Matt Spiegel
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Spiegel: How to measure learned pitching wisdomAug 17, 2014 7:40 am - Often in baseball, things that have been done for years can suddenly be counted and measured. As the world began to appreciate the OPS stat (on-base percentage plus slug...
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Matt Spiegel: For Baez, the song has just begunAug 10, 2014 3:00 pm - The rookie hit town a week after Lollapalooza did. Fitting. That music festival in Grant Park is filled with people looking for the next big thing. They want to see a ne...
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MLB trade deadline touches all basesAug 02, 2014 3:01 pm - Sometimes we prep for the annual MLB trade deadline, inundate ourselves with rumors and truth-ish intrigue, only to end up disappointed. Then a sheepish baseball populac...
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Numbers posted by Thomas and Maddux truly amazingJul 26, 2014 4:01 pm - Frank was the best hitting slugger I'd ever seen. There wasn't a pitch he could not destroy, not one spot in the strike zone he couldn't reach. He made even good pitcher...
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Still much of interest in baseballJul 20, 2014 7:33 am - Fall and winter will be amazing in this sports town. There are logical, reasonable aspirations for the Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks to all battle for championships. Riski...
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With Wrigley decision, Cubs have a chance to winJul 12, 2014 8:01 pm - The best Cubs news of the season, decade, and millennium came a day after they lost their sixth game in a row. Thursday, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks gave unanimo...
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Too much bad to go around for Cubs, White SoxJul 06, 2014 8:00 am - As the Cubs and the White Sox barrel toward 90 games (and 50 losses), I refuse to wait for the all-star break to dissect what we've seen. Last week we looked at the impr...
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Breaking down Cubs, Sox standouts so farJun 29, 2014 7:01 am - The break is not the middle. By the time the All-Star Game comes, on Tuesday, July 15, The White Sox will have played 96 of their 162 games, and the Cubs 94. You'll be i...
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Worlds collide - and it's music to my earsJun 22, 2014 8:00 am - Allow me to explain myself. Mom was an opera singer and a voice teacher. She also knew that Bill Terry was the last National Leaguer to hit .400. Dad once was a sports w...
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Visions of competitive Cubs dance in my headJun 14, 2014 4:01 pm - I had a vision during the radio show this week. It flashed before me - a high overhead shot from the Wrigley press box level. Cubs game, early September. Anthony Rizzo w...