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National League preview: Now that the Red Sox have won a World Series, how about the Cubs at least getting to one?
March 31, 2005
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NFL Week 2: Fast starters, hurry and get your bragging in now before reality hits. Plus: A Very Special Barry Bonds MVP Stat of the Day, starring Jim Edmonds.
September 17, 2004
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Introducing the Barry Bonds for MVP Stat of the Day, through which the lunatic argument that there are other candidates will be patiently debunked.
September 13, 2004
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American athletes really do need to learn how to behave at the Olympics: The readers write.
August 12, 2004
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Greg Maddux is a 300-game winner and a wonderful role model. Our Olympians are being asked to act more like him. Too bad.
August 10, 2004
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Better living through chemistry: Does trading away your team's heart and soul really mean anything? The next two months will offer some clues.
August 2, 2004
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Gay baseball players, NBA criminals, Gagne's streak vs. DiMaggio's and my favorite sport vs. yours vs. that guy's over there: The readers write.
July 16, 2004
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Baby steps toward acceptance: A survey says 3 of 4 big leaguers would have "no problem" with a gay teammate. Plus: Could Dusty Baker's "game a week" theory really work?
July 13, 2004
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Cubs manager Dusty Baker: We just need to gain a game a week. Translation: We're screwed. Plus: The Futures Game.
July 12, 2004
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National League ballot: Griffey and Sosa have the star power, but what does poor Bobby Abreu have to do to make an All-Star team?
July 1, 2004
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The mystique of Cubs fans' loyalty to their lovable losers is safe. Plus: A classic Game 7 pitching matchup presages what should be a classic World Series.
October 16, 2003
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Free the fan down the line! The Cubs' monumental pratfall wasn't his fault, and you'd have reached for that ball too. Plus: Yanks play second fiddle.
October 15, 2003
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Don't make those World Series plans yet, Cubs fans. Plus: How long does it take an angry slugger to walk 60 feet? And: Beat up an old guy for the team!
October 13, 2003
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The Marlins beat the Cubs in extra innings, but the real upset is that a Fox announcer has some incisive things to say.
October 8, 2003
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Cubs win! Marlins win! Yanks? Well, of course. And the A's and Red Sox fight for their right to party.
October 6, 2003
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The first day of the playoffs gives us tense, thrilling baseball, stupid poll questions and evidence of iron in the Yankees' gloves.
October 1, 2003
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Playoff preview: The Cubs are this year's Yankees, the rock stars of baseball. But the Yankees are still the Yankees.
September 30, 2003
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On the uplifting nature of sports and the cluelessness of sports media, including a certain columnist: The readers write.
September 25, 2003
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The Cleveland Indians are fourth in a weak division, but they rule the Neifi Index.
July 3, 2003
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The buzz of interleague baseball contains the seeds of its own buzz-kill.
June 18, 2003
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But don't worry, it wouldn't be baseball season without some discord and corruption.
By King Kaufman
March 28, 2003
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Some things to remember: Jim Thome's worth the money, the Phillies haven't won anything yet, and the Cubs and White Sox are still the Cubs and
White Sox.
By King Kaufman
December 6, 2002
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After a sudden end to the Yankees' season, George Steinbrenner is not the type to act rationally when a situation calls for panic.
By Keith Olbermann
October 9, 2002
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By Allen Barra
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July 13, 2000
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The Cubs know they can lose games and draw capacity crowds with or without Sammy Sosa and his big salary, so they're going to dump him. How is that different from throwing games for gambling money?
By Allen Barra
July 7, 2000
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