Matt Spiegel
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Spiegel: Baseball can be tough game to figure outJul 31, 2015 5:30 am - Baseball likes to laugh at us. It finds our hubris charming and silly. We think we know this game. See, we watch a team for as much as three months and trust our eyes. W...
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Spiegel: Some moves for White Sox after they concedeJul 23, 2015 4:01 pm - What a horrific White Sox season. What a miserable, relentlessly unfulfilling few months it has been, after an off-season that was so well-intentioned. It was a winter p...
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Spiegel: Selling low doesn't make sense for Cubs nowJul 16, 2015 4:01 pm - I spent the offseason waiting for the Cubs to trade from their strength. That strength is offensive prospects of course, with many of them possessing positional flexibil...
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Spiegel: Decades later, baseball still brings a family togetherJul 02, 2015 4:01 pm - Baseball is a family thing with the Spiegels. I love it and relate to it based on early interactions with the archetypal baseball fan, my Pops. I need to quiz him on his...
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Spiegel: MLB is full of great young playersJun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Something wonderful is happening. The best young ballplayers are getting to the major leagues in droves. In town, we've seen rookies Kris Bryant, Jorge Soler, Addison R...
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Spiegel: Sox should follow Blackhawks' modelJun 18, 2015 4:01 pm - Rocky Wirtz knew the Blackhawks needed fixing, and he didn't have the plan or the people in house to do it. As we celebrate a remarkable transformation from irrelevance ...
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Spiegel: The Cubs don't have a closerJun 11, 2015 4:01 pm - We have happened upon a challenging situation that provides an intriguing project to watch. The Cubs don't have an official closer. Hector Rondon has drained his manager...
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Spiegel: A good baseball defense can be poeticMay 28, 2015 6:01 pm - There's an aggressive, unified elegance to a good defensive baseball team. Watch a truly great one like the Kansas City Royals. They'll be at Wrigley this weekend for wh...
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Spiegel: Bryant/Rizzo combo a dream match for CubsMay 21, 2015 7:01 pm - Watching Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo hit back to back in the late innings once last week, I longed for context. What do the Cubs have here? As an opposing manager, I w...
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Spiegel: Good to see Sox address issuesMay 14, 2015 4:00 pm - For the White Sox, there's a way out of this mess. The starting pitching must perform like some of us thought it could. And, they have to stop killing themselves with fu...