Mike Spellman
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Opportunity lostSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - It seemed too good to be true. First a 1-0 score popped up on the right-field scoreboard. In a blink it was 4-0. With each flash and each increasing number, the roars of...
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Swisher frustrated; Guillen doesn't careSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - As hard as it is to believe, even happy-go-lucky Nick Swisher can get down in the dumps. The outfielder/first baseman certainly has been lately over a lack of playing ti...
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What a wild ride it's beenSep 20, 2008 11:00 pm - What a long, strange trip it's been for the Cubs from the high hopes of spring training to finally clinching the NL Central title Saturday at Wrigley Field. And to think...
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Celebration stays subduedSep 20, 2008 11:00 pm - It was almost a surreal scene: Jim Edmonds had already caught the last out, Cubs players had rushed the mound for an abbreviated group jump with closer Kerry Wood servin...
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Edmonds takes an early exitSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Jim Edmonds couldn't remember when - if ever - he'd been tossed from a game during an at-bat, but that's what happened to the Cubs outfielder in the 11th inning Thursda...
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Soto's 9th-inning homer states case for rookie honorSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - With one swing of the bat Thursday at Wrigley Field, Geovany Soto probably cemented his lock on National League Rookie of the Year. But it wasn't just that one swing - a...
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Cubs magic number down to 2Sep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - It didn't seem humanly possible Thursday to take all the air out of the fans at Wrigley Field just minutes after Geovany Soto had capped a wild, two-out, no one on, 4-ru...
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Stone moving over to Sox' TV booth in 2009Sep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - After 20 years broadcasting on the North Side, it looks like White Sox baseball analyst Steve Stone is on his way to a similar tenure on the South Side. Stone on Saturda...
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Guillen has solution to tough road aheadSep 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Ozzie Guillen isn't a meteorologist, and he doesn't play one on TV. But the White Sox manager has a long-term forecast he'd like to see come to fruition for his team onc...
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Pass comes at right time for MeadowsSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - With the grass between the hash marks nothing but mud, and the rain coming down occasionally in buckets, finding the right time to try to throw the ball successfully Fri...