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Cubs' power coming out of pen on ChicagoSports.com
Carlos Marmol posted his first big-league save Wednesday in the same game Billy Petrick made his major-league debut, giving the Cubs a power-pitching duo to help alleviate the loss of injured closer Ryan Dempster through the All-Star break. Cubs fans have responded favorably to the sudden infusion of youth, giving huge ovations to both young pitchers. Petrick, a Morris High grad who began the ...
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Your Big Z Quote of the Day
wrigleyville23 — In what might be an encouraging sign that Big Z still wants to play in Chicago, he's now making obvious overtures to secure an endorsement deal with Ace Hadware. Here's the Big Z quote of the day: ...

Lou tries out his new hammer
1060west.net (archives) — ... In today's Tribune Paul Sullivan writes about the influx of youth into the Cubs pen. I found the following comment from Marmol very interesting. Maybe this shows that the young Marmol has the makeup to close games for the Cubs: ...

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