Bruce Miles
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Plenty of milestones in Cubs 4,000th winSep 17, 2011 12:00 am - There were a couple of milestones worth noting Saturday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs beat the Houston Astros 2-1, sending the Astros to their 100th loss of the season. Fo...
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Cubs need to start with pitchingSep 17, 2011 12:00 am - Let’s put aside, for one day at least, what happens to the Cubs at first base, third base and right field next year. Where the Cubs really need help is starting pitchin...
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Cubs win weird one in 12Sep 16, 2011 12:00 am - Leave it to the Cubs and Astros to have co-authored this one. The two worst teams in the National League Central got together on a gloomy Friday afternoon at Wrigley Fi...
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Starlin Castro's quest for 200 hits temporarily stalledSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - One of the few things worth watching as the Cubs play out the string is shortstop Starlin Castro's pursuit of 200 hits. Castro's total held at 193 as he was 0-for-4 wit...
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Tyler Colvin has morphed into Cubs' invisible manSep 14, 2011 12:00 am - Tyler Colvin has all but vanished from the Cubs' scene in September. Whether he is in the plans at all for 2012 will be up to the new general manager. The old general ...
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Quade lets Dempster close in on goalSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Cubs manager Mike Quade did all he could to get Ryan Dempster a win Tuesday night. Quade stuck with Dempster long enough for Dempster to run up his pitch count to its h...
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Cubs’ Castro boosts hit total to 190Sep 12, 2011 12:00 am - With all this talk about “playing the kids,” Cubs manager Mike Quade at least is playing the most important one: Starlin Castro. The 21-year-old Castro continued to pil...
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Future consideration for Cubs: young players, GarzaSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - There were a couple of interesting storylines as far as the Cubs were concerned coming out of Sunday night's game against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Both concerned...
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Coleman’s rough year continues as Cubs fall to MetsSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - There’s a good reason the Cubs had to sign the likes of Doug Davis, Dave Bush, Rodrigo Lopez and Ramon Ortiz this year. A farm system once built on pitching — or on the...
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Brenly recalls baseball's role after Sept. 11Sep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Certainly there are more compelling baseball games for ESPN to show Sunday night than the Cubs-Mets contest. But there won't be a more emotionally charged setting than...