Cubs, White Sox start full-squad workouts in Spring Training
For Cubs manager Craig Counsell, it was a chance to make a true first impression as the new skipper.
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For Cubs manager Craig Counsell, it was a chance to make a true first impression as the new skipper.
The veteran catcher is in Mesa looking to build off a solid year both at and behind the plate.
The veteran catcher is in Mesa looking to build off a solid year both at and behind the plate.
The Chicago Cubs have a pretty clear ace in Justin Steele. The North Side pitcher is looking to build off a great season last year, with hopes of leading the Cubs to the postseason.
The last remaining member of the Cubs' championship team has also been getting to know a new manager and former foe in Craig Counsell.
Unlike last year, longtime Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks was able to start putting in the work right away as pitchers and catchers reported this week to Spring Training.
Steele will begin his fourth big league season with top-of-the-rotation status after making an All-Star Game appearance last season and a fifth-place finish in Cy Young Award voting.
It's baseball time again as Spring Training officially got underway on Wednesday. Pitchers and catchers hit the field for the first day of Spring Training. Many of the position players were already out in Arizona as well. It meant new possibilities and a plethora of new faces for both the Cubs and White Sox.
For the Cubs, expectations are playoffs or bust, despite Cody Bellinger remaining unsigned. For the White Sox, it's a chance to turn the page on last year.
He left the Red Sox to take over as president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, a position he held until after the 2020 season.
Sandberg was a 10-time All-Star as well as a winner of nine Gold Glove Awards, seven Silver Slugger Awards, and the 1984 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
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The 37th annual Cubs convention brought fans out to downtown Chicago this week. Before Cubs Con got underway, the team introduced its newest big free agent signing, Japanese starting pitcher Shota Imanaga. The 30-year-old lefty should bolster the Cubs rotation both in terms of pitching and as CBS 2's Jori Parys reported, in terms of personality as well.
Imanaga spoke for the first time and made about as strong of a first impression in Chicago as possible.
The Cubs have added two potential big-league pieces while the Dodgers beef up their farm system.
Imanaga is expected to be a mid-rotation starter in MLB.
"You walk into a place that you already know it demands your best, and that feeling is just a feeling that I need to have, and I love to have," Counsell said.
The Cubs formally introduced Counsell as their new manager on Monday, a week after signing him to a deal reportedly worth $40 million over the next five years.
Police in the Milwaukee suburb of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin were investigating Tuesday after vandals made their mark at Craig Counsell Park – which was dedicated to Counsell in 2012.
On Monday, the Cubs relived former catcher David Ross of his managerial duties after four seasons and replaced him with Counsell.
Counsell just wrapped up his ninth season with the Brewers.
The now-former Milwaukee Brewers manager thus becomes the highest-paid manager in the game. CBS 2's Marshall Harris reports.
The Cubs have hired Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell to replace David Ross.
It's the first time in Cubs history they've had three Gold Glove winners in a single season.
Major League Baseball's free-agent market will not open for business until Monday.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday signed an executive order to toughen standards for where city departments and sister agencies buy guns, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
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Chicago police were searching Wednesday for two men in connection with a shooting that left a man wounded in the Northwest Side's Hermosa neighborhood.
One man was killed, and another was critically injured in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday signed an executive order to toughen standards for where city departments and sister agencies buy guns, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
Hong's rise in the Wisconsin Democratic primary has exposed a sharp divide, with some voters saying they would cross party lines in November rather than support a DSA-aligned candidate.
Dr. Anthony Fauci is testifying to the Senate on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, setting up a showdown between the infectious disease expert and GOP Sen. Rand Paul.
In the year since President Trump signed an executive order aimed at moving homeless people off the streets, states have expanded involuntary treatment for the homeless.
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The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday signed an executive order to toughen standards for where city departments and sister agencies buy guns, firearm accessories, and ammunitions.
A Republican-led committee hearing is taking place Wednesday morning after several lawmakers accuse Dr. Anthony Fauci of lying about COVID origins.
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Hansard died in a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
Logan Kelly’s free Blockbuster box honors his late grandfather, who started some of the first video stores in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Recovery from the severe weather on Monday has stretched into a third day.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
The search has resumed for a second contractor worker swept into a storm sewer Monday in Downers Grove during severe weather, though it has now become a recovery mission.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday signed an executive order to toughen standards for where city departments and sister agencies buy guns, firearm accessories, and ammunition.
Milwaukee Public Schools is recruiting teachers in Chicago amid plans to lay off hundreds of Chicago Public Schools staff members.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
The summer camp serves about 75 kids every year, with the mission to help them heal from a violent loss.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Happ punctuated an 11-pitch at-bat with a two-run double to get the Cubs' scoring started.
The White Sox have lost four of five, including two consecutive games to New York.
The Chicago Bears hit the field at training camp for the first time on Tuesday, and head coach Ben Johnson is clearly fired up for his second season at the helm after a successful first year.
Alex Bregman had a homer, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff contenders.
Chicago police were searching Wednesday for two men in connection with a shooting that left a man wounded in the Northwest Side's Hermosa neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday warned of a pattern of car thefts from parking garages at O'Hare International Airport.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted what was described as a "cornucopia" of unapproved medications in a shipment at O'Hare International Airport recently.
Police have finally identified the remains of a woman murdered nearly a century ago and buried beneath a building in Toronto.
The son of Chiefs assistant coach Eric Bieniemy has been arrested and charged with a shooting that wounded his mother, Mia Bieniemy, according to authorities in Virginia.
