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Cubs give Kyle Schwarber rare start in right field vs. Sox
MESA, Ariz. – The Cubs already have Pittsburgh in mind, and it’s only St. Patrick’s Day. Left fielder Kyle Schwarber, who doubles as the Cubs’ third catcher, starts in right field Friday against the...
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Cubs, White Sox Friday spring-training report
You know Nate Silver, the prognosticator who gained national attention for correctly predicting the winner in all 50 states of the 2012 election and was ahead of the pack on the surprising 2016...
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Schwarber’s homer, 4 RBI power Cubs past White Sox
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cubs leadoff man Kyle Schwarber belted a three-run homer in the third inning and added an RBI single in a three-run sixth in the Cubs’ 7-3 victory over the White Sox Friday at...
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Cubs go Schwarbombing to beat White Sox in crosstown spring fling
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Leadoff man Kyle Schwarber’s three-run homer in the third gave the Cubs the lead, and left-hander Rob Zastryzny took over at that point with three innings of scoreless relief as the...
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Geek preview: Schwarber best fit for Cubs’ leadoff spot
MESA, Ariz. – Have a problem with Cubs manager Joe Maddon replacing Dexter Fowler with Kyle Schwarber in the leadoff spot? Take it up with Maddon’s “geeks.” “I’m all about the geeks,” Maddon said....
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Cubs fall 5-2 to Reds when rainfall halts game in fifth
A five-run fourth inning put the Reds ahead, and rain in the bottom of the fifth put an end to the game. Rob Zastryzny pitched well in relief of Ryan Williams for the Cubs. Schwarber big and small Cubs...
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There’s only one way the Cubs can top 2016 season
Here’s how the Cubs could top last season’s success: Win the World Series again, but this time at home. Let the madness begin inside Wrigley Field after a seven-game thriller — not in Cleveland or some...
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Cubs say ‘everybody’s hungry’ as they break camp
MESA, Ariz. — For the first time since they left Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1909, the Cubs broke camp as the defending World Series champions. That year, they opened against the same St. Louis Cardinals...
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Kyle Schwarber’s 2017 statistics difficult to project
Having missed nearly a full season before his comeback heroics in the World Series, the Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber presents a problem for projection systems. How do you project a young player with a track...
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Time to bury 2016 talk on the shelf — Cubs are off and grinding
ST. LOUIS — The Cubs are back in business. No more victory laps. No more luxuriating in the Arizona desert. No more resting on their World Series laurels. Sunday’s Opening Night was the first time in...
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Joe Maddon’s inspiring words X(-rated) factor for Kyle Schwarber
ST. LOUIS – Sooner or later, Cubs manager Joe Maddon might have to come clean. “No,” he said. “It’s that vile. I can’t do it.” Maddon, of course, is talking about the inspirational words he says to...
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Cubs escape St. Louis with 6-4 victory
ST. LOUIS (AP) — In a most sticky situation, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina couldn’t find a ball that clung to his chest protector and the Chicago Cubs turned the bizarre play into a late rally,...
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Kyle Schwarber tunes up for playoffs as Cubs beat Cards 6-4
ST. LOUIS — When Kyle Schwarber got done with the first pitch he saw from left-hander Brett Cecil in the seventh inning Thursday, the Cardinals — and anyone else watching — knew what the Cubs were...
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Kyle Schwarber’s long homer picks up Ben Zobrist, calms Cubs fans
ST. LOUIS — Please, a quick show of hands out there in Cubdom: Who enjoys watching Kyle Schwarber hit a baseball really, really hard and really, really far? So it’s unanimous, then? Look, there’s no...
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Will big home run be springboard for struggling Kyle Schwarber?
Kyle Schwarber called his problems at the plate a matter of ‘‘millimeters.’’ But his answer — at least for one night — looked closer to 400 feet. Maybe that’s what Cubs manager Joe Maddon meant when he...
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Considering perch closure points: Touchy spot of Chicago fishing
Kyle Miller of Chicago messaged an innocent-enough question April 27. ‘‘With perch fishing closed May 1 to June 15, does that indicate you cannot fish for them at all or it’s catch-and-release only?’’...
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Joe Maddon standing firm on Kyle Schwarber as Cubs leadoff man
DENVER — Cubs manager Joe Maddon gave leadoff man Kyle Schwarber the night off in the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader. On Wednesday, he gave Anthony Rizzo the day off and used Schwarber in the...
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Struggling Kyle Schwarber (.179) still leading off, still ‘confident’
ST. LOUIS — Leadoff man Kyle Schwarber continues to struggle as the Cubs head home from a 2-4 road trip. But manager Joe Maddon still talked optimistically about the young lefty slugger. ‘‘I’ve seen a...
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Cubs’ defense has been far cry from what it was last season
A quarter of the baseball season will have passed in a few days, and the Cubs have an 18-19 record born of mediocrity in all phases. The Cubs have scored 172 runs and allowed 170, so within a game or...
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Kyle Schwarber forced to deal with a lot of shifts
Teams are employing shifts more frequently against pull hitters, but adjusting to them isn’t as easy as it might appear for young hitters. ‘‘That’s the kind of stuff that’s done in the minor leagues,’’...
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