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The Cubs changed the course of franchise history three years ago Friday when they signed Alfonso Soriano to an eight-year, $136 million deal.

The Cubs kicked off the free agent season Friday with a move that had been telegraphed since September, re-signing John Grabow to a two-year, $7.5 million deal.

The Cubs traded reliever Aaron Heilman to the Diamondbacks on Thursday for two minor-league prospects while closing in on a two-year deal with John Grabow.

The Maxwell Street market has moved, Marshall Field's is Macy's and Soldier Field looks like it has been sideswiped by a UFO.

It was one pitch, one out of 27 that Neal Cotts threw on June 24 in a relief outing for Triple-A Iowa.

Just think, about 6 months ago he wasn't good enough to be in the Cubs bullpen Clearly the Cubs were mistaken.

"I was opening my shoulder too soon and when I open my shoulder too soon, that's when I don?t throw effectively," Zambrano told WGN radio.

Kevin Gregg tried to talk the Cubs out of it, but the right-hander will be shut down for the remainder of the season because of a crack in the cartilage in his left rib cage.

This could only happen to the Cubs. While celebrating their come-from-behind ninth-inning rally against the Giants on Thursday night, first baseman Derrek Lee suffered neck spasms when Cubs reliever Angel Guzman slapped him on the side of the helmet.

While the exact whack that caused the damage has been debated -- accused reliever Angel Guzman, who was implicated by video, saying he was just giving high fives and didn't know much else about it -- the result is that the herniated disc that has sidelined Lee three other times this season put him out Friday.

Growing pains continue to be a recurring theme for young Cubs pitchers, whose on-the-job training eventually may lead to on-the-job ulcers for manager Dusty Baker.

While celebrating a come-from-behind, ninth-inning win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs couldn't avoid yet another "Cubby Occurrence." First baseman Derrek Lee scored the game-tying run ahead of Jeff Baker , whose two-out, two-strike home run off San Francisco closer Brian Wilson put the team in line for the win.

Angel Guzman's season is over. Cubs manager Lou Piniella said he doesn't expect the right-hander to pitch again after an MRI on Tuesday revealed inflammation in Guzman's right side.

Start the Rookie of the Year hype for next year. All right, maybe not yet. But outfielder Tyler Colvin , the Cubs' first-round draft pick in 2006, made the most of a major-league debut at the expense of Milton Bradley , delivering a sacrifice fly, single and walk in his first three plate appearances in a 10-2 victory Monday night against the ...

Homer Bailey vs. Ted Lilly Story-lines The Cubs blew a chance to gain a game on the Rockies last night, thanks in part to the erratic arm of Carlos Marmol.

Alfonso Soriano will undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday on his left knee, giving him the last weeks of the season to begin rehabbing with the Cubs' training staff before he goes home to the Dominican Republic.

I drove all the way from Chicago for that? The Cubs ' fading playoff hopes dimmed further Friday night in a 6-2 loss to the Mets that both teams tried really hard to lose.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Maybe Next Year: A Look at the Brighter Side of Chicago Cubs 2009 Season The Chicago Cubs 2009 season has been one to forget for the most part.

Ah, those were the gold old days. Now? Both teams are far from first place in their divisions: Cubs are 10.5 out, White Sox are 7 back.

The body of a Coral Springs man missing since Tuesday afternoon was found floating in a canal Saturday in Tamarac, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.