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Did one week in July determine the outcome of this World Series?
CLEVELAND – If Sunday night at Wrigley Field was any indication, the Cubs made the right decision by pursuing Door No. 2 with Aroldis Chapman in trade talks with the Yankees at the summer deadline....
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Schwarber to bat second for Cubs in Game 6 of World Series
CLEVELAND — Kyle Schwarber returns to the Cubs lineup as the designated hitter at the American League park Tuesday night, batting second in Game 6 of the World Series against the Indians. Schwarber...
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Tuesday’s lineup a glimpse into Cubs’, Schwarber’s 2017?
CLEVELAND – Joe Maddon wasn’t looking past trying to win Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday, but in the process the Cubs’ manager might have offered a glimpse into his lineup plans for next April...
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7 top moments from Cubs 7-game World Series win over Indians
1. Kyle Schwarber’s return: After what was thought to be a season-ending knee injury in the Cubs’ third regular-season game, Schwarber returned to the lineup for Game 1 of the World Series in...
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STEINBERG: The Cubs miracle we waited for is finally upon us
It starts with a ball. Foam, rubber or one of those hollow plastic spheres that comes in a set with a fat red bat. A parent rolls that ball to a toddler. And the baby, joyful, grabs the ball in a fat...
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Sneed: Cubs won, parade over, now time for the musical
Follow @sneedlings Scoopsville . . . The season is over. The parade is past. The boys of summer weren’t bummers. Sneed has learned a team of writers and producers has been working on a musical about...
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Sneed exclusive: Archbishop’s missive from the pope
Follow @sneedlings The cardinal’s story . . . Few words. Tall orders. Sneed hears Archbishop Blase J. Cupich was sent a personal letter by Pope Francis on Oct. 9 officially naming him a cardinal,...
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Stand pat to improve? That’s Cubs’ plan with their lineup
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Cubs head into this week’s winter meetings with less urgent business than they’ve had during any winter in recent memory in which they’ve had championship aspirations. It’s...
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Cubs cast wide net for pitching but don’t expect to land big one
NATIONAL HARBER, Md. – The Cubs publicly cop to exactly two things when it comes to their efforts to upgrade their pitching staff – particularly their bullpen – during this week’s winter meetings:...
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Will Schwarber replace Fowler as Cubs’ leadoff hitter in 2017?
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Barring a surprise acquisition, Kyle Schwarber could be in the mix to share the Cubs’ leadoff spot vacated by departing free agent Dexter Fowler, manager Joe Maddon said Tuesday....
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Cubs, Trump, and more: Sun-Times’ staff picks top stories of 2016
It can now be said: The Cubs FINALLY won the World Series. For Cubs fans, that was the best news in, well, 108 years. Even for kinda-sorta baseball fans, it was a welcome relief from much of the grim,...
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Sustained success? That starts now, says Schwarber
Talk about dynasties all you want when it comes to the Cubs with their 200 wins the last two years, their historic championship last fall and their young core of talent. But don’t expect much dialogue...
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Not just a pretty bat? Cubs’ Schwarber says he can ‘D’-liver more
MESA, Ariz. — Kyle Schwarber already is a two-time postseason hitting hero for the Cubs. The tales and expectations of his magical bat reached near mythical proportions last fall as he returned early...
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Out on a limb: How Schwarber might handle catching after injury
MESA, Ariz. — If Kyle Schwarber has any real future as a catcher, his brief bullpen session Thursday with John Lackey might have offered a glimpse into what it might look like. Think Tony Pena or...
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Cubs’ Schwarber has no illusions about major role as catcher
MESA, Ariz. — Kyle Schwarber wants to make one thing clear about this whole catching thing: He’s planning to be an emergency third catcher, not fill any role bigger than that. “With the National...
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Cubs, White Sox Friday spring training report
Kyle Schwarber figures to get the most looks — at least early in the season — in the leadoff spot for the Cubs. Schwarber doesn’t fit the mold of your classic leadoff hitter, but with the talent...
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Can Schwarber go from legend of the fall to early riser for Cubs?
MESA, Ariz. — After 103 wins and a World Series title last year, the Cubs like their chances of becoming even more formidable in 2017. And one of the reasons boils down to the most improbable fact in...
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Kyle Schwarber a ‘very good’ left fielder? Cubs’ manager says so
MESA, Ariz. — Lots of folks remember how rough it was for Kyle Schwarber in left field during the National League Championship Series in 2015. In the seventh inning of a close Game 3 against the Mets...
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Former No. 1 pick Ian Happ, sizzling at plate, learning Cubs ways
MESA, Ariz. — Ian Happ is crushing it. The 2015 first-round draft pick is batting .407 with a pair of home runs and seven RBI in 27 spring at-bats. It follows his strong offensive showing last season,...
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Cubs’ Jake Arrieta works around ‘feel’ issues, strikes out five
MESA, Ariz. — There was a two-batter sequence in the third inning of the Cubs’ 9-8 loss to the Padres when starting pitcher Jake Arrieta “felt left-handed,” as he put it. What gives? He was kidding, of...
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