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Piniella: Cubs 'tried too hard'
A League of Her Own found this 11/13/2008 on blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com
The pressure of trying to win on the 100th anniversary of the Cubs last championship season was one of the reasons for their spectacular downfall. At least that's the opinion of Cubs manager Lou Piniella, who earned his third Manager of the Year award on Wednesday for guiding the Cubs to 97 regular season wins.