Published 8/28/2008
by BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com
at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
PITTSBURGH -- As tough as the Cubs' remaining schedule appears to be, their just-concluded nine-game stretch against last-place teams might have been just as daunting for the potential letdown factor. And the Cubs survived the Cincinnati-Washington-Pittsburgh trap door with a 7-2 record.
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