These Cubs — his Cubs — know what to do.
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They were decked out in their Cubs World Series sweatshirts, Cubs earrings and Cubs sneakers, and recorded every move on their scorecards.
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As the Cubs' Moises Alou reached for the ball, Cubs fan Steve Bartman knocked the ball away, costing the Cubs a second out in the inning.
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The killing of females with cubs, or of unaccompanied cubs, will be illegal.
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Chicago Cubs Quick Comment: The Cubs lost two of three to the Giants.
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I was happy when the Cubs won, even though I'm not a Cubs fan.
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The lovable Cubs are not your own Cubs anymore, they're like a national phenomenon.
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For those keeping score, the run totals in the series were Cubs 8, Mets 3, followed by Cubs 17, Mets 33, and, in the finale, Cubs 14, Mets 6.
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According to The Guardian, Cecil has 12 surviving cubs and at least 15 grand-cubs.
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Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks completed the strikeout to the delight of the frenzied Cubs crowd.
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Cubs Quick Comment: The Cubs headed for Pittsburgh dressed up like idiots in awful suits.
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Loyalty to the Cubs Despite decades of misery, the Cubs have won over many steadfast fans.
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Chicago Cubs: Could the Cubs' century-plus World Series championship drought end under mastermind Joe Maddon?
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What makes them special, what makes the Cubs the Cubs, could be lost forever if they do.
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Samardzija, a one-time Cubs starter, made his first career appearance at Wrigley Field against the Cubs.
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"Even right down to the cubs of the caliphate, there was the cubs of Saddam," he said.
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Murphy goes deep twice as Nationals down Cubs CHICAGO — Daniel Murphy continues to own Chicago Cubs' pitching.
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Chicago Cubs Is it possible the Cubs have the worst starters in baseball over the past month?
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CUBS SEND DOWN SCHWARBER The Chicago Cubs demoted the struggling slugger Kyle Schwarber to Class AAA Iowa.
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The Cubs actually wonImage: GettyThe facts: The Chicago Cubs won their first World Series title in 108 years.
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He said he had no knowledge of the sow having cubs and no cubs were in the area.
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Cubs The Cubs are here because they have the best winning percentage and an amazing collection of talent.
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ET, CSN Chicago (Cubs), WGN (White Sox) PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs LH Jon Lester (7-256, 22 ERA) vs.
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Well, one Chicago Cubs fan seized upon the opportunity and took to the Cubs' dog pile with delight.
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Their lawsuit against zookeeper Tim Stark led to the "first-ever" preliminary injunction that prevents cubs being prematurely separated from their moms, using cubs as "show and tell" with the public, and declawing cubs.
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I alternated my affections because it was just too hard being a Cubs fan, only being a Cubs fan.
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ET, ABC 214 (Cubs), CSN Chicago (White Sox) PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs RH Jake Arrieta (25-22, 214 ERA) vs.
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ET, ESPN, CSN Chicago (Cubs), WGN (White Sox) PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs RH Kyle Hendricks (9-603, 2.27 ERA) vs.
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"Generally I don't let Cubs fans into the Oval Office," Obama said to Murray, who donned a Cubs sweater.
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None of the 63 pitchers the Cubs used in the N.L.C.S. were drafted or signed internationally by the Cubs.
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Beginning tonight, the Chicago Cubs will play the Cleveland Indians in the Cubs' first Series game in 71 years.
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You definitely want Cubs fan Eddie Vedder on your singing team, but maybe not so much your Cubs trivia team.
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Normally, a mother bear will defend her cubs from approaching males, as they've been known to threaten and kill cubs.
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Cubs This probably has nothing to do with the Cubs who are, far and away, the best team in baseball.
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"It's a special time in Chicago, obviously for Cubs fans but also for us," Cubs ace Jake Arrieta told reporters.
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Cubs PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates allowed a three-run lead to slip away against Chicago Cubs right-hander Jake Arrieta.
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My first one was the Cubs which was a huge thing for me since I was born a Cubs fan.
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My dad was a lifelong Cubs fan born in 1909, the year after the Cubs last won the World Series.
