Matt Spiegel
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Putting Chicago’s ugly baseball season to restSep 28, 2013 2:22 pm - Ah yes, the 2013 season in Chicago. I remember it well. It would be nice not to. Can that be arranged? Theory: if I write down some of the notably horrific occurrences, ...
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A blockbuster trade to learn fromSep 22, 2013 8:00 am - The first two baseball teams to clinch playoff spots are forever, expensively, connected. In August 2012, the Red Sox were a complete mess. The late-era, star-chasing ex...
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Royals still team worth rooting forSep 15, 2013 2:22 pm - I usually can be counted on to help lead a charge every September. It is the baseball devotee’s job to rage against the dying of the light that is the dwindling sports f...
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Matt Spiegel: So much for all of this wild-card dramaSep 07, 2013 2:22 pm - Thanks to Bud Selig’s 24-hour blowout sale of forced drama, the pennant races are a little dull. The only mystery in the National League is which of the three excellent ...
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Not easy to watch ex-Chicago players have success elsewhereSep 01, 2013 2:22 am - Jake Peavy always talked tough, and when he was healthy he could back it up. Here’s a postgame quote. “I wanted to finish it. I wanted to finish it against 2-3-4 [in the...
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Can Cubs’ Castro find his comfort zone?Aug 24, 2013 2:22 pm - The terrible offensive season of Starlin Castro has made us all psychologists and hitting coaches. Those roles are often one and the same anyway. He’s taken his struggle...
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Instant replay progress needs some tweakingAug 17, 2013 11:27 pm - It’s just not this complicated, but the MLB executive committee is making it so. Instant replay must be instituted. Umpires can’t be allowed to make the wrong calls when...
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Steroids' biggest cost? Our loss of beliefAug 11, 2013 8:00 am - The game I love is irreparably harmed. With 13 names added to the lists of cheaters and liars, the specter of PEDs looms larger than ever. The carnage is not just the wo...
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Selig needs to show his handAug 03, 2013 2:22 pm - Trenton, New Jersey. That’s where it happens. That’s where the final breaths of Alex Rodriguez’s professional baseball career, probably, are being gasped. He homered the...
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Soriano a living emblem of Cubs' failed possibilitiesJul 28, 2013 8:00 am - Alfonso Soriano is finally gone, and it doesn't feel like I thought it would. For years I dreamed of finding him a new home, and now he's off to revisit an old one. In e...