It took Randy Wells seven years to stick with the Chicago Cubs. Only seven years? Joe Inglett wishes he had been so lucky. Inglett, an 11th-year pro trying to win the final spot on Milwaukee's 25-man roster, hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday, lifting the Brewers to a 5-3 victory over the Cubs.

Look for Cubs general manager Jim Hendry to step up his efforts to land a veteran right-handed reliever, most likely via the trade market.

The Cubs got more bad news when right-handed setup man Angel Guzman was diagnosed with a torn ligament in his pitching shoulder. He will be out indefinitely.

Guzman underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in January, and while throwing from flat ground in the early days of spring training, he felt discomfort in the shoulder. He had to be shut down in September last year because of soreness in the triceps area.

"If he misses any more significant time, it will be hard to get him ready," Hendry said.

The Cubs had hoped Guzman would be ready to pitch in Cactus League games by the middle of March, but that's not going...

Carlos Quentin reminded everybody back in Chicago just how dangerous he can be when he's pain-free. Quentin homered on his first two at-bats and drove in five runs Saturday, leading a White Sox split squad to a 15-3 victory over the Cubs in the first of five spring exhibitions between the intracity rivals.

Thanks to freshly minted Arizona Diamondbacks multimillionaire Justin Upton and a slew of Chicago Cubs prospects, it was an afternoon for youth at HoHoKam Park. Upton's sixth-inning grand slam, his first hit since signing a $51.25 million, six-year contract, wasn't enough for the Arizona Diamondbacks in an 8-7 loss to Chicago on Friday.

With none of the distractions common in recent years -- no brooding outfielders, no major injuries, no contract dramas, no World Series predictions -- it's been a blissfully quiet spring training for the Chicago Cubs. Thursday, they finally got to make some noise. Marlon Byrd homered in his Cubs debut, one of five home runs in Chicago's 16-hit attack that opened the exhibition season with a...