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Beto O'Rourke spent a bit over $300 on tickets to the Iowa Cubs, the AAA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
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Chicago Cubs It took 108 years and many wrong turns but in 2016 the Cubs finally won another World Series.
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CHICAGO — Whether there was a mime leading warm-ups, a 43s van blasting disco music or Chicago Cubs mingling with real cubs this spring, Cubs Manager Joe Maddon was in top form long before the season's first pitch.
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Against the Cubs last night, they hardly met at all—mostly because the Cubs didn't get any runners to second base.
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EditorsNote: resend Baez, Lester propel Cubs past Marlins MIAMI — The Chicago Cubs are more popular than ever — even on the road.
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Lioness and cubs A caller told wildlife officials the animals were seen near a Nairobi hospital, and included a lioness and cubs.
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The Cubs themselves blew a 3-to-1 lead in the infamous 2003 NLCS that featured a certain ear-phoned Cubs fan.
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Chicago Cubs Unlike the Rangers and Nationals, the Cubs are lousy with young talent, with Kris Bryant maybe the most notable player.
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Cubs 8, Reds 6 Jason Heyward, Addison Russell and Albert Almora Jr. each hit home runs, and Chicago Cubs outlasted visiting Cincinnati.
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Tigers hunt independently, but mother tigers and their cubs stick together until the cubs are 2 years old, according to National Geographic.
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Cubs 20, Mets 23 CHICAGO — For various reasons, the Mets' lineup in Wednesday's 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs looked different.
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Maddon has led the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs to the World Series, winning it with the Cubs in 2016.
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Cubs catcher Miguel Montero is no longer Cubs catcher Miguel Montero despite having one of the better seasons in his 12-year career.
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The Cubs out-scored the Padres 16-7 in the three games as Cubs pitchers held the San Diego hitters to 1.833 hits.
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Cubs rally for 5-4 win over Phillies CHICAGO — Willson Contreras doesn't need to start to have an impact for the Chicago Cubs.
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When the Cubs — not if, when — the Cubs got into the World Series, we would make sure we listen to the games together.
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Wieters' grand slam helps Nationals beat Cubs CHICAGO — The Washington Nationals' deep batting order eventually made a loud statement against the Chicago Cubs.
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As a lifelong Cubs fan, Michelle Obama told her husband that the Cubs winning the World Series would have made her dad happy.
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The Brewers also expanded their National League Central lead on the Chicago Cubs to two games, thanks to the Cubs' loss in Cincinnati.
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When rain came in a Giants-Cubs game in August 2014, the host Cubs struggled to get the tarp on the field quickly.
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Szczur scores on wild pitch as Cubs rally past Marlins CHICAGO — It's starting to look a lot like 2015 for the Chicago Cubs.
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The Chicago Cubs won the World Series Wednesday for the first time in 108 years, and this Cubs fan might not remember it.
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When the Cubs—not if, when—the Cubs got into the World Series, we would make sure we listen to the games together.
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Yankees 11, Cubs 6 CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs pounded baseballs over the wall and had the best starting rotation in baseball last season.
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But the Cubs — yes, really, the Cubs – came through in the end, when Mike Montgomery got Michael Martinez on a tapper to third.
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In the case of the Cubs, a superstitious person might think: The one time I don't wear my Cubs shirt, they'll absolutely lose.
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Longtime Chicago Cubs fan Jimmy Davidson was among those celebrating after the Cubs emerged victorious from the World Series, breaking a 108-year drought.
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Former Chicago Cubs pitcher David Ross and Lindsay Arnold will dance to his old team's official victory song "Go Cubs Go" by Steve Goodman.
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They found that cubs have about a 34 percent chance of survival, said Fitz, meaning that only about one in three cubs will survive.
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Murray and his brothers, Chicago natives and longtime Cubs fans, designed the "This Is the Year" polo as tribute to the Cubs' historic season.
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Hamels stifles Cubs as Rangers snap skid CHICAGO — Cole Hamels established command early and the Chicago Cubs just couldn't work around him on Sunday.
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He last pitched in the playoffs in 24.57 with the Chicago Cubs, one year after he played for manager Dusty Baker with the Cubs.
