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Floating down a lonesome stream of consciousness, chuckling in anticipation of seeing Bud Selig shivering through one or more World Series games, resplendent in ear muffs, mittens and overcoat to preside over baseball's biggest games of the season .

Geovany Soto would be the first to admit this wasn't how he thought his sophomore season would go.

As expected, the Cubs announced a coaching change after Sunday's season-ending 5-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field.

Sam Fuld was everywhere today. Here, he gets tagged out in a rundown. Browse more photos>> It figures, doesn't it? In this season that has made very little sense since Opening Day? Sam Fuld , who has actually had a fairly productive rookie season, finishing just short of .300 and with an OPS of .821, came within two at-bats of becoming only the ...

Paul Beaty, AP / D-backs catcher Miguel Montero tags out Sam Fuld in a rundown between third and home in the third inning.

The Cubs finished with an 83-78 record on Sunday after losing 5-2 to Arizona in the season finale at Wrigley Field .

It was that kind of day yesterday for Sam Fuld. Browse more photos>> The only trouble is that Miles has been buried on the bench by manager Lou Piniella and booed by Wrigley Field fans when he has appeared.

When Micah Hoffpauir and Sam Fuld couldn't come up with this fly ball, we should have known Game 2 wasn't going to turn out well.

Carlos Zambrano threw a two-hitter, his first complete game since his no-hitter last season, and drove in two runs as the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 denying the St.

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The Cubs haven't delved too deeply into their offseason plans for retooling next year's team, but that might be changing by the hour as they watch Tyler Colvin play center field in anticipation of that opening in the starting outfield with on the way out.

Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley did not start Friday, still bothered by inflammation in his left knee, and his status is day-to-day. Bradley, who was batting .196 this month after hitting .311 in August, was lifted from Thursday's 7-4 loss to Milwaukee after he singled in the sixth.

Alfonso Soriano's knee surgery on Tuesday was successful, and the outfielder should be at full strength when the Cubs begin Spring Training in 2010.

Cubs manager Lou Piniella and general manager Jim Hendry have said they have not discussed plans for 2010 yet.

Just when you thought the Cubs' season couldn't get any stranger, there was Milton Bradley taking himself out of the game Thursday with a long, slow walk across the diamond without warning or any sign of a trainer or pinch-runner. Eventually, Bobby Scales emerged to pinch-run, as Bradley was seen heading straight for the tunnel to the clubhouse ...

The Chicago Cubs have added So Taguchi from Triple-A Iowa to their roster to replace the injured Sam Fuld.

An hour before Wednesday night's game at Wrigley Field , Carlos Zambrano sat at a table near a TV in the Cubs ' clubhouse, watching a discussion on whether he should be traded.

Reed Johnson may not be ready until the final week of the season, and manager Lou Piniella suggested the outfielder may be done for the year.

Canadian Ryan Dempster pitched eight shutout innings and Derrek Lee homered for the seventh time in 10 games Monday night, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

You deserved better, Randy. Does that sound familiar? Browse more photos>> PITTSBURGH -- Just to make it clear, I'm in Pittsburgh -- just arrived -- but the carnage took place in New York, just as it did 40 years ago for the Cubs , this time next door to where Shea Stadium used to be.