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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: Sidney Ponson, Scott Rolen, Sean Marshall, Albert Pujols, Todd Walker
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Cubs finding reason for motivation
Tribune staff reporterWith the Cubs out of contention and one month remaining in the 2005 season, manager Dusty Baker was asked Friday what he would like to see from his players in September. "Play the game for love of the game and for respect, and try to finish as high as...Tags: Nomar Garciaparra, Michael Wuertz, Todd Walker, Ryan Dempster, Wages and Pensions
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Knuckled under
Tribune staff reporterDerrek Lee was discussing the best way to handle a knuckleball pitcher like Tim Wakefield before the finale of the Cubs-Boston series Sunday, suggesting patience was the only real weapon in a hitter's arsenal. "You have to be patient, because most...Tags: Kevin Youkilis, World Series, Todd Walker, Glendon Rusch, Jay Payton
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Hairston ready, waiting
Tribune staff reporterAfter six weeks of debate in spring training over who should start at second base, Cubs manager Dusty Baker pronounced Todd Walker his "primary" guy three days before the opener. Baker referred to Jerry Hairston, the odds-on favorite to win the job...Tags: Derrek Lee, Jerry Hairston, Jr,, Juan Pierre, Todd Walker, Doug Davis
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This time, Cubs opponent messes it up
Tribune staff reporterIn the blink of an eye, teams like the Carolina Hurricanes and Miami Heat bring championships to cities that had few professional teams only a decade or two ago. Meanwhile, generation after generation of Cubs and Cleveland Indians fans continue to wait...Tags: Ronnie Belliard, C.C. Sabathia, Todd Walker, Phil Nevin, Carlos Zambrano
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Wrist of fate
Tribune staff reporterDerrek Lee could miss at least two months with a broken right wrist, putting the injury-plagued Cubs in the same boat in which they capsized last summer. Lee will be in a cast for up to six weeks after fracturing the distal radial bone and the distal...Tags: Contracts, Todd Walker, Felix Pie, Spring Training, Trips and Vacations
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Maydaze! Maydaze!
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs may be rewriting records for wretchedness, but they also are setting new standards for strangeness. And Sunday's weirdly wild game had it all wrapped up in one nice, not-so-neat package. Wretchedness? Never beforenot in the 131 years of the...Tags: Scott Eyre, Atlanta Braves, Mike Schmidt, Andruw Jones, Wrigley Field
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No April fool's gag: Walker earns start
Tribune staff reporterThe three-way battle for second base has been one of the intriguing stories in Cubs camp, particularly because Todd Walker made it so. After being on the trading block for five months and briefly getting into manager Dusty Baker's doghouse with...Tags: Jerry Hairston, Jr,, Baseball, Management Change, Todd Walker, Adam Eaton
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Maddux shows why he's coming back
Tribune staff reporterWhen the Miller Park crowd of 31,137 fans sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" in the seventh inning Thursday, "Cubbies" rang out twice as loud as "Brewers" in the line about rooting for the home team. But the pitching of Greg Maddux, a quiet man, was...Tags: Contracts, Cy Young, Greg Maddux, Damian Miller, Chicago Cubs
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No luck in crunch timeon, off field
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs find themselves in an unusual position three days before the trading deadline, trying to win a wild-card playoff spot with inexperienced players in several key roles. If it works, the Cubs can have their cake and eat it too. If it doesn't,...Tags: Michael Wuertz, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, Jerome Williams, Sammy Sosa
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Dempster, Cubs closing in again
Tribune staff reporterFor the second time in three days, the Cubs knew early in their game that wild-card leaders Houston and Florida had lost. But after wasting an opportunity to pick up a game two days earlier, the Cubs rallied to beat the Giants 3-2 Sunday, leaving them 5½...Tags: Michael Wuertz, Wrigley Field, LaTroy Hawkins, Ryan Dempster, National League
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Cubs don't 'play very good' in finale
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs found themselves in a time warp over the weekend at Yankee Stadium, reliving history without really trying. Whether it's Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio or Hideki Matsui doing the damage doesn't seem to matter. The Yankees had the Cubs' number last...Tags: Tony Womack, Joe Torre, World Series, Todd Walker, Gary Sheffield
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