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Warming to the task
Tribune staff reporterAs if anything extra was needed to heat up an old rivalry, the Cubs and Cardinals turned up the tempers Friday on a torrid afternoon at Wrigley Field. The final toll: Both teams' third basemen hit by pitches, another hit-by-pitch that wasn't, the season'...Tags: Juan Pierre, Carlos Marmol, Neck, Scott Rolen, Aramis Ramirez
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2-hit ball betters Marshall's odds
Tribune staff reporterImagine Kerry Wood and Mark Prior coming back to the Cubs at the end of May and discovering there's no room in the rotation. While that's an unlikely scenario, rookie left-hander Sean Marshall doesn't look like a guy simply making a cameo appearance...Tags: Juan Pierre, Kerry Wood, St. Louis Cardinals, Jerry Hairston, Jr,, Miami Marlins
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Spotlight's off, Cubs turn it on
Tribune staff reporterWith the pressure off and the focus of the city squarely on the White Sox, the Cubs suddenly are looking like world-beaters. A 6-3 victory Tuesday night at Milwaukee, coming on the heels of an 8-3 homestand, helped relax a clubhouse that was anything but...Tags: Juan Pierre, Michael Wuertz, Carlos Marmol, Milwaukee Brewers, Sports
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Perez slams Cards in 10th
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs were given a national stage Sunday night to prove they're a better team than their record suggests. In another wild affair under sweltering conditions, they came back from an early deficit, blew a one-lead with two outs in the ninth inning and...Tags: Neifi Perez, Al Reyes, Julian Tavarez, Aramis Ramirez, Jeff Suppan
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Long night ends right
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs have a 12 1/2-game gap in the National League Central and 109 games to try and close it. Mission impossible? Not according to manager Dusty Baker. "You want to win 10 in a row, but you don't have to win 10 in a row," Baker said before Friday's...Tags: Juan Pierre, Neifi Perez, Sidney Ponson, Scott Rolen, Sports
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Lost fly ball helps end Cubs' streak
Tribune staff reporterJust before the ninth inning Wednesday, a fan in the premium box seats at Wrigley Field sailed a paper airplane into the Cubs' dugout, nearly hitting manager Dusty Baker as he stood near the top step. Baker was oblivious to the airplane as he watched the...Tags: Juan Pierre, Jerry Hairston, Jr,, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Bob Howry
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Smashing finish by Cubs
Tribune staff reporterMost of the Cubs weren't born when Willie Smith hit his game-winning home run on Opening Day of the 1969 season, and neither were many of the fans in the newly renovated bleachers on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. But just as Smith's two-run shot...Tags: Scott Rolen, Carlos Zambrano, Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers, Sports
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Slam-bang afternoon
Tribune staff reporterThe White Sox showed their strength Saturday, and the Cubs might get weaker as the result of their humbling, fight-marred 7-0 loss to their crosstown rivals. Cubs catcher Michael Barrett stands to lose the most after landing a punch to the right jaw of...Tags: John Lackey, Brian Anderson, Barry Bonds, Rich Hill, Major League Baseball
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Murton provides the love
Tribune staff reporterBefore Monday night's 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh, Cubs manager Dusty Baker explained his philosophy on motivating struggling players. "Sometimes when you're down and things aren't right and you're trying to figure it out, sometimes you need a hug versus...Tags: Juan Pierre, Rich Hill, Piracy, Aramis Ramirez, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fun-damentals
Tribune staff reporterHe was calm amid the confusion, though he admitted he didn't know what was going on. "I don't know what was happening on the bases, but it was kind of fun to watch," Greg Maddux said. And Madduxcool and collected on a scorching day at Wrigley Fieldwas...Tags: Juan Pierre, Michael Wuertz, Scott Rolen, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports
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Cubs' long night turns into happy ending
Tribune baseball reporterTrying to save Juan Mateo's life, Dusty Baker almost cost the Cubs a win on Tuesday night. Instead his decision not to expose Mateo to retaliation from a seemingly angry Roger Clemens merely set up one of the longest, craziest nights in Cubs history. A...Tags: Field Hockey, Roger Clemens, Rich Hill, Juan Mateo, Carlos Marmol
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Ask Paul Sullivan
Ask Paul readers react to his suggestions on radical surgery for the Cubs in 2007, and the verdict is in: Paul Sullivan is deluded. In your recent article on suggested Cubs roster moves, you seem to react adversely to signing any player who seeks a long-...Tags: Rich Hill, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barry Zito, Ryan Theriot, Career and Workplace
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