chicagotribune.com - 8/28/2008
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Beware the sneak attack. In baseball, more than any other sport, it's unwise to draw attention to yourself. First-round draft picks who come with hype often turn out to be Corey Patterson or Kip Wells . The trades that don't make big headlines, like the White Sox 's deal for Carlos Quentin , often turn out to be a lot better than the ones that are analyzed in day-by-day detail for weeks, like ...
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Baseball Today: Thursday, August 28
Projo Sox Blog —
... YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE: The Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers says the White Sox are it for the Cubs, because "Wouldn't it be just like the Cubs to put together arguably their best team ever and have it lose the World Series to a White Sox team that had been picked for third place or worse? More to the point, wouldn't it be just like the White Sox once again to outplay their crosstown neighbors with the bigger fan base, superior resources and historic ballpark?" ...
Today In Your Paper: Phil Rogers’s Black Hole of Baseball Knowledge
MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog —
... The column, titled “White Sox Are Cubs’ Worst Nightmare,” seems innocent enough. Rogers believes the Cubs wouldn’t want to face the White Sox in a World Series. OK then. I can dig it. Why? ...
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chicagotribune.com 8/28/2008 — Jason Marquis shut down Pittsburgh's batters, and the Cubs turned two well-placed bunts into two runs in the seventh inning and swept yet another three-game series from the Pirates with a 2-0 victory Wednesday.
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Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 8/28/2008
It was early September, and the Cubs led the Pittsburgh Pirates with two out in the top of the ninth inning. Closer Phil Regan had a two-strike count on Willie Stargell, and the wind was blowing in. In the next few seconds, Stargell turned on a pitch ...
Avoiding trap a good sign —
Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 8/28/2008
PITTSBURGH -- As tough as the Cubs' remaining schedule appears to be, their just-concluded nine-game stretch against last-place teams might have been just as daunting for the potential letdown factor. And the Cubs survived the ...