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Cubs Columnists, Exercising Judgment and Keeping Things in Perspective
Cubs Columnists, Exercising Judgment and Keeping Things in Perspective
Yesterday's win against the Cubs sure has the Chicago media in a tizzy, if Rick Telander and Jay Mariotti of the Sun Times are any gauge. Both have columns in today's paper that I stumbled upon on Al Gore's internet this afternoon, and you would have thought they were writing about a 2-22 team rather than the club that just set its franchise record for wins in April. Telander's effort was a
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