Chicago Cubs
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Cubs never needed a bounce like thisJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - When teams are as bad as the Cubs have been lately, they often talk of needing a bounce. Or a fight. Both occurred in the bottom of the eighth at Wrigley Field on Thursd...
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Wood, DeRosa return to WrigleyJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Just because the White Sox have left town doesn't mean things will settle down at Wrigley Field. Don't look now, but here come the Cleveland Indians, featuring two of th...
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Suddenly, Cubs' bats deliver in comeback winJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The Cubs have been searching all season for an offensive spark to elevate them from their recent level of mediocrity, and they may have found it Thursday afternoon in a ...
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Game 2: Cubs vs. Sox (June 18)Jun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - ...
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Tribune 'assessing other alternatives' for Cubs
Jun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The Tribune Co. said on Thursday that it's still working toward selling the Cubs to the family of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, but that it's also "assessing other...
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What a finish to a shortened seriesJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - There's no such thing as a hurry-up offense in baseball. You can't force things to happen just by doing them faster. Or, in the case of the slumbering Cubs, you can't fo...
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Suddenly, it's blue thunder at Wrigley FieldJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Only one deluge was predicted for Thursday at Wrigley Field, and that one never came. The other deluge turned out to be a bolt out of the Cubbie blue. Make that about th...
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Notes from the front lines of the Cubs-Sox battleJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - What a perfect symbol for this series between two struggling teams that ought to be marketed as "The Fight For .500." As White Sox closer Bobby Jenks strode to the mound...
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Danks, Ramirez lead Sox to 4-1 win over CubsJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Drive for show. Pitch and putt for dough - not to mention first blood. On an overcast Wednesday afternoon that featured a cool breeze off the lake, the White Sox won the...
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Excitement's missing in crosstown series openerJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - There was a chill in the air Wednesday at Wrigley Field, but something else was missing: a buzz. The Minnesota Twins brought a legion of fans down from the Land of 10,00...