Ryan Dempster News

Maybe the Cubs will score 20 runs against the Giants on Wednesday, Ryan Dempster said while sitting near his locker before Tuesday's game.

A few days ago, Lou Piniella said he wasn't worried about setup man Carlos Marmol's struggles.

If he's not the Cubs' ace of the season so far, Ryan Dempster has to be its MVP to date.

Ryan Dempster will try to put a poor performance behind him when he leads the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs tonight in the third test of a four-game series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park.

Those who know Ryan Dempster only through sound bites - his Harry Caray impersonation, his joke-telling, his quick quips - might have a false impression of the man behind the mike.

Before Joba Chamberlain did it, Ryan Dempster did it. Chamberlain has received an avalanche of publicity this season as the pitcher who began the season as a reliever and shifted to the Yankees' starting ...

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from right to left field at 10-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

When Jim Edmonds came up limping in the second inning Friday after running out a grounder, it not only exposed the Cubs' Achilles heel these days -- almost literally -- but also raised an interesting dilemma.

Poor Lou Piniella. He's the only big-league manager whose team has injuries. Poor Ozzie Guillen.

Last weekend saw three Cubs wins at Wrigley Field. The rivalry shifts to U.S. Cellular Field this afternoon with Ryan Dempster pitching for the Cubs and Jose Contreras getting the nod for the White Sox.

Friday afternoon's series opener against the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field just might feel like Opening Day all over again for Jim Thome.

Cubs starter Ryan Dempster's having a heck of a first half , but he's not the kind of guy to let individual accomplishments get in the way of really matters ; a pointless pissing match with Baltimore's Kevin ...

The Chicago White Sox may have the best record in the American League's Central Division, but that distinction sure hasn't come from playing well away from home.

Maybe it's something in the water . Maybe it's the rats. But something's going on at Wrigley Field that hasn't happened in more than 70 years, and fresh off a three-game sweep of the White Sox over the weekend, ...

By reinventing himself as a closer, Kerry Wood may have finally found a way to keep himself healthy, productive and a key part of the Chicago Cubs pitching staff.

A sweet sweep for the Chicago Cubs in their first-place showdown with the crosstown White Sox.

Posted on June 20th, 2008 11:28 AM By Joe Christensen Are the White Sox for real? I keep asking myself this, especially with ESPN and others hyping their weekend series with the Cubs as a World Series preview.

For a few minutes there, one might have wondered if the real Lou Piniella had been abducted by aliens.

In a battle of two of the Major Leagues' best squads, it was the Rays' bullpen that prevailed.

MIAMI : Dan Uggla hit a game-ending grand slam in the ninth inning to give Florida a 6-2 win over Philadelphia on Wednesday in a showdown of the National League East's two leading teams.