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After sweep, dont compare Piniella to Ozzie or Cubs to Sox
Only at Wrigley Field can the sun shine during a downpour, leaving a massive rainbow cascading over right field Sunday evening. Obviously, the pretty backdrop wasn't conducive to a rumble. The White Sox tried their damndest to provoke ill will all weekend, acting like mannerless rubes bent on insulting and tweaking Cubdom every way possible. But the silly onslaught of South Side verbal exhaust ...
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