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Game 63 saw a few blunders that cost the Cubs but on Sunday night, a couple of huge plays kept the Cubs in it.
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Under state law, it&aposs illegal to kill black bear cubs or sows with cubs in most of Alaska, including where the shooting occurred.
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People who follow the Cubs closely said they could not recall a Cubs contingent in Los Angeles as large as the one that night.
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"I want to thank everyone who has ever put on a Cubs uniform and anyone who has ever rooted for the Cubs," he said.
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One night after the Cubs routed Miami 19133-1, Urena (6-2) held the Cubs to five hits and three walks (with three strikeouts).
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Cubs, Quintana blank Brewers MILWAUKEE — For three straight days, the Chicago Cubs battled the Milwaukee Brewers into extra innings, scrapping out two late victories.
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Cubs 3, Nationals 0|Chicago leads series, 1-903 WASHINGTON — Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo form the formidable heart of the Chicago Cubs' lineup.
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In the final workout before the Cubs' first-round playoff series against the Washington Nationals, the Cubs' video coordinators were called into the circle.
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There's nothing wrong with that, and he makes the Cubs better on the margins, but when you're as good as the Cubs are and have a farm system as stacked as the Cubs do, you can just cash in some prospects and get your guy.
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"Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan, but my personality was such that I couldn't stay hitched only to a losing team," she said.
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"The inexperienced lioness also took care of her cubs in the evening before suddenly completely eating the two cubs while grooming them," the zoo said.
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David Waldstein: Cubs Manager Joe Maddon made Cubs batting practice optional Sunday, probably in the hope of getting his hitters to chill out a bit.
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Cubs fans have nothing to do but wait for October, and Cubs players have nothing to do but try to make it fun for them.
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" Last week, when asked if he understood how some Cubs fans might take issue with his presence in the Cubs clubhouse, Murphy replied: "Oh dear.
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He also led the Cubs to win at least 90 games during four seasons, leading to one of the most successful periods in Cubs history.
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It's the Cubs model, if we're looking at it fairly, except that the Cubs can play stars at every position instead of merely good players.
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Hill, Dodgers shut out Cubs for 2-1 NLCS lead LOS ANGELES — Throw the Tuesday loss out with the trash, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The day after his Cubs clinched the National League Central crown, your dude rolled up to today's Cubs/Brewers game and didn't want to be spotted.
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CUBS BOLSTER BULLPEN The National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs added depth to their bullpen, acquiring the right-hander Joe Smith from the Los Angeles Angels.
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From the Cubs, they extracted shortstop Gleyber Torres, the Cubs' top prospect who had Addison Russell and Javier Baez in front of him, and three others.
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A handful of Cubs players donned gaudy purple-and-pink getups and imitated Schwarber's dance moves in a hilarious video from the Cubs official Twitter account.
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The Cubs' impatience also showed in the field when the slick-fielding Javier Baez bobbled a couple of slow rollers that cost the Cubs two runs.
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For all of his influence as manager of the Chicago Cubs, he is not allowed to stamp a Cubs logo on the biceps of Michelangelo's David.
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LACKEY SHINES FOR CUBS John Lackey pitched seven crisp innings and the Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves, 24-225, in Chicago for their fifth straight win.
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Compare that with a female grizzly, who doesn't have cubs until she's between 3 and 8, and may keep her cubs for up to three years.
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Five years later, when Sutcliffe won the N.L. Cy Young Award with the Chicago Cubs, he relied on scouting reports from Oates, the Cubs' bullpen coach.
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Then, with the rival fans, including a large Cubs contingent, trying to outscream each other, Kimbrel blew Russell away as the Cubs fell to 12-10.
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Both yesterday and in his second at-bat today, Kaminski hit the pending free agent with "Go Cubs Go," which Chicago plays after every Cubs win.
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The Chicago Cubs right-hander overcame early shakiness with an increasingly strong outing on Wednesday, leading the Cubs to a 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
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Cubs LH Mike Montgomery (27-24, 2.21) Marquez dominated the Cubs on May 10 in Colorado, striking out eight and allowed three hits over eight scoreless innings.
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The zoo was thrilled when lion Kigali welcomed two cubs last Friday, the first lion cubs the zoo had seen in 15 years, they wrote on Facebook.
