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Reasons to enjoy Chicago baseball
Chicago now has digested a month of uninspiring baseball on both sides of town. The reaction has me puzzled. "It's going to be a long summer," seems to be the most common response from fans and the media. No, it isn't. The Cubs and White Sox are on...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Jed Hoyer , Chris Sale, Ichiro Suzuki, Baseball
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Forget playing better, Cubs need to trade better
Cubs manager Dale Sveum and team president Theo Epstein believe the Cubs will take a big step forward this season, and I’m thinking, I guess losing only 90 games would be a big step. Another 100 losses, however, is easily attainable, don’t...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Jed Hoyer , Alfonso Soriano, Tribune Company, National League
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An odd sound coming out of the Marmol mess
Cubs manager Dale Sveum finally made the move he never should’ve had to make: yanking Carlos Marmol as closer. Sveum never should’ve had to make the move because team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer should’ve...
Tags: Terry Francona, Dale Sveum, Jed Hoyer , Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs
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Ninth-inning homer, failed bunt sink Marlins
MIAMI — Put this Marlins loss on Juan Pierre, he's willing to take it. The Marlins had embattled Cubs closer Carlos Marmol on the ropes Thursday, working men onto first and second with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth. Down 4-3, thanks to...
Tags: Giancarlo Stanton, Miami Marlins, Baseball, Sports, Juan Pierre
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MLB power rankings
1. Tigers: Forget the concern at closer. They were loaded last year, and they're a lot better with Victor Martinez, Torii Hunter and a full year of Anibal Sanchez. 2. Dodgers: Hanley Ramirez's injury could slow them out of the gate, but they're deep and...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Pedro Strop, Giancarlo Stanton, Emilio Bonifacio, Chris Antonetti
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Sure, blame the Greek White Sox fan for Wrigley goat head prank
Whenever ethnic profiling raises its ugly head, you can usually count on a great newspaper to express its outrage. Unless the head once belonged to a goat, and said head was sent to Wrigley Field in care of Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. Then the...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Mayor, Salt, Rahm Emanuel
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Punchless Pirates fall to Cubs on opening day
AP Sports WriterPITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Samardzija struck out nine in eight nearly flawless innings and the Chicago Cubs held on for a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. The right-hander allowed just two hits and walked one as Chicago won on...Tags: Wandy Rodriguez, Pedro Alvarez, Baseball, Neil Walker, Sports
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Samardzija at his best in Cubs opener
PITTSBURGH — Jeff Samardzija was in the news near the end of camp when Theo Epstein told a reporter the right-hander dumped his girlfriend last year to prove he was committed to becoming a starter. If Samardzija continues to dominate the way he did...Tags: Dale Sveum, Tony Campana, Neil Walker, Baseball, Sports
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Cubs' Barney gets 5 stitches in knee, out for opening day
HOUSTON -- You could have written a worse ending for the Cubs' spring training, but not one that was uglier than Saturday, especially not from Darwin Barney's perspective. While the Cubs were in the process of losing to a team of Astros' prospects 6-3,...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Darwin Barney, Miami Marlins, Minor League Baseball, Junior Lake
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Ricketts puts people above family business in Wrigley Field deal
Unless Carlos Marmol gets involved, the Cubs still hope to close a deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field by Monday's home opener. Assuming the agreement can overcome a late-inning scare, planned improvements at the venerable 99-year-old...
Tags: Wrigley Field, Jerry Reinsdorf, Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Baseball
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Cubs, Ricketts come up empty at home opener
If the Cubs falling a wind shift short of a game-winning home run in the ninth inning of Monday's home-opening 7-4 loss to the Brewers teased your emotions and tested your resolve, imagine how Tom Ricketts felt. The Cubs chairman arrived at Wrigley...
Tags: Renovation, Dale Sveum, Wrigley Field, Alfonso Soriano, Rahm Emanuel
May 2, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
May 4, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 8, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 25, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 30, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 12, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 1, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Apr 1, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Mar 30, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Apr 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 8, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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