He praised starter Travis Wood and said he liked the performance by his team. Surrounded by his family under a beautiful blue sky, the new manager of the Chicago Cubs sounded quite pleased with his first game of spring training. ''Just a really, really nice, wonderful first day,'' he said after a 2-2 tie against Barry Zito and the Oakland Athletics. Travis Wood pitched two perfect innings for a split-squad of Cubs, and Mike Olt hit a two-run homer in the second inning. More...