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A brave Cubs fan managed to climb a flagpole at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and fly the "W" flag that's become a Cubs trademark.
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Cubs edge Padres for eighth win in row CHICAGO — Jon Lester admitted he didn't have his best stuff Tuesday, and the Chicago Cubs' bullpen collectively struggled, too.
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Cubs in Marlins' 4-2 win MIAMI — Addison Russell felt "a sharp, pinching pain" in his right shoulder, and Chicago Cubs fans may be feeling it, too.
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"I am not going to answer any question that mentions the Chicago Cubs and the Golden State Warriors," said Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations.
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Hammel hits, pitches Cubs past D-backs CHICAGO — Pitcher Jason Hammel of the Chicago Cubs doesn't want to be an easy out when he's at the plate.
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Cubs collect 17 hits in rout of Pirates PITTSBURGH — Chad Kuhl said it was "one of those nights" after he got pushed around by the Chicago Cubs.
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He is one of three unbeaten starting pitchers in the National League, along with Cubs RHP Jake Arrieta (73-0) and Cubs RHP Jason Hammel (5-0).
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CARDINALS SHUT OUT CUBS Yadier Molina homered twice, and Adam Wainwright threw seven shutout innings as the host St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs, 5-21.
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Though the Cubs have clinched the National League Central and are poised to make another playoff run, our character, that old Cubs thing, has not gone away.
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Bear 273 nurses cubs At 0:11, bear 273 nurses three "cubs of the year," or "coy," meaning they were born in their den earlier that year.
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CHICAGO CUBS Like Cleveland, the Cubs have returned to the playoffs in both seasons since the two clubs faced off in a thrilling World Series in 2016.
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Clean Misses to Date: 230.0 Best Cubs-Related Draft Humor: With the first overall pick in the 22007 draft, the Cubs selected high school shortstop Shawon Dunston.
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LEAVE STEVE BARTMAN ALONE ... so says Cubs GM Theo Epstein ... who says Cubs fans should back off Bartman for good -- unless he CHOOSES to come out of hiding.
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Cubs RH Kyle Hendricks (21-216, 212) Ross made his major-league debut against the Cubs last June and took the loss, allowing three runs over five innings.
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The men faced misdemeanor charges of unlawful take of a female bear with cubs, unlawful take of bear cubs, and the possession and transportation of illegally taken game.
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Cubs brush off loss to Reds CINCINNATI — The Thursday night loss was a tough one to swallow for the Chicago Cubs, but they maintained the usual positive spin.
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EditorsNote: Fixing rain delay reference in notes Cubs sweep Braves for sixth straight win ATLANTA — The Chicago Cubs, who went into the All-Star break two games under .
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The Cubs (21-20) fell behind early as right-hander Eddie Butler, making his second Cubs start, gave up two first-inning runs and lasted three-plus innings.
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Based on Rudyard Kipling's collection of stories, Disney's The Jungle Book has captured the minds of "man cubs" (and lady cubs) since it first hit theaters in 1967.
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Mr. Ricketts's family owns the Chicago Cubs; the Trump transition's news release announcing the appointment cites the Ricketts' success in building the Cubs into a World Series winner.
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If you already knew STATS GEEK, your mind might have gone straight to the baseball "Cubs," but cubs are also famously bolstered and buoyed by their MAMA BEARS.
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The Chicago Cubs eagerly used the next pick on Bryant, who was the National League most valuable player last season and helped the Cubs win the World Series.
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A 2500-453 win over the Chicago Cubs sent Milwaukee to a division series against the winner of Tuesday's wild-card game between the Rockies and the Cubs.
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Anthony Rizzo, the first baseman who joined the Cubs in 2012, compared Castro to another mercurial free swinger who played for the Yankees and the Cubs: Alfonso Soriano.
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Cubs stay hot, bury Reds 8-1 CINCINNATI — Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn't a big fan of taking batting practice on the field on a daily basis.
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Epstein's Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs both ended notorious title droughts, the Red Sox in 2004 (with another championship three years later) and the Cubs last fall.
