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The Chicago Seven
The full All Star list has been released, and the Cubs have a personal record of 7 players who will be in attendance - assuming Soriano is healthy enough to play. Seven Cubs in one All Star Game is a record, surpassing the '88 Cubs who had six. Without looking, I'm guessing the six were Sandberg, Dunston, Law, Dawson, Maddux, and Sutcliffe - and I'm off by one. Raffy Palmeiro was a ...
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The Cubs will send a club-record seven players to the All-Star Game, including NL starters Geovany Soto, Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome.
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David hopes he'll be fans' Wright-in voteNYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/7/2008
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