Geovany Soto was in the middle of just about everything Sunday. He nursed a rookie pitcher through 6 innings. He withstood a hard hit at home plate to record an out.

The Chicago Cubs are set to unveil a statue of Hall of Famer and left-handed hitter Billy Williams outside Wrigley Field.

The Chicago Cubs today activated right-handed pitcher Carlos Silva from the 15-day disabled list and added five players to the major league roster from Triple-A Iowa.

We’re past Labor Day now, and that means school is in session. So it’s been for Cubs rookie Starlin Castro. Castro got another lesson Monday, when manager Mike Quade benched him for the series-opening 5-4 victory over the Houston Astros.

Carlos Silva was just happy to be back on a major-league mound Tuesday night. The results were something else again

It was Mr. Cub himself, Ernie Banks, who may have summed up Billy Williams best. Billy is not a flashy person, or loud,” Banks said Tuesday during the unveiling of a statue in the likeness of Williams. “But he played the game the right way.”

Cubs manager Mike Quade is not one to make comparisons but he couldn’t resist when comparing Cubs shortstop sensation Starlin Castro to six-time all-star shortstop Miguel Tejada who is now playing for the San Diego Padres.

Carlos Zambrano has sure had his fair share of ups and downs during his 10 seasons of pitching for the Cubs. Lately he has been on one of those nice up swings.

It’s going down to the last day of the season for Ryne Sandberg and his Iowa Cubs. The Cubs’ top farm team lost 8-7 to Memphis in 15 innings Sunday and now leads Memphis by 1 game in the Pacific Coast League’s American Northern Division.

Not even some good feelings generated by Blackhawks Day at Wrigley Field could help noted hockey fan Ryan Dempster Sunday.