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Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen has never hidden his admiration for Ron Gardenhire's Minnesota Twins, even going so far as praising them as "little piranhas" for their unrelenting smallball style of play. The South Siders split two games with the Twinkies over the weekend, after Friday's game was postponed due to temperatures MLB officials described as being "colder than the center of Marge Schott's black heart."

Cliff Floyd is a South Side Chicago native. Signed to a contract the Cubs this season for his powerful left-handed bat, he adds a missing piece to the puzzle for the Cubs. In this interview, he talks about the pressure of playing in his hometown, if he's happy platooning and what really tries Lou Piniella's patience.

There's nothing quite like the tradition of Opening Day at Wrigley Field--a crisp spring breeze blowing off of Lake Michigan; the brown ivy getting ready to bloom into a luscious green; a sea of Cubby blue in the stands; Under Armour signage on the outfield wall; Devin Hester singing the seventh inning stretch; another Cubs defeat.

Jason Marquis' impressive performance in his Cubs debut was marred by a bullpen meltdown in which a one-run Cubs lead quickly turned into a three-run deficit, from which the Cubs never recovered, losing 5-2 to the hometown Cincinnati Reds.

Lou Piniella proved to be the anti-Dusty following the team's feeble opening day performance, calling out his players, specifically former staff ace Carlos Zambrano, who had to have his diaper changed after throwing more temper tantrums than strikes Monday.

During a pre-dawn auction run in a dilapidated downstate barn, the Tribune Company was sold to the highest bidder. Reclusive billionaire Sam Zell was the winning bidder.

Nothing like waiting until the last minute, just ask Cubs general manager Jim Hendry who is apparently calling the bluff of staff ace to Carlos Zambrano who has threatened to seek greener pastures next year unless the Cubs finalize a contract extension by opening day.