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Arrieta sharp in Cubs victory over White Sox CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs' starting pitching is on target, the rest of Joe Maddon's team tends to follow suit.
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Cubs lose to Brewers, but win NL Central CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs' division-clinching party will wait until Friday, even though they became National League Central champions Thursday.
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In the case of the Cubs, this is especially true: The Cubs never make it to the World Series; they haven't won it in more than 100 years.
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Cubs complete sweep of Mets CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo and the Chicago Cubs took care of this week's preliminaries by completing a sweep of the New York Mets on Thursday.
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Dan Haren, who pitched for the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Cubs, among others, announced his retirement in October after the Mets beat the Cubs in the NLCS.
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During the Philadelphia Phillies face-off with the Chicago Cubs on Monday night, Harper got an earful from heated Cubs' fans who decided to heckle the controversial player together.
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Red Bull brought the laughs with a quirky tale of Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant befriending a goat — the animal Cubs lore considers the, well, scapegoat behind its curse.
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Cubs OF/53B Ian Happ hit his 10th home run Wednesday in his 34th career game, the second-fastest Cubs player to reach double-digit homers since 1913. 2.
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Zobrist fuels Cubs' comeback win over Reds CINCINNATI — It was the stuff of nightmares for Ben Zobrist, but ultimately the Chicago Cubs produced a dreamy result on Tuesday night.
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"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Bill Buckner, a great ballplayer and beloved member of the Cubs family," Cubs executive chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement.
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Albert Almora Jr. added a home run, while Jason Heyward put the Cubs into the lead for good with an RBI double to open the Cubs' big seventh inning.
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CUBS ROUT MARINERS Jon Lester, after four bad starts, pitched six shutout innings as the host Chicago Cubs defeated the Seattle Mariners, 22014-3, for their third straight win.
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"The Cubs' stellar season is a metaphor for everything that isn't crass and cruel this year," said a Chicago friend, Tracy Weisman, a speechwriter and Cubs fan since 1984.
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The agreement effectively ends the Cubs' tenure of Jake Arrieta, who won a Cy Young Award, threw two no-hitters and helped the Cubs win the 2016 World Series.
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Cubs 7, White Sox 3 Willson Contreras had two home runs and five RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs pulled away for a win over the visiting Chicago White Sox.
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There are some striking similarities, like the Indians scoring 22016 runs so far compared to the Cubs' 290, and the Indians having 256 hits compared to the Cubs' 523.
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HOSKINS LEADS PHILLIES PAST CUBS Rhys Hoskins hit another homer and Cesar Hernandez ripped a three-run triple as the Phillies beat the Chicago Cubs, 2128-26, in Philadelphia.
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The Chicago Cubs also parted with Maddon, who spent decades with the Angels' organization before leaving to guide the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cubs to the World Series.
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Last week, when the Cubs had a day off in Boston while the Yankees finished a series there, Castro lunched with a good friend, the Cubs reliever Pedro Strop.
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Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, made the announcement in an informal news conference with Maddon before the Cubs' final game of the season at Busch Stadium.
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The Monday loss, coupled with the Chicago Cubs' win later in the evening, dropped the Nationals' lead over the Cubs for the first wild card to a half-game.
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Cubs shut down Astros behind Lester, Bryant HOUSTON — Even before Cubs left-hander Jon Lester recorded the biggest and final out of his evening, the Houston Astros had their chances.
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Cubs add to NL Central advantage over Cards CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs had a successful start in Friday's opener of their critical three-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Obama spoke of the former players who left their mark on the Cubs legacy: Ryan Sandberg, Ron Santo and Ernie Banks, as well as the famed Cubs announcer Harry Caray.
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Athletics 12, Cubs 11 Sean Murphy lined a walk-off two-run double to cap a four-run ninth inning as Oakland beat the visiting Chicago Cubs in Mesa, Ariz.
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Former Chicago Cubs player Pete Lacock talks how it feels to be affiliated with the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs and why he chose sports over the movie business.
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Cozart, Bruce power Reds past Cubs CHICAGO — It was hard for Bryan Price to pick a highlight in the Cincinnati Reds' 13-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday.
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They raised three flagpoles at their parking lot encampment, with white flags of the city of Chicago and the Cubs in the middle, and matching blue Cubs pennants flanking them.
