Matt Spiegel
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Spiegel: Cardinals have a model for Cubs to followMay 07, 2015 4:01 pm - It's difficult, if convenient, when the measuring stick is your nemesis. The rival St. Louis Cardinals are both the standard for organizational excellence and the team t...
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Spiegel: These baseball stats reveal the quality teamsMay 01, 2015 8:00 am - We're one month in to the 2015 baseball season, and a few team statistics can now offer a fair representation of overall quality. A few examples: The Royals bullpen has...
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Spiegel: Time for Ventura to fix what's going wrongApr 23, 2015 1:01 am - The last few years, Robin Ventura has often been "bringing knives to gunfights," as White Sox general manager Rick Hahn told us Wednesday on the radio show. I've cut Ve...
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Spiegel: Cubs rolling in right directionApr 17, 2015 1:01 am - Things have changed, in ever more obvious and tangible ways. The front office admitted last fall that it was time for the paradigm to shift. The best manager in the game...
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Spiegel: What Chicago baseball fans should remember from 2014Sep 27, 2014 4:01 pm - While we head to an empty local postseason, after living daily with two of the worst 10 teams in baseball, there was plenty to notice this season, including the followin...
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Spiegel: Here's hoping Oakland goes on deep postseason runSep 21, 2014 8:00 am - Sometimes the team to root for jumps up and declares itself loudly. Two years ago I saw Oakland A's fans standing in the ninth inning as closer Grant Balfour came into t...
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Spiegel: Highlights aplenty this summer for proud papaSep 14, 2014 5:30 am - He has a blue, fat whiffle bat that he loves to hold and swing. He sees it in the bag of sports stuff in the trunk and wants to bring it into the back seat and the livin...
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Spiegel: Konerko and Jeter on the goodbye tourSep 06, 2014 4:01 pm - Leaving with grace is difficult. Paul Konerko thought he'd done it last year. He was finished, and he was OK with that. But for a season without title aspirations, no ma...
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Spiegel: Time to enjoy this Cubs' hitters paradeAug 31, 2014 4:01 pm - Everybody gets it now. The vision manifesting itself in front of your eyes hammers it home to even the staunchest nonbelievers. The Cubs will have a very young, very goo...
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Spiegel: Beckham another story of how cruel game can beAug 24, 2014 8:00 am - In 45 games between June 13 and Aug. 4 of 2009, Gordon Beckham hit .358 (OPS of .995) with 17 doubles, 6 home runs and 38 RBI. The No. 8 overall pick in the previous yea...