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Balls in Our Fields: Chicago Says Let's Play Two

Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

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Jon Greenberg

The Cell isn't even the center of Chicago's baseball world this year. I was at that place, Wrigley Field, Tuesday for the Cubs-Dodgers workout, where pre-game interviews consisted of finding a dozen different ways to ask someone how it feels to do something they haven't done yet.

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Cubs Set Playoff Roster

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Chicago

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Felix Pie earned the final National League Division Series roster spot Tuesday as the Cubs decided to go with a defensive outfielder instead of slugge...

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Wrigley Field: FInding Real Fans At The Circus

Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

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Sports Illustrated scribe Gary Smith embedded at Wrigley Field for the Cubs Labor Day series against the Phillies for the magazine's current cover sto...

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Cubs Fan Settle Playoff Tickets Lawsuit

Chicago Tribune | Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE The lawsuit has been settled. The three men agreed to share their four playoffs tickets by alternating games. It was all but inevitable. ...

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Wrigleyville Going Dry For Playoffs?

Posted 10.24.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE Mayor Daley spoke out in favor of the seventh-inning booze ban and warned that bars that violate it could lose their liquor licenses. "We do...

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City Series Windfall

Crain's Chicago Business | Steven R. Strahler | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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A World Series featuring the Chicago Cubs could generate almost $100 million for Chicago's economy, while the Chicago White Sox making the Fall Classi...

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Breaking Down Cubs Playoffs Matchups

Chicago Tribune | Phil Rogers | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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The Cubs might not know until Sunday, maybe even Monday, whom they'll face in the first round of the playoffs. They are most likely to meet the Mets o...

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Cubs One Game Away From Clinching Division Title

Posted 10.21.2008 | Chicago

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Watch the Cubs vs. the Cardinals at Wrigley Field live. ...

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Cubs Mum On Clinch Party Plans

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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So, where's the party, dudes? That's the question everyone was asking late Thursday afternoon after the Cubs reduced their magic number to two with a...

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Wrigley Rooftop Bud Sign Stays: Judge

Chicago Sun-Times | Shamus Toomey | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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A Cook County judge this afternoon ordered the removal of the brown tarp that is covering the Budweiser billboard on a rooftop behind Wrigley Field's ...

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LISTEN: Eddie Vedder's Cubs Song

Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

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Pearl Jam frontman-- and lifelong Cubs fan-- Eddie Vedder wrote a song for his beloved ballclub at the request of Cubs legend Ernie Banks. The resul...

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Zambrano: 'Gosh, I Wish We Could Have A New Ballpark'

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

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There's no doubt the Cubs enjoyed their two-day stay in the Brewers' home clubhouse at Miller Park, and not just because they allowed only one hit in ...

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Big Z Makes History: Where Were You?

Jon Greenberg | Posted 10.17.2008 | Chicago

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Jon Greenberg

Carlos Zambrano represents Chicago better than any scrappy white infielder, mustache-sporting coach or well-muscled, child-rearing middle linebacker.

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Hurricane Break Could Hurt Cubs

Chicago Tribune | Paul Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2008 | Chicago

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For manager Lou Piniella and the eight Cubs who were in New York for the All-Star Game in July, this weekend's Hurricane Ike hiatus could serve as the...

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Two Cubs-Astros Games Postponed Over Ike

AP | CHRIS DUNCAN | Posted 10.12.2008 | Chicago

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HOUSTON — The first two games of this weekend's series between the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros have been postponed because of the potential ...

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Blago Wants Cuban To Own Cubs

RedEye | Tracy Swartz | Posted 10.12.2008 | Chicago

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Gov. Blagojevich is pulling for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to own the Cubs. The Gov. to RedEye: Mark Cuban is a great American success story...

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Fighting Words: McCain's Battle Scars a Walk in the Park Compared to Cubbie Blues

Brad Spirrison | Posted 10.10.2008 | Chicago

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Brad Spirrison

Who has persevered through more adversity, Hanoi Hilton alum John McCain or the legions of Cubs fans that have rooted in vein?

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What Kind of Fall is This Going to Be?

David Murray | Posted 10.06.2008 | Chicago

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David Murray

Wednesday night after Sarah Palin's speech, I went to bed with a pit in my stomach that reminded me not of November, 2004, but rather October, 2003.

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Carlos Zambrano To Miss One Start

Chicago Tribune | Dave van Dyck | Posted 10.05.2008 | Chicago

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Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano is only expected to miss one start and will not be lost for the season as feared, the Chicago Tribune reports. An MRI Thursd...

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Cubs Lose: Werth Paces Phillies To Another Win

AP | RICK GANO | Posted 10.01.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Jayson Werth hit another home run against the Chicago Cubs and 45-year-old Jamie Moyer got his 12th win, leading the Philadelphia Phil...

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Obama to White Sox Fans - You're Ugly!

Brad Spirrison | Posted 09.27.2008 | Chicago

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Brad Spirrison

We can live with a pseudo terrorist weatherman and narcissistic men of the cloth, but Obama's suicide squeeze into political Ozzieball makes some of us root for an 11th Hour brokered convention. At least Hillary was a Cubs fan for most of her life.

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Tribune Wants Cubs Sold By Year-End: Zell

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann Saphir | Posted 09.26.2008 | Chicago

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Tribune Co. plans to have a deal to sell the Chicago Cubs by yearend, CEO Sam Zell said Tuesday. The company will choose from the current field of fi...

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Sox Fan Obama Knocks Cubs

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago

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We all knew Barack Obama is a White Sox fan, but the presumed Democratic presidential nominee took it a bit further in an interview with ESPN. Obama ...

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Cubs Lose To Lowly National At Wrigley

AP | Rick Gano | Posted 09.22.2008 | Chicago

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Willie Harris hit his first career grand slam and a two-run homer, and the Washington Nationals overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Chicago Cubs 1...

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Zambrano Lifts Cubs Over Reds 3-2

AP | RICK GANO | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Carlos Zambrano earned his 13th victory on the fourth try and also homered Thursday to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the...

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