msn.foxsports.com - 10/6/2008
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The sooner the Cubs stop blaming a curse for their postseason failures, the sooner they can end them, Ken Rosenthal says.
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Why The Cubs Lost To The Dodgers
The Hardball Times —
Why The Cubs Lost To The Dodgers by Tim Dierkes October 06, 2008 Not that it's any consolation for Cubs fans right now, but Ken Rosenthal had a reasonable take on the team's playoff failure: The Cubs are a good team that had a bad series. Nothing more, nothing less. What do they do now? Very simple—try again. Rosenthal's right: as long as the Cubs continue to create opportunities, say five to seven playoff appearances a decade, they'll eventually catch fire in the postseason. In the short term, though, the team's pathetic showing against the Dodgers stings. Let's dig ...
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They said it —
Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 10/6/2008
￯﾿ﾽ￯﾿ﾽI know everybody wants answers and everybody wants to search deep to the core of the center of the earth and try to find them. But the bottom line is we just got outplayed. We got outscored. They played better defense than us. ...
