But president-elect offends one reporter in the process
Chicago Tribune Nov 25, 08 2:45 PM CST
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Barack Obama shows no signs of forgetting his Chicago roots since winning the election: He divided the news media into “Cubs” and “Sox” sections for his news conferences yesterday and today, the Chicago Tribune reports. Assignments seemed to be random, much to the chagrin of Steve Thomma, a McClatchy reporter and longtime White Sox fan assigned to the Cubs section.
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Chicago posted NL's most wins; Tampa Bay had first-ever winning season, reached World Series
MLB.com Nov 12, 08 3:12 PM CST
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Lou Piniella and his Tampa Bay successor, Joe Maddon, have been voted baseball’s managers of the year, MLB.com reports. Maddon’s first-ever recognition is no surprise after he led the Rays to their first-ever winning season and the American League pennant. Chicago’s Piniella won the honor—his third, after two with the Seattle Mariners—after leading the Cubs to a National League-best 97 wins.
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Both win easily, with Tampa star a unanimous choice in AL
Chicago Tribune Nov 10, 08 2:04 PM CST
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Chicago Cubs catcher Geovany Soto and Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria were named the rookies of the year today in the National and American leagues, respectively. Soto, 25, was voted an All-Star Game starter and finished the season with a .285 batting average, 23 home runs, and 86 RBI, the Tribune reports. He easily beat out Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto.
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playoffs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Oct 5, 08 12:20 AM CDT
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The Cubs' century of misery won't end this year. The Dodgers beat Chicago 3-1 to complete a sweep of their best-of-5 NL playoff series, the Chicago Tribune reports. James Loney, the grand-slam hero of Game 1, hit a 2-run double in the first that held up for LA. The Cubs entered the playoffs with the NL's best record but scored only 6 runs in 3 games. The Brewers, meanwhile, beat the Phillies 4-1 to force Game 4 this afternoon.
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PLAYOFFS
Dodgers demolish Cubs after capitalizing on record-tying number of errors
Chicago Tribune Oct 3, 08 5:18 AM CDT
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A Cubs defensive collapse in the 5-run second inning helped the Dodgers to a 10-3 win in Game 2 of their NL series, the Chicago Tribune reports. Sloppy infielding behind Carlo Zambrano tied the division series record for errors. The Cubs—who have never won a playoff game west of Chicago—now head to Los Angeles two games down.
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Playoffs
MLB.com Oct 2, 08 5:24 AM CDT
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Jason Bay and Manny Ramirez both proved why they’d been acquired last night. Bay hit a two-run shot to give the Red Sox a lead they never relinquished, sending Anaheim to a 4-1 defeat, while the man he was traded for hit a solo shot in the Dodgers' 7-2 win over the Cubs. But the Dodgers’ real hero was James Loney, who hit a grand slam in the fifth to erase a 2-run Cubs lead.
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TBO Blogs Sep 20, 08 10:04 PM CDT
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What a difference a year makes. The once-lowly Tampa Bay Rays clinched their first playoff appearance in franchise history today with a 7-2 win over Minnesota. The Rays will earn at least a wild-card spot, but they also hold a 2 1/2-game lead over Boston in the AL East, the Tampa Tribune reports. Tampa finished with a league-worst record of 66-96 last season.
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Cubs first in 36 years; game moved for Ike
Associated Press Sep 14, 08 10:11 PM CDT
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Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 tonight in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike. The storm forced two games of the series to be moved from Texas to Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers.
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Lifelong booster longs to take the mound
at Wrigley Field
Chicago Sun-Times Aug 11, 08 6:03 PM CDT
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Diehard Cubs fan Leo Hildebrand is sticking diligently to his daily workout regimen, hoping he’ll be tapped to throw out the first pitch of a playoff game for his beloved team. The major difference between him and the legion of other fans who’d like to do the same, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, is that Hildebrand is 104 years old.
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Minor-league melee leaves player, fan hospitalized; pitcher faces assault charges
Dayton Daily News Jul 25, 08 10:53 AM CDT
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Baseball brawls don’t get much nastier than last night’s dustup between the Dayton Dragons and Peoria Chiefs. The box score: One player with a broken leg, a fan hospitalized after getting beaned by a ball, 15 players and both managers ejected, and the not-so-small matter of Peoria starter Julio Castillo facing felony assault charges, the Dayton Daily News reports.
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Will man, a recluse since curse-prolonging 2003 foul-ball incident, emerge for bounty?
Orlando Sentinel Jul 23, 08 4:54 PM CDT
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Will Steve Bartman—the fan blamed for costing the long-suffering Chicago Cubs a trip to the 2003 World Series—come out of hiding for $25,000? A pair of sports memorabilia outfits are offering the bounty, the Orlando Sentinel reports, if Bartman shows up at a July 31 convention in suburban Chicago and autographs a single copy of a photo showing him reaching for a key foul ball.
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Long-suffering fans can wait an afterlifetime for pennant win
Associated Press Jul 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
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When the last living Cubs fan to have seen his team win the World Series passed away in April at age 106, fans willing to wait a lifetime realized a lifetime may not be long enough. One is now preparing the field of their dreams in a Chicago cemetery, the AP reports, where 280 "eternal skyboxes" will be available in a replica of Wrigley Field's center wall.
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OPINION
Tribune identifies players who can reverse a midseason swoon
Chicago Tribune Jul 8, 08 12:09 PM CDT
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Despite a National League-best 53-36 record, all is not well in Wrigleyville, Paul Sullivan writes in the Chicago Tribune . The Cubs need these seven guys to step up and insure that Sweet Lou’s “100-year thing” doesn’t become a 101-year thing: Sean Marshall: Lefty pitcher needs to keep up his