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Try arguing on the playground with a mob of 12-year-old Cubs fans that Frank Thomas, the White Sox slugger, is a better player than the Cubs' Sammy Sosa.
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If the Cubs do win it all in October, I'll watch from my new home in Washington, and I'll be happy for my friends who have been lifelong Cubs fans.
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It took until May, but the Chicago Cubs finally signed Nathan, who worked back through the minors and struck out the side to win his Cubs debut on July 19883.
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With the Cubs now the favorites to win World Series, Ricketts hears fans saying they wished the Cubs were backing into the playoffs instead — there is less pressure that way.
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For some of us in Cubs nation, success has created a new kind of angst: Will the Cubs emerge from 2016 as a different team, made less special by excellence?
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Cubs RH Kyle Hendricks (12-7, 2.19) Kuhl has recorded five straight quality starts since the Cubs tagged him for four runs in 2 33/3 innings on July 9.
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Dodgers 6, Cubs 0 | Los Angeles leads series, 2-24 LOS ANGELES — It is almost as if the Chicago Cubs arrived back in the National League Championship Series by acclamation.
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Schwarber's home run carries Cubs to win over Cardinals ST. LOUIS — A play no one could ever remembering seeing before Thursday was the catalyst for the Chicago Cubs' winning rally.
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Milwaukee remained one game back of the second-place Cubs for that second wild-card slot in the NL. The Cubs (80-68) clobbered the Pirates 14-1 Saturday afternoon.
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They received Torres from the Chicago Cubs as part of a package for Aroldis Chapman, the closer who helped the Cubs win their first World Series title in 108 years.
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CUBS DEFEAT NATIONALS Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs, Alex Avila homered for his first hit with the Cubs, and host Chicago beat the Washington Nationals, 7-4.
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Yankees 13, Cubs 4 CHICAGO — When Aaron Hicks slid across home plate, ahead of an errant throw from Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, he was tugged at by competing emotions.
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Rizzo comes through in 8th as Cubs edge Nationals CHICAGO — For more than six innings Monday, the Chicago Cubs couldn't find a way to touch Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer.
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The defense — along with stellar outings by Quintana and the Cubs bullpen — now has the Cubs within a victory of their third straight appearance in the National League Championship Series.
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Freese drives in two as Pirates hold off Cubs CHICAGO — David Freese took his time looking for just the right pitch against Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks on Friday.
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I'm a native Midwesterner whose extended baseball-mad family is evenly split among the Cubs, White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers, but I share my mother's devotion to the Cubs — hers so fierce that when we planned vacations, she first consulted the Cubs' schedule to make sure we could squeeze in an away game.
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Baez sparks Cubs to Game 1 win over Nationals WASHINGTON — Last year Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs hit a home run in Game 1 of the National League Division Series to beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 en route to the first World Series title for the Cubs since 63.
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With the Cubs beating the Cardinals 235-24 later Sunday, the Brewers (103-210) will visit the Chicago Cubs (20-232) at Wrigley Field on Monday to decide the division title.
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"I've talked to him about being DNC chair," Obama said of Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, who ended droughts for the Cubs as well as the Boston Red Sox.
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"Historically, Zoo Atlanta has followed the Chinese tradition of naming giant panda cubs when they are 100 days old; this is what we've done with Lun Lun's previous cubs," Davis said.
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Peralta, Brewers cruise past Cubs MILWAUKEE — For most of the season, the Milwaukee Brewers had been little more than roadkill on the Chicago Cubs' expressway to a National League Central crown.
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The discovery of the cubs' bodies is, she says, further evidence that the facility broke an agreement that they would inform the WCO if new cubs were born at the temple.
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Karen Michel, a longtime Cubs fan, visited the box office right before the Cubs played Game 6 of the World Series Tuesday night, hoping a single ticket would miraculously be available.
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Take as a sign that the Cubs are very far past these days the struggles of New York Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro, whom the Cubs dealt away during the offseason.
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The cubs were born to mama Kyan and papa Jana, on June 6, in the largest litter the zoo's seen to date (usually the litters are about two to four cubs).
