Jonathan Mota News

The return of manager Ryne Sandberg and anticipated Smokies debut of hurler Andrew Cashner weren't enough for the Tennessee Smokies Thursday night, as they fell again to the Montgomery Biscuits, 6-3, in front of 2,991 fans.

Angel Guzman made a rehab appearance for Peoria tonight. Iowa Cubs The I-Cubs were stopped by the Round Rock Express, 1-0. Mitch Atkins pitched his best game of the year and got the eight inning, complete game loss.

Smokies pitcher Jay Jackson today tweeted that he's got a small crack in his leg an they're telling him that he's going to miss two starts.

Marcos Mateo is on the Chicago Cubs' 40-man roster because of the right-hander's velocity.

Pitchers prefer to talk about their hitting and Tennessee Smokies right-hander Jay Jackson had every reason to crow Wednesday.

Ty Wright doesn't have much power but that hasn't precluded manager Ryne Sandberg from putting the left fielder in the cleanup spot in the Tennessee Smokies' batting order.

Spend enough years around a ballpark and some faces become familiar, whether its long-time ushers or fans or returning players or coaches.

The players are not strangers to Tennessee Smokies manager Ryne Sandberg. The nucleus of the Hall of Fame second baseman's 2009 team are young but they have proved they know how to win in pro ball.

SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. - " The Tennessee Smokies, Class AA minor league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, proudly announce today its 2009 Opening Day roster.

The Tennessee Smokies' young rotation will have only two pitchers with Class AA experience and one of those is a returnee who has never made a Southern League start.