Bruce Miles
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Cubs enjoy playing role of spoilerAug 31, 2012 9:56 pm - Meaningful late-season baseball games have come to Wrigley Field. Granted, the games this weekend are meaningful to only the first-place San Francisco Giants, but the Cu...
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Cubs get busy with September call-upsAug 31, 2012 9:26 pm - The Cubs will waste no time getting September call-ups to Wrigley Field. They made one move Friday, the last day of August, optioning lefty Brooks Raley to Class AAA Iow...
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Looks like Vitters is odd man outAug 30, 2012 3:26 pm - Third baseman Josh Vitters apparently is going to be left behind as the Cubs’ youth movement thunders onward. After recently saying that Vitters would get 70-75 percent...
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Cubs have a rough start, but a rousing finishAug 30, 2012 3:15 pm - Brooks Raley's 2012 season ended with a bang Thursday. Fortunately for Raley, the final bang came off the bat of a Cub in an improbable and messy 12-11 victory over the...
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Plenty of questions remain in Cubs’ lost seasonAug 29, 2012 8:19 pm - The games themselves don’t hold much meaning these days for the Cubs. But there are several questions worth asking as the season winds down. Another set presented itsel...
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Cubs promote Hyde to player-development postAug 29, 2012 10:59 am - The Cubs took another big step Wednesday in their front-office restructuring when they promoted Brandon Hyde from minor-league field coordinator to director of player de...
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One mistake ends up costing WoodAug 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Travis Wood did it all for the Cubs Tuesday night, and that was the problem. Wood worked 7-innings of 5-hit, 3-run ball and chipped in with the bat as he hit a home run...
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Castro’s 7-year Cubs deal worth $60 millionAug 28, 2012 10:59 am - The Cubs and shortstop Starlin Castro made official Tuesday a seven-year contract extension worth at least $60 million. The new deal takes the 22-year-old shortstop thro...
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Cubs hope Recker catches onAug 27, 2012 8:59 pm - The Cubs continued gathering some possible inventory for the rest of the season and beyond on Monday. They obtained catcher Anthony Recker from the Oakland Athletics in...
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Relieved Barney’s bloop breaks tough batting slumpAug 26, 2012 8:02 pm - When Darwin Barney dunked a bloop RBI single into right field in the sixth inning Sunday, you couldn’t have blamed him for saying, “I needed that.” It’s been a rough str...