sportsbybrooks.com - 9/6/2008
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Lou Piniella , his thoughts surely consumed by the recent backslide of his Chicago Cubs, could really use a distraction. Thanks to a directionally-challenged first base coach, he got exactly that on Friday.
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE tells the tale of a road trip gone horribly awry . (more…)
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