On Baseball: Cubs Take a Patient Path. Like 100 Years Patient.
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The Cubs are not finished altering their roster for next season, but they are not expected to spend a lot of money doing it.
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In the Cubs' 7-2 rout of the Nats on Monday, the Alfonso Soriano reminded his former team of what they no longer have -- the charisma, firepower and confidence of a superstar.
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This has been some kind of week with the Boston Red Sox finally winning the World Series. That begs the question - if the Chicago Cubs step up next year and win the whole thing, do these events qualify as official signals that the Apocalypse is upon us?
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Joe Torre's explanation for his team's recent turnaround -- looseness among the players.
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When Alfonso Soriano had only four homers in 190 at-bats through May, he was starting to hear boos from impatient Chicago Cubs fans.
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Also in this column:  â¢ Zambrano likely to remain with Cubs  â¢ Mets' pitching woes  â¢ Bonds' annual boast  â¢ More news and notes
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They knew that their batsmen would get them a bunch of runs, one way or another. Larry Walker, their one-time wanna-be hockey player, would get a bunch of hits. Maybe Tim Wakefield's knuckler would flutter out of the strike zone for a few walks. Manny Ramirez might do a double twisting layout vault in the outfield.
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The Chicago Cubs are moving closer to achieving their No. 1 goal for the winter - trading Sammy Sosa.
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Pitcher gives up 3 home runs as Cubs fall into tie with Giants for NL wild-card lead. CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs are determined to do things the hard way.
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Before Derrek Lee even had a chance to look at the big, old-fashioned scoreboard at Wrigley Field, a helpful Cubs fan let him know what he needed to do.
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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It's a relatively recent story, and a familiar one. The Red Sox had two big sluggers in the middle of their lineup -- one a lefthanded hitter, the other a righty, both .300 hitters, one a former MVP, one who would soon be named one. They were the linchpins of a Sox team that had high hopes of playing deep ...
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MIAMI - The Chicago Cubs' 24-hour visit to Miami included a brief stay atop the NL wild-card race. Then they lost their lead because they couldn't beat David Weathers...
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Hang on, Cubs fans. A mosquito just might have helped out Chicago in the NL Central race. The Brewers gave up six runs in the first inning of their 11-4 loss to Cincinnati on Friday night, missing a chance to take over the division lead.
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CHICAGO - One strike from an important victory, the Chicago Cubs ended up with another agonizing defeat that damaged their drive to the playoffs.
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Now the Chicago Cubs are really getting beat up -- by each other.
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The idea, hatched by Joe McEwing , was to take Craig Hansen into the batting cage. Not to swing. But to illustrate exactly how difficult it is to pick up a ball thrown at 96 or 97 miles per hour with sink.