defeats Kyle Schwarber in final
Bryce Harper defeated Kyle Schwarber in a thrilling final to win the 2018 MLB Home Run Derby at Nationals Park. It was a special night for the hometown star, who needed bonus time to get the 19 home...
View ArticleCubs’ Kyle Schwarber falls to Nats’ Bryce Harper in Home Run Derby final
WASHINGTON — It had to be Kyle Schwarber. No offense to Javy Baez, who might be the most fun-to-watch Cubs player since Ernie Banks. But if any Cub was going to light up the night in the Home Run...
View ArticleThe Derby was a blast, but Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber wants in on All-Star Game fun
WASHINGTON — Kyle Schwarber was tired, sore, spent. No regular old baseball game has ever left him feeling like he did Monday after sending 55 blasts — the second most in Home Run Derby history — deep...
View ArticleCubs slugger Kyle Schwarber surprises cops at 25th District station
Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber — the son of a cop — felt right at home Monday at the Chicago Police’s 25th District station. “To be able to come here, it brings back a lot of memories,” Schwarber said....
View ArticleCan’t live without Yu? Cubs say Darvish setback won’t deter title hopes
PITTSBURGH — It was supposed to be manager Joe Maddon’s best rotation in Chicago. That’s what he said during spring training. But with Yu Darvish’s latest setback, the Cubs must close out the National...
View ArticleThe 23 days that could define this Cubs team, season
DETROIT — A Monday never looked so good to the Cubs as the one this week. ‘‘Thankfully, we have this off day,’’ first baseman Anthony Rizzo said. That was the collective sentiment in the Cubs’...
View ArticleCubs win big one, 6-4 over Brewers; Javy Baez runs wild, Kyle Schwarber unloads
MILWAUKEE — The Cubs aren’t about to let anybody see them sweat. Not when they’re chilling in their clubhouse and answering questions about the National League Central race, anyway. Still, their 6-4...
View ArticleCubs pounce on White Sox, Rodon early, take series
The Cubs pounced on White Sox left-hander Carlos Rodon early and then rode the right arm of pitcher Kyle Hendricks to a 6-1 victory Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. The result gave the Cubs their...
View ArticleCubs’ best hitters have had mixed results in the postseason
Playing in a fourth consecutive postseason is uncharted territory for the Cubs, a season more than their 1906-08 World Series run that featured two championships. Back then, the Series was the only...
View ArticleNo Harper, no problem? Cubs’ hope for impact upgrade starts with Kyle Schwarber
LAS VEGAS — Free agents? The Cubs don’t need no stinking free agents. That’s the hope, anyway, as they manage their tight budget the rest of the offseason, coming off their least-active winter meetings...
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Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber proposes to high school sweetheart: ‘I got [an] early gift’
Christmas came early for Kyle Schwarber as the Cubs left fielder is officially off the market. Schwarber proposed to his longtime girlfriend Paige Hartman on Sunday. The couple, who have been dating...
View ArticleKyle Schwarber could be key to bigger things for Cubs lineup
Front-row ticket for the Cubs’ home opener: $218. Stadium beer in a plastic cup: $9. Cubs’ lineup six months after a quick and ugly exit from the playoffs: Bryceless. It doesn’t have quite the ring to...
View ArticleJust Sayin’: For Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber, 2019 improvement is a walk in the park
Somewhere in the Sonoran Desert, Kyle Schwarber drew yet another walk Tuesday. It was his ninth base on balls in his first 18 Cactus League plate appearances. These are verifiable facts due to a little...
View ArticleJust Sayin’: Not even Illini, Cats can spoil a Big Ten tournament in Chicago
Believe it or not, there are people out there — seemingly of the flesh-and-blood variety — who will tell you the Big Ten’s staging of its annual basketball tournament in Washington in 2017 and in New...
View ArticleCubs 2019 preview: Kyle Schwarber knows who he is, won’t let others define him
Kyle Schwarber is the Babe Ruth of our time. We know this because multiple national sports outlets called him that very thing — ‘‘the Babe Ruth of our time’’ — in headlines early in the 2017 season....
View ArticleSwing shift: How close is Kyle Schwarber to full-time job in left for Cubs?
ATLANTA — Cubs manager Joe Maddon raved again Monday afternoon that left fielder Kyle Schwarber’s back-to-college swing mechanics look so good that Maddon could envision taking the platoon label off...
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