Aaron Heilman News

The Ricketts family, Spring Training, Carlos Marmol's backup, and center field and second base options are among the topics in this week's Inbox.

First of all, here's a link that will help us establish a proper frame of reference.

Aaron Heilman was in the enviable position this summer of pitching for the team he grew up rooting for - the Chicago Cubs.

Ryne Sandberg, Jake Fox, Aaron Heilman and an update on the movie, "We Believe" are the topics in this week's Inbox.

Filed: Oct. 4, 2009 It's over. The Cubs ended the 2009 season in a game that pretty much sums up the year: They got some good pitching, someone homered, and in the end, they couldn't come through in the clutch, this time losing 5-2 to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The last time before Friday the Cubs and Diamondbacks played October baseball, the games meant something, the weather was warm and Wrigley Field was rocking.

Lou Piniella said before the game that as he looks to next year he doesn't see much need to bolster the pitching staff.

Matt Holliday homered off Aaron Heilman leading off the bottom of the ninth inning giving the St.

As the Cubs get ready for the first round of organizational talks, I thought I would take a look at some of the Cubs players currently on the roster and project their futures with the team.

CHICAGO - "You never know how the season's going to work out," Aaron Heilman says.

Matt Holliday homered off Aaron Heilman leading off the bottom of the ninth inning giving the St.

A day after melting down on the mound and then blowing up during postgame questioning, Carnage Zambrano apparently is using sources to let people know he wona t waive his no-trade rights, which means hea ll be here, which means there will be more meltdowns on the mound and blow-ups afterward, which means the manager will be asked repeatedly how to ...

What is Carlos saying to Koyie here? Browse more photos>> Presumably, it was a joke, but Lou threatened to not use the bullpen at all when Z next started when Carlos complained about being pulled too early in his last outing: Piniella, who told Carlos Zambrano six days ago he'd let him throw 200 pitches today: "We're going to send the bullpen over ...

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, I don't know about you, but I would like to see major league baseball alter the way in which it allocates wins to pitchers in a ballgame.

Geovany Soto, where have you been? They must have confiscated his reefer at the airport or something, because the Cubs second-year catcher brought his hitting cleats to tonight's game.

Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans.

When Aaron Heilman entered the game yesterday at Citi Field, the fans did not give him a glad-to-have-you-back reception.

The Mets lost to the Cubs this afternoon by the score of 5-3 at Citi Field. For a full recap and box score, click here .

The noon waiver deadline has come and gone, and the struggling Chicago Cubs have not worked out deals for starting pitcher Rich Harden or reliever Aaron Heilman, the Chicago Sun-Times reports .

Aaron Heilman looks down as Washington's Elijah Dukes rounds the bases after his grand slam during the fifth inning.