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Investigative Journalism: WAIW Drinks a Lot of Beer With Authors (Part 1)
wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com - 7/2/2009
Investigative Journalism: WAIW Drinks a Lot of Beer With Authors (Part 1)
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The best part about writing WAIW week in and week out is getting good baseball and/or drinking stories from other Cubs fans. We've been pimping that idea pretty hard this year, running the WAIW Roundtable on Fridays and sticking to a horrifyingly irregular schedule of in-depth interviews with ...
For the Cubs Fan Who Needs Constant Reminders of Futility
slanchreport.com - 7/2/2009
For the Cubs Fan Who Needs Constant Reminders of Futility
— slanchreport.com — P.J. Tanzillo, a software designer with Bearded Pony and originally form Chicago recently created a new app... for all you Cubs fan iPhone users out there; CubbieTime an app that keeps track of the time since the Cubs last won the World Series. From the developers’ description of the ... (more) For the Cubs Fan Who Needs Constant Reminders of Futility

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Your New Cubs Lineup
zonersports.com - 7/3/2009
Your New Cubs Lineup
— zonersports.com — Just watched the Cubs smash 2 homers in bottom of the first. DLee is raking and hitting... for power again. So call it spitballin’ or call it a whim. But here is a way — at least to try for a spell — to get Soriano and Bradley out of their funks. Here is your new Cubs lineup once ... (more) Your New Cubs Lineup

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NL Central’s wild first half finish starts with Cubs-Brewers
i94sports.com - 7/2/2009
NL Central’s wild first half finish starts with Cubs-Brewers
— i94sports.com — The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs will begin a four game set tonight at Wrigley Field with... the Cubs will looking to gain some ground on the division leading Brewers and Milwaukee trying to push Chicago further back in the standings. Currently the Cubs sit 3.5 games behind in the Central, ... (more) NL Central’s wild first half finish starts with Cubs-Brewers

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