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Chicago Cubs’ statue of limitations finally expires
The Ernie Banks statue outside Wrigley Field (image via Getty Images). Finally, the Cubs are honoring their history, even if they did it backwards. I’ll be thrilled when ol’ friend Billy Williams gets...
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40 straight Cubs home openers — a journey of Hall of Famers, Tony La Russa...
Henry Aaron (left) and Ernie Banks, shown at Banks' statue dedication in 2008, were both on duty in 1971, the year of George Castle's first of 40 straight Cubs openers (Image via Getty Images). The...
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Monster pitch counts burning out Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano’s arm
Carlos Zambrano has to work too hard because of his high pitch counts (image via Getty Images). I never thought I’d see the day when a big-league pitcher said he’d be fine throwing 120 pitches, start...
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Mark it down — Target Field helps make Minnesota Twins baseball’s best...
The Twins are full of good, even colorful people like manager Ron Gardenhire (image via Wikipedia). Michael Cuddyer calls spanking-new Target Field in Minneapolis “pristine.” I’ll term it something...
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Carlos Zambrano switch to bullpen should be lesson for Cubs chairman Tom...
Lou Piniella will be visiting Carlos Zambrano at a different time in the game this season. (image via Wikipedia). For those reading this post distant from Chicago, you cannot believe the lather the...
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Much ado about nothing when Lou Piniella yells at you
Lou Piniella walks away from a discussion with an umpire in 2008 (image via Wikipedia). It is the baseball “money shot” in the eyes of video producers from the 200th market to ESPN: Lou Piniella...
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Little Cubs Field in Freeport, Ill. is the real Field of Dreams
Little Cubs Field I felt like a kid again picking up a plastic bat to swing at Denny Garkey’s strikes from 40 feet away. I had no range in the outfield, but it didn’t matter. Neither did the fact I...
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One on one best strategy to quiz managers like Lou Piniella
Erin Andrews and Sweet Lou Piniella gab about baseball in Milwaukee in 2008. The damn story had legs that wouldn’t buckle. It’s more than a week later and I still get questioned on asking Cubs manager...
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Hey, folks, calm down — let Cubs’ Starlin Castro break in without pressure
Corey Patterson in his first exile stop as an Oriole; care must be taken to make sure the same kind of fate does not happen to Starlin Castro (image via Wikipedia). When the record of Starlin Castro’s...
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Chicago Cubs lineup past its expiration date
Getting across home plate has been a big problem for Derrek Lee, tagged out here, and his teammates lately (Image via Getty Images). I’m sitting in the Wrigley Field pressbox, fortunate to have the...
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