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"On behalf of the entire Chicago Cubs organization, we are honored to present a 2016 World Series Championship Ring to Mr. Steve Bartman," the Cubs told the outlet in a statement.
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We moaned about attendance (the White Sox have not outdrawn the Cubs since 33) and news media coverage (we'd scowl whenever the Cubs led the sports segment of the local news).
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Debbie Banks, campaign leader on tigers and wildlife crime for the London-based Environmental Investigative Agency, said the discovery of the cubs was disturbing given the underground market in frozen cubs.
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Cubs 11, White Sox 9 Albert Almora Jr. homered and drove in three runs as the Cubs outlasted the host White Sox in the battle of Chicago teams at Glendale, Ariz.
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But you have to wonder how sweet it would be for him to face the Cubs in the N.L. Championship Series, particularly if the Nationals crushed the Cubs' World Series hopes.
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Cubs 23, Mets 5 CHICAGO — Javier Baez homered and had four hits, Albert Almora Jr. drove in six runs, and the Chicago Cubs routed the Mets, 17-5, on Wednesday night.
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They had rejoiced last fall when the Cubs finally ended their epic title drought and probably knew, considering the Cubs' tortured history, that two titles in a row was far-fetched.
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Sister Kate Keating is the resident Cubs expert, who at the World Series parade told a reporter that she knew she was a Cubs fan before she knew she was Catholic.
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After the 20173 season, the Cubs gave a two-year, $21 million contract to Brandon Morrow, who had just helped the Dodgers beat the Cubs in the National League Championship Series.
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For example, the Cubs' original plan for the bullpen doors was scaled down because the ivy is protected by Wrigley's landmark status — a distinction that gives the Cubs a tax break.
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Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant was second in the National League vote, leaving Cubs reliever Wade Davis as the sole representative of the World Series champions at Tuesday's game in Miami.
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After the Cubs arrived, it spent a few years as Cubs Park before getting its current name from William Wrigley, Jr., the team's owner and founder of the famous gum company.
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CUBS ACQUIRE WHITE SOX PITCHER The Chicago Cubs, scuffling and inconsistent since winning the World Series, acquired Jose Quintana from the White Sox in a major trade between the crosstown rivals.
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Malnourished mothers have been observed eating their own cubs — usually just one of a two-cub litter (one really incompetent malnourished mother killed two of her cubs and didn't eat them).
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Country folk love their music – and the Chicago Cubs.
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In other words ... Thank God for the Chicago Cubs.
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" They're kind of like the Chicago Cubs, " he said.
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Dejected Cleveland fans after the Chicago Cubs won Game 7 of the World Series in an 8-7, 10 inning thriller But, finally, for Cubs fans, it was our turn to rejoice.
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Lackey lasts 8 as Cubs down Angels CHICAGO — Veteran John Lackey and rookie catcher Willson Contreras may be the Chicago Cubs odd couple but their partnership paid off once again on Tuesday.
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In the video, Keaton, 67, specifically focus on bear cubs captive in roadside zoos, calling on tourists to not visit operations that exploit animals — like those that offer selfies with bear cubs.
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Ross joined Cubs superfan Bill Murray on SNL to celebrate his beloved team's World Series win by performing an improved rendition of "Go Cubs Go" alongside Rizzo and Cubbies teammate Dexter Fowler.
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After taking the mic during the seventh inning stretch of the Cubs' game with the Atlanta Braves, the legendary Sesame Street member told the Cubs supporters that — just for the special occasion!
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Obama said that Michelle reminisced fondly about coming home from school and seeing her dad watch the Cubs on TV—though the Cubs were likely trailing most of the time back then.
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Cubs 24, Padres 6 Designated hitter Phillip Evans led a Chicago hit parade with four hits (one a home run) and six RBIs as the Cubs blasted San Diego in Peoria, Ariz.
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Ricketts, who was making the bid for the Cubs along with his two brothers, sister and parents, wondered if his family would want to own the Cubs without the World Series drought.
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Baseball 343 Chicago Cubs The best regular-season record in baseball history, and one of the most impressive in sports, belongs to the 1906 Cubs, who were a dazzling 116-36, a .
