Chicago Cubs
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Wuertz agrees with Piniella: Time to kick it in, throw strikesJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- When Cubs manager Lou Piniella said the other day that reliever Michael Wuertz needed to "kick it in," it didn't seem to bother Wuertz. "It's a long season...
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Cubs win streak ends at 9Jun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Hey, the Cubs got that "quality start" they'd been looking for from one of their pitchers. And wouldn't you know? It didn't do them a whole lot of good in ...
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Cubs' roll call: 9 straight winsJun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Lou Piniella strode slowly, but purposefully, to the pitcher's mound. It was time for one of the Cubs manager's "nice chats," this time with starting pitche...
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Cubs call up Hart, boost staff to 13Jun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Saying his starting pitchers haven't been an "innings" staff this year, Cubs manager Lou Piniella welcomed the addition of righty Kevin Hart to the roster T...
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Zambrano shines in Cubs win over Padres
Jun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN DIEGO -- Carlos Zambrano was as animated as he was good, helping Chicago to a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday night, the Cubs' eighth straight win. Za...
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Cubs positively perfectJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A baseball team can't do better than perfect. On the one-year anniversary of the Carlos Zambrano-Michael Barrett dugout dustup, the Cubs demonstrated just how far they h...
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Road trips will serve as gauge for CubsJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cubs are more productive at home than Bob Vila after three cups of coffee. Sunday's 5-3 victory over the Rockies at Wrigley Field added to the best home record in ba...
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DeRosa: Cubs expect to winJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Second baseman Mark DeRosa said Sunday that the 2008 Cubs remind him of the successful Atlanta Braves teams for which he was a utility man in the late 1990s. He remember...
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Dempster doubles the funMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It looked like an unfair fight at game time. Depleted Colorado trotted out a starting nine Saturday afternoon that had combined for just 14 home runs all year -- 1 more ...
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Piniella tries to keep pitch counts downMay 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Lou Piniella has emerged as the local chapter's president of the Right Arm Preservation Society. After noticing Ryan Dempster fired at least 116 pitches in three of his ...