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Cubs tradition: Throwing out ceremonial first discussion of fans' patience
If you believe the 2013 Cubs were built to stink -- spoiler alert: they were -- then you had to like Edwin Jackson’s miserable start in Monday’s home opener and Starlin Castro’s aggravating last out that was a wind shift from turning...
Tags: Edwin Jackson, Baseball, Welington Castillo, Paul Maholm, Thomas Ricketts
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Cubs' interests far afield from Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — No, you couldn't have gone ice fishing Wednesday in Pittsburgh. That season has come and gone. It's time for baseball, even if it didn't seem like it at PNC Park, along the banks of the Allegheny River. After a pitch shattered his...
Tags: Edwin Jackson, Baseball, High Schools, Thomas Ricketts, Alberto Gonzalez
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Your Morning Phil: Sale, Jackson, Castillo
Talking baseball while wondering if Mark Cuban is serious about the Mavericks drafting Brittney Griner. 1. When Yu Darvish went out to work the ninth inning last night in Houston, he was facing three hitters who were looking for their first hits of the...
Tags: Edwin Jackson, Yu Darvish, Houston Astros, Mark Cuban, Jason Castro
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Cubs clearly losing patience with Marmol
PITTSBURGH — Damn you, Dan Haren. You and your mysterious MRIs. That's what Cubs President Theo Epstein had to be thinking when Carlos Marmol started to fall apart in the ninth inning on Monday, threatening to turn opening day from a delightful...
Tags: Russell Martin, Shawn Camp, Baseball, Garrett Jones, Gaby Sanchez
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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: Russell Martin, Baseball, Tony Campana, Carlos Marmol, Chicago Cubs
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Good luck trying to buy a World Series
There are some things that can be bought. A space flight. The chance to be cryogenically frozen. Or maybe just some of the simpler things, like a 12-cylinder Ferrari Testarossa, beachfront property in Turks and Caicos or one of the socks Curt...
Tags: Seattle Mariners, Mark Buehrle, Services and Shopping, Mike Hampton, Magic Johnson
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Ho-hum greets opening day in Chicago
Chicago baseball returns Monday with a basis to be genuinely excited about possibilities of the future, but enough about Rosemont. As for citywide interest in the Cubs and Sox, the list of reasons to drop everything and pay attention is here somewhere...
Tags: Paul Konerko, Carlos Marmol, Gordon Beckham, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers
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Dodgers don't have room for breakout star Puig
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Sure, there are qualifiers. There always are. Arizona is a great place to hit. He's on the hottest streak of his life. And if he had been facing him in the regular season, not in late March, the White Sox's Jake Peavy wouldn't...
Tags: Ned Colletti , Adrian Gonzalez, Chad Billingsley, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees
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Trading Marmol could fill a couple of Cubs holes
Reports say the Tigers are looking to trade for a closer. Hang loose, Carlos Marmol. I mean, didn’t the Cubs sign Kyuji Fujikawa precisely because they intended-slash-hoped-slash-tried to trade Marmol? In fact, the Cubs cut a deal with the...
Tags: Baseball, Josh Vitters, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, American League Central
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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: Edwin Jackson, Houston Astros, Welington Castillo, Carlos Marmol, Scott Baker
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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, Jeff Samardzija, Miami Marlins, Dan Haren, Carlos Marmol
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Cubs, Jackson should buckle up for bumpy ride
Watching the Cubs' annual opening exercise at Wrigley Field, an event lessened by Chicago politics and low expectations, there was plenty of time to wonder about a question that applies on both sides of town: WWBVD. What would Bill Veeck do? I'm...
Tags: Billy Williams, Baseball, Ernie Banks, Thomas Ricketts, Chicago White Sox
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