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Cubs Offer Mets Helping Hand with the Following Headline:  “Guzman Standing in Brewers’ Way”
Cubs Offer Mets Helping Hand with the Following Headline: “Guzman Standing in Brewers’ Way”
[ Is Angel Guzman, pictured, the Mets last best hope? ] Mets fans, please send “thank you” notes to Mr. Lou Piniella, c/o Wrigley Field. For reasons I don’t want to worry about – such as Carlos Zambrano’s undead arm returning for the post-season – the Cubs have ...
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Mets: Only You Can Save Us, Angel Guzman
The Sporting BlogCSTB points out Cubs manager Lou Piniella has back-tracked on his stated intention of starting Carlos Zambrano in Chicago's meaningless (for Chicago) closer against Milwaukee. Instead of able Z, the Cubs will get behind ... Angel Guzman, a 20-year-old with a career 0-7 record and a 6.13 ERA. If Milwaukee wins, the Mets must beat the Marlins to force a wild-card tiebreaker on Monday. The Crew has C.C. Sabathia (10-2, 1.78 ERA in MIL) on the mound. Chicago has some say in who it'd face in the NLDS: if Milwaukee loses and the Mets win, the Cubs get ...

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