The Season After
May, 2008
ChicagoLast season: 85-77. First place, two games ahead. The Cubs were swept by Arizona in the NLDS and ranked second in the league with a 4.04 ERA, regardless of Wrigley Field's reputation as a hitter's park. Off-season focus: Having put together a quality pitching stafl—and with Sean Marshall and Sean Gallagher ready to step into the rotauon, along with Carlos Marmol's emergence as the projected closer—the Cubs turned their attention to offense. That involved signing Japanese RF Kosuke Fukudom...
