Burt Constable
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Constable: 1945 war hero's kid brother going back to World SeriesOct 24, 2016 1:00 am - By Burt Constable As the 9-year-old kid brother of World War II hero John Pellettiere, Dan Pellettiere Jr. understood the significance of his Chicago Cubs moment with hi...
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Constable: Cubs going to World Series without baggageOct 22, 2016 1:00 am - For the first time since 1945, the Chicago Cubs are going to the World Series. And they won't be taking all their usual baggage. For the past 71 years, the Cubs franchis...
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Constable: How stamp dealer stumbled upon souvenirs from 1907 Cubs World SeriesOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - By Burt Constable Hoping to add to his impressive stamp collection, 86-year-old Lloyd Levin of Mount Prospect purchased an odd box of old papers that had been abandoned ...
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Constable: Cubs lose to Senior NightOct 18, 2016 5:45 am - The most rewarding sports event I attended last week was not a thrilling Chicago Cubs playoff victory at a rocking Wrigley Field. It was a much quieter affair called “Se...
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Constable: Cubs fans waiting for RizzoOct 16, 2016 1:00 am - The Chicago Cubs' thrilling playoff pursuit of the World Series has made playoff tickets harder to come by than main floor seats to the Broadway show “Hamilton.” But for...
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Constable: Lovable losers only half-accurateOct 15, 2016 1:00 am - For most of the past century, the Cubs have been lovable losers. In Saturday night's opening game of the National League championship series against the Los Angeles Dodg...
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Constable: Forget the past; present Cubs focus on futureOct 13, 2016 5:15 am - All through the regular season, the Chicago Cubs kept matching accomplishments set by the greatest Cubs teams of the past. Players and the team kept doing something tha...
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Constable: Halloween offers no escape from Trump, Clinton, clownsOct 11, 2016 5:00 am - With all the nastiness of the presidential election, and disturbing news stories about scary clowns wandering our streets, Americans could use some sort of national holi...
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Constable: Italian group won't give up ColumbusOct 09, 2016 7:30 am - In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. But now we have a new way of thinking, and Christopher's holiday quickly is sinking. Up until a generatio...
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Constable: Hendricks drops out, but Cubs school Samardzija, GiantsOct 08, 2016 1:00 am - In Major League Baseball, where college diplomas are rarer than Cubs' home losses, Dartmouth College graduate and Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks brings his Ivy Leag...