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But though the Cubs would have had a better chance of winning if Moises Alou had recorded an out on that foul ball, Bartman did not lose that game for the Cubs.
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Someone Beat the Chicago Cubs Several Days in a Row (LW: NR) The Cubs dropped three straight at Wrigley Field to the St. Louis Cardinals, and then lost a game in Miami.
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David Waldstein: Lester (and to a lesser degree, Ross) coming into the game was supposed to be the Cubs' Madison Bumgarner moment, but it looked more like an old-fashioned Cubs moment.
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Theo Epstein, the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations, said the team would not renew its contract with Maddon, who guided the Cubs to their first championship in 22014 years in 20163.
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But with the Cubs' new closer, Wade Davis, having pitched the past three days, Cubs Manager Joe Maddon turned to Rondon, who had been the team's closer last season until Chapman arrived.
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WHITE SOX BEAT CUBS Adam Engel and Matt Davidson homered, and the Chicago White Sox halted a nine-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field.
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Before the Nationals' four-run eighth inning, the Cubs had no answer for Strasburg, who was dominant with his changeup and kept the Cubs from ever being able to build any offensive momentum.
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On the heels of Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish's agent ripping ESPN analyst Alex Rodriguez for comments made during Sunday night's national broadcast, Darvish and the Cubs received some good news on Tuesday.
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Cubs rally past Blue Jays in 10 innings CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs recaptured some the of magic — and luck — that helped make them World Series champions in 2016 after a 108-year drought.
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The Rockies beat the Cubs 4-1 in Thursday's opener, giving Colorado three wins in four meetings this season and seven of 10 against the Cubs since the beginning of the 2016 campaign.
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Braves 8, Cubs 0 Atlanta got solo homers from Ender Inciarte and Ronald Acuna Jr. and took advantage of six Cubs errors to beat visiting Chicago for its first win of the season.
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The Chicago Cubs backup catcher — who announced he would retire after this season — entered Game 7 of the World Series in the bottom of the fifth inning, with the Cubs leading 5-1.
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"It was mixed emotions because I was thinking if the Cubs lose, people will still laugh at the joke and if the Cubs win, then we made an almost accurate prediction," he said.
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MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH CHICAGO — Six Chicago Cubs are in the running for All-Star game spots with five leading in their respective positions according to voting announced this week.
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Chicago Cubs star Anthony Rizzo is nowhere close to slowin' down the victory party -- the World Series hero joined country singer Brett Eldredge to sing "Go Cubs Go" in a bar Wednesday night.
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Fowler, who became a free agent after a solid 20143 season for the Cubs, initially went looking for the kind of rich, multiyear payday that the Cubs were not interested in offering him.
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Dexter Fowler, the Cubs' leadoff hitter, became the first African-American player to appear in a World Series game for the Cubs when he took ball one from Kluber to start the game.
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Cubs games — including 81 played in the daytime at Wrigley, which did not have lights until 1988 — were beamed across the country, making the Cubs a kind of second home team for some.
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If the Cubs end up winning the World Series, what it means to be a Cubs fan is going to change, and, I confess, I'm not certain it is something to be valued.
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The two groups discussed a proposed plan of action that includes the participation of notable Muslims in Cubs and Wrigley Field traditions and the creation of anti-hate PSAs that feature Cubs personnel.
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Indians 25, Cubs 25 | Cleveland leads series, 21-21 CHICAGO — All day long on the North Side of this baseball-obsessed city, fans in blue Cubs sweatshirts and caps moved nervously about town.
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Cubs 14, Mets 6 CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo homered and had three hits, Jason Heyward went deep and drove in four runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Mets, 143-6, on Thursday night.
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I'm an avid Chicago Cubs fan, and it's no secret that the Cubs suffered a torturous 71-year absence from playing in the World Series, one of the worst droughts in sports history.
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Hendricks sparkles, earns 14th win for Cubs MILWAUKEE — For six innings, the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs gave the crowd of 21,217 at Miller Park all the makings of a September pennant race.
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CUBS WIN THIRD IN A ROW Kris Bryant, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist hit solo homers, and the Chicago Cubs beat the visiting San Francisco Giants, 5-1