Cubs hope offense doesn&#39;t abandon them
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The Chicago Cubsâ offense abandoned them over the weekend. Theyâre trying to prevent that from happening again during the final week of the regular season.
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* Turning point: After Mark Prior&#39;s 129-pitch gem in the opener, the Cubs lost their wild-card lead as David Weathers stifled Chicago&#39;s bats.
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Nomar Garciaparra and Todd Walker coming back to the Cubs are the biggest so far, but thereâsa couple more close.
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The Chicago Cubs, sufferers of 99 years of futility, areÃÂ in a battle forÃÂ first place in the tight National League Central, keeping hope alive for a team that has not won a World Series since 1908.
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Experienced, power-laden lineups and a favorite&#39;s role haven&#39;t been a winning combination for the Braves in recent postseaons.
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Manager Eric Wedge wanted to hear the sound of hammer on rock Monday night at Comerica Park. He wanted to know that the Indians&#39; offense was making little ones out of big ones again.
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While Mark McGwire avoids the spotlight and Barry Bonds closes in on 700 home runs, Sammy Sosa struggles to remain the forceful player around whom the Cubs revolve.
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For the sake of argument, here&#39;s hoping Barry Bonds&#39; next home run ball travels 500 feet, minimum. In these days of inflated baseball, something monstrous for No.
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A pulled hamstring or booted grounder might not be the only factor that could help decide baseball&#39;s playoff chase. Contenders such as the Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, New York
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Todd Walker loves playing pressure baseball this time of year. Walker was 3-for-4 with a walk, a two-run homer and four RBIs Monday night to help the Chicago Cubs extend their slim lead in the
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A storm on the horizon was not what Dusty Baker wanted to see during the Chicago Cubs&#39; quick trip to South Florida. &quot;When we were coming in, I saw some mighty clouds,&quot; Baker said.
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The ghost of Tommie Agee hovered over the Cubs&#39; house of horrors known as Shea Stadium. The Cubs will never exorcise the demons of 1969, when they saw their seemingly
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Alfonso Soriano hits two of Chicago's four homers and the Cubs continue their late-season power display, increasing their NL Central lead in the process.
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The mood in the Chicago Cubs&#39; clubhouse Thursday night had the pall of a funeral parlor. The Cubs&#39; hopes of making back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time since
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Baseball&#39;s executive vice president Sandy Alderson insisted last month that the Cubs, disciplined for an assortment of run-ins with umpires, would not be targeted the rest of the season by umpires who might hold a grudge.
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The Chicago White Sox are coming up with some impressive offensive numbers against one of the National League&#039;s best teams.
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Baseball officials are known to gush about their pitching prospects almost as if they were speaking about their own children. Such is the case with lefthander Rich Hill. For while the Cubs spent zillions this offseason, some in their organization are far more excited about Hill than Alfonso Soriano, Ted Lilly, or any of their other acquisitions.