MESA, Ariz. – Matt Garza isn’t in the business of making predictions anymore. The Cubs pitcher seems braced for the possibility of opening the season on the disabled list.
MESA, Ariz. – This was the spring-training postcard to send back to Cubs fans: Jeff Samardzija, Edwin Jackson and Matt Garza throwing off the mounds at the same time.
MESA, Ariz. – Carlos Villanueva watched the Milwaukee Brewers go all-in, dealing for CC Sabathia in the middle of the 2008 season and firing Ned Yost that September.
While the rest of the city is anxiously awaiting Derrick Rose's return to the hardwood, one new Chicagoan is just focusing on his own comeback.
Cubs executives have used parallel tracks as a talking point so often that it began to lose meaning.





















