Missed opportunities
Published 4/26/2008 by BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
When Reed Johnson got to the ballpark Friday, it struck him that he hadn't shown his new team anything special in the field yet this season. Then came the fifth inning against the Washington Nationals, and something else struck him: the wall.
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