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It's claw and disorder

A dejected Cub fan sits alone after Game 2 of the NLDS. While Lee and his teammates were out there scratching and clawing, fans felt like clawing their own eyes out. I've seen it since in their words on message boards and in...

For Cubs Fans, Only Curses and Excuses

What I'm about to say may shock some people, so take a seat and allow this to really sink in. Unlike what Joe Buck and Tim McCarver pound into everyone's heads each October, the Chicago Cubs are not cursed. Neither were the Red...

Cubs' Marmol suffers minor injuries in auto accident

The Chicago Cubs were assured by Carlos Marmol's agent Tuesday that their All-Star pitcher was fine after being involved in a car accident early Tuesday morning in the Dominican Republic. According to an Associated Press...

Chicago Cubs Face Early Postseason Exit After Impressive Regular Season

It's a loser's lament. This time every year, there's always a cry for Major League Baseball to extend its first-round playoff series from a best-of-five format to best-of-seven. This most often has been voiced by John...

Quiz: Who Was More Productive In 2008?

Below are listed 31 pairs of players. Your job is simply to decide if Player A was more valuable by at least ten runs, Player B was more valuable by at least ten runs, or if the two players were equal in production (within five...

Most Homers in Playoff Series

Most home runs in one playoff series: American League 5 — Juan Gonzalez, Texas vs. New York, 1996 (4 games) 5 — Ken Griffey Jr., Seattle vs. New York, 1995 (5 games) 4 — Jim Thome, Cleveland vs. Boston, 1999 (5 games) 4 — Jim...

Playoffs Multiple HRs

Players who have hit two or more home runs in one game during the playoffs: American League Game 4, 2006 — Magglio Ordonez, Detroit vs. Oakland, 2 Game 2, 2006 — Milton Bradley, Oakland vs. Detroit, 2 Game 7, 2004 — Johnny...

BP: Unconvetional Wisdom: Five things we learned from the NLDS

The Phillies offense still has not awoken despite its NLDS win Rafael Furcal's return from injury has made the Dodgers' offense far more dangerous in October. During the regular season L.A. played just three games with both...

100 Years and counting for the Cubs

TOWER GROVE — Around about the time the Los Angeles Dodgers took a lead Saturday night at Chavez Ravine, I received an email from the director of the Cubs documentary, “We Believe”. He wrote, in short, that his “Hollywood Happy...

Why'd the Cubs flop? Players offer theories ... And so do fans

By Paul Sullivan | Chicago Tribune reporter A team of psychiatrists, theologians, numerologists and seamheads could convene at a secret location on the North Side in search of an explanation for the Cubs' latest October...

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