suntimes.com - 2/20/2008
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MESA, Ariz. -- One of Cubs manager Lou Piniella's simplest messages of spring training -- don't burden yourself with this 100-year championship drought thing -- isn't quite getting through to some players.
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A League of Her Own —
... showed on some of the veterans last year.
One was Ramirez, who spent 15 days on the disabled list with a nagging knee injury, missed four days with a sore wrist and otherwise played hurt much of the season.
''We've got to watch these kids,'' Piniella said. ''We're going to have to rest [Alfonso] Soriano a little bit. We're going to have to rest Ramirez. We're going to have to rest Derrek Lee a little more, and I know he doesn't like coming out of the lineup.''
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