Cubs today: What Dodger fans need to know

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The Cubs are playing the Dodgers today, so Lou Piniella feels the need to tell fans in Chicago not to be overconfident. It’s OK, though, if they giggle a lot.

The Chicago Tribune is still predicting Cubs over Dodgers in five.

At the Sun-Times, they all like the Dodgers -- to fall in four or five.

But a Tribune columnist warns fans against the most daunting foe, the Cubs’ history.

Joe Torre doesn’t believe in curses.

Another Tribune columnist, who has lived in L.A. and Chicago, compares the cities. We’ve got O.J. Simpson. They had Al Capone.

Let’s get on with it. The game at Wrigley Field starts at 3:30 p.m. PDT.

Let’s just hope Mike Ditka stays away from the microphone.

-- Randy Harvey