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Lou Piniella still trying to figure out why his Cubs were swept
sports.yahoo.com - 12/9/2008
Lou Piniella still trying to figure out why his Cubs were swept
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Lou Piniella just addressed the national media for the first time since his NL manager of the year press conference and he's still trying to find an explanation for why the Cubs were swept by the Dodgers in the NLDS. As you'll see below, he takes quite a circuitous and meandering route. Says ...

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Baseball roundtable
tremendousupsidepotential.com - 12/15/2008
Baseball roundtable
— tremendousupsidepotential.com — Only problem with this roundtable: needs more Bruce Paine. If nothing else, I think we might have been able to coax Cobra out of retirement to answer some Cubs questions. Nice job by Arin coming up with some good questions about the Sox for me. Make ... (more) Baseball roundtable

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Entering Meetings, Cubs like roster | cubs.com: News
chicago.cubs.mlb.com - 12/3/2008
Entering Meetings, Cubs like roster | cubs.com: News
— chicago.cubs.mlb.com — CHICAGO -- Baseball is holding its annual Winter Meetings next week in the perfect locale for the Cubs: Las Vegas. That doesn't mean the front-office staff will be camped out at the roulette tables at the Bellagio, which is where the Meetings will ... (more) Entering Meetings, Cubs like roster | cubs.com: News

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