Slumping Cubs hope to get trip off their shoulders
Published 5/9/2008 by BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs ::
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ON DECK: DIAMONDBACKS AT CUBS
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