Friday Notes

• The Cubs lost 8-6 on Wednesday.
• They won 9-2 yesterday against Seattle.
• Corey Koskie left yesterday's game with illness.
• Lou Piniella has officially announced that Sean Marshall is his 5th starter.
• Rich Harden has been scratched from today's game because he is feeling ill. Mitch Atkins will start instead against the Padres at 3:05 CT.
• Derrek Lee has not played since Monday with a sore right quad.
• Milton Bradley will play today for the first time since his new son was born. His son's name is Noah.
• Aaron Heilman will be in the Cubs bullpen.
• Geovany Soto is back from the WBC and in the lineup today. Here is the rest of the lineup: Soriano, Theriot, Hoffpauir, Bradley, Ramirez, Fontenot, Soto, Fuld, and Atkins.
• The Cubs should be announcing the backup catcher very soon.
• Derrek Lee will not play for team USA in the WBC semi's.
• It sounds like the Cubs new ownership will be in place before the trade deadline, but not before Opening Day.
• The Cubs have 6 candidates for just 2 spots in the bullpen.

Some Wrigley Field Notes:

• The Cubs are taking a look at other options for a new Spring Training site in the future.
• On Opening Day, there should be a new restaurant outside of Wrigley Field.
• The Friendly Confines is being re-sodded and will be ready for Opening Day.
• The Cubs are not discussing the possibility of more night games or Friday night games with the City of Chicago.
• The concerts at Wrigley this year will gain revenue that will help the Cubs with certain things like international scouting.

I'll have a recap of today's game for you later!