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Reflecting on baseball in 'Summer of '68"
Not all that long ago, there was no Major League Baseball package on cable television — and no cable TV, for that matter. If you wanted to see baseball heroes, you watched the "Game of the Week" or lived in a market where some of the home team's...
Tags: USA Today, Sports, Baseball, Ron Santo, Entertainment
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May 24: Author - Phil Rogers, Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and The Summer of 69
WGN NewsPhil Rogers To purchase a copy of the book: Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and The Summer of '69 One of a select few baseball legends to hit more than 500 home runs, Ernie Banks Hall of Fame career contained memorable milestones including consecutive selections...Tags: High School Sports, New York Mets, Sports, WGN, Chicago Cubs
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Cubs' Ryan Dempster puts teammates to work at casino-themed benefit, Charlie Sheen coming to Chicago, Tom Morello vs. Rahm Emanuel
How did Ryan Dempster convince his Cubs teammates to wear tuxedos and man the blackjack and craps tables at his charity event Wednesday, just hours after the team’s game against the Atlanta Braves? I’m not exactly sure. But whatever he did,...
Tags: Sports, Entertainment, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Chicago Hotels, Thomas Ricketts
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Lady Gaga dines at Lou Malnati's, Brian Dennehy speaking at Old St. Pat's, 'House of Consignment' trailer debuts
Lady Gaga was in Chicago over the weekend with boyfriend and "Vampire Diaries" actor Taylor Kinney, who is filming the Dick Wolf pilot "Chicago Fire" in the city this month.
The couple dined at Lou Malnati's in River North Sunday night. They ordered...Tags: Food Network (tv network), Kristin Cavallari, Topolobampo, Personal Service, Dining and Drinking
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Durham doesn't think much of error in '84 playoffs
Bill Buckner and Leon Durham gave the Cubs solid first basemen from 1977-87, when this reporter spent some time covering the team as the Tribune's beat writer. Each enjoyed a solid major league career. Buckner wound up a .289 career hitter with a batting...
Tags: New York Mets, Sports, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Boston Red Sox
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Rosie O'Donnell's holiday party, Tyrese coming to Chicago, Theo Epstein dines at Mon Ami Gabi
"The Rosie Show" staff holiday party took place at Roof in the Wit hotel Wednesday and included an appearance by Rosie O’Donnell herself. Highlights from the party and the preparations for the party will air on the OWN network talk show.
O’...Tags: Concerts, Music, Restaurants, Theo Epstein, Entertainment
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Chicago wrestler Colt Cabana teaming up with Jamie Kennedy, 'Hunger Games' cast coming to Aurora, Common hosting gala
Jamie Kennedy is on a mission to make professional wrestler and Deerfield native Colt Cabana (real name Scott Colton) a star.
Kennedy – known for his roles in “Scream,” “Son of the Mask” and “Malibu’s Most...Tags: Milwaukee Bucks, Entertainment, Chicago Hotels, Wrestling, Thomas Ricketts
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Inside baseball with John Grisham
Tribune newspapersJohn Grisham — “International best-selling author of 23 novels!” the stadium announcer boomed out moments earlier — took his seat in Row B, alongside the Cubs dugout at Wrigley. Next to him, Michael Harvey, the best-selling crime...Tags: College Baseball, People (magazine), College Sports, Sports, Entertainment
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The fourth outfielder
Special to Tribune NewspapersYup, I won a game for the Cubs when I was 9 years old, a kind of pre-pubescent reverse-Bartman deal. The next day's Chicago Tribune called the anonymous fan who interfered with a critical eighth-inning play "the fourth outfielder," which. with its...Tags: Sports, Babe Ruth, Fergie Jenkins, Ron Santo, The New York Times
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New right field patio at Wrigley gets good reviews
Tribune reporterThe concept of sitting on a patio while watching a baseball game is an idea whose time has finally arrived inside Wrigley Field. "It's a very nice view … it's just beautiful," Lee Maloof of Vernon Hills said of the Budweiser Patio Deck adjacent to the...Tags: Diabetes, Ron Santo, Wrigley Field, John Murray, Wrigleyville
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Take on Marcus in the 2012 Leshock Value NCAA Bracket Challenge!
WGN Feature ReporterHello Leshock Value readers and WGN News viewers! It's March 12 - which means we're tracking some unstable weather in the area, and your co-worker is more than likely annoying you with "I've got Belmont going to the Sweet 16" talk. That's right, it's...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Facebook
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Calendar
TILL FEB. 18 'Centered on the Center' The Huntington Beach Art Center presents a non-juried exhibition at 538 Main St., Huntington Beach. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 6 p.m. Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday. For more...Tags: Concerts, Music, Education, Teaching and Learning, Entertainment
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