Jeff Samardzija News

May 15, 2013; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija scores on a home run during the second inning against the Colorado Rockies at Wrigley Field.

Baseball may be the most beautifully complex sport on the planet other than curling that shit is whacky as all hell.

The realities of living in an age when social media often blurs with the news media literally hit home Wednesday for Marmol was caught off-guard when asked to respond to comments published on a Cubs-related blog after someone claiming to be Marmol's neighbor admittedly eavesdropped on the meeting - in a community lounge space - and forwarded ... (more)

There are better indicators of a pitcher's effectiveness than his win-loss record.

Before the Cubs' 9-4 loss to the Colorado Rockies, Cubs manager Dale Sveum mentioned the Cubs might go with a six-man pitching rotation when Matt Garza comes off the disabled list later this month.

In the family-friendly Cubs-centric version of "Marry, Date Or Kill", decide what to do with groups of three current Cubs.

The Cubs are probably going to be bad, once again, when 2013 is all said and done.

Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.

Let's get the good news from Friday night's 7-3 Cubs loss to the Nationals up here first, so you at least start reading this recap in a good mood.

Shortstop Ian Desmond drove in three runs to help the Nationals pound the Cubs, 7-3, at Nationals Park on Friday night.

Ian Desmond hit a two-run home run and drove in three as the Washington Nationals took a 7-3 win over the Chicago Cubs to open a three-game set.

When Kyuji Fujikawa last pitched for the Cubs in mid-April, he was the closer. On Friday, the Japanese right-hander was activated from the 15-day disabled list and won't be used in the late innings, manager Dale Sveum said.

The last time the Cubs played in Washington, they got swept in a four-game series, were outscored 31-9, and got into a bench-clearing incident that, as I recall, had something to do with Steve Clevenger , who is currently on the disabled list.

I drove by Wrigley Field on Wednesday and saw the truck being packed for the trip to D.C. A gassed-up truck heading down for a gassed-up series.

Coming off a 101-loss season in 2012, the second year of the Chicago Cubs ' rebuilding effort was expected to be an equally trying one for the North Siders, and they are off to a 13-21 start.

Neither Cubs ace Jeff Samardzija nor Nationals starter Ross Detwiler has pitched much like a one-win pitcher to this point in the season.

Cubs pitcher Travis Wood still doesn't get recognized in Chicago, even with an impressive start to 2013 and his Mumford & Sons-quality beard.

Someday we'll get into that here or on our Daily Herald blog, Chicago's Inside Pitch .

How many people thought that Scott Feldman would be the best pitcher on the Chicago Cubs ' pitching rotation at the beginning of the season? Probably not many.

Neither Cubs ace Jeff Samardzija nor Nationals starter Ross Detwiler has pitched much like a one-win pitcher to this point in the season.