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National League Central preview
Tribune baseball reporterDesperate men do desperate things. For Milwaukee Brewers general manager Doug Melvin, it made sense to give Eric Gagne a one-year contract paying him $10 million. Melvin needed a closer, having been unable to keep Francisco Cordero from free agency....Tags: Darin Erstad, Jason Kendall, Preston Wilson, Major League Baseball, Geoff Blum
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Cubs get 10,000th win, need 10 innings vs. Rockies
Tribune reporterMost of the first 9,999 victories in Cubs history were fairly easy compared to Wednesday night's 10,000th at Coors Field. In fitting fashion for a team with as much wacky history as the Cubs, they mounted a ninth-inning comeback against Colorado on...Tags: Derrek Lee, Major League Baseball, Aramis Ramirez, Felix Pie, Chicago White Sox
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Astros' 7-run inning ruins Reds
Kazuo Matsui sparked Houston's seven-run rally with a two-run single, and the Astros coasted to their fourth straight victory Wednesday night, 9-3 over the unsettled Cincinnati Reds. Houston has won four in a row for the first time since last May. Ken...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves
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NL Central: Perhaps Brewers finally can rise
ken.davidoff@newsday.comIt's arguably baseball's worst division, yet it has the defending world champion. Gotta love small sample sizes. In any case, those reigning champs, the St. Louis Cardinals, lost a significant amount of talent after the celebration, and they'll be...Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Braden Looper, Major League Baseball, Aramis Ramirez, Milwaukee Brewers
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Tags: Abraham Nunez, Darin Erstad, Josh Paul, Matt Stairs, Jason Kendall
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Cubs come back, hold on to beat Cardinals
Tribune staff reporterThere may be no better role model for the 2007 Cubs than the St. Louis Cardinals, who accidentally fell into the postseason last October with only 83 wins but managed to win the World Series anyway. With the National League in its weakest state in years,...Tags: Derrek Lee, Alfonso Soriano, Major League Baseball, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Zambrano
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Zambrano remains sharp against Cards
Tribune staff reporterCarlos Zambrano went winless in April 2006 but still managed to tie for the National League lead with 16 victories by season's end. After Saturday's 8-1 triumph over St. Louis at Busch Stadium, Zambrano ended another subpar April with two victories....Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Major League Baseball, Angel Guzman, Felix Pie, Carlos Zambrano
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Pedro lets Mets break even
STAFF CORRESPONDENTThe Mets closed the first half of the season yesterday at PNC Park much the same way they began it in Cincinnati three months earlier. A stellar performance by Pedro Martinez was accompanied by a home run from Carlos Beltran. The only difference,...Tags: Braden Looper, Major League Baseball, New York Mets, Baseball, Pedro Martinez
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Baker: Spread blame around
Tribune staff reporterThe Cubs head into St. Louis on an upbeat note after shutting out the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Sunday for their fourth victory in five games. "You need all the momentum you can get going into St. Louis," manager Dusty Baker said. Jerome Williams (5-7)...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Nomar Garciaparra, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Cubs sweep Pirates
The Associated PressNomar Garciaparra homered, Jerome Williams pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Williams (5-7), who had lost four of five decisions and got only five outs in...Tags: Pittsburgh Pirates, Nomar Garciaparra, Craig Wilson, Major League Baseball, Jack Wilson
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This 'W' means a lot to Dempster
Tribune staff reporterA victory in April isn't supposed to mean as much as one win in September, but don't try to tell that to Ryan Dempster. The Cubs right-hander earned his first victory as a starter since July 11, 2003, with a 4-3 triumph Saturday night over Pittsburgh...Tags: Latroy Hawkins, Major League Baseball, Aramis Ramirez, Chicago White Sox, Jack Wilson
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This week in fantasy baseball
Before I get into this week's column, I'm taking a minute to fill out an All-Star ballot at mlb.com, with some interesting results. After three weeks of the season, you'd be hard-pressed to find a first baseman worthy of representing the AL at this year'...Tags: Shea Hillenbrand, Dmitri Young, Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Tejada, New York Yankees
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Oct 31, 2007
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Jul 24, 2007
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Jul 11, 2005
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Apr 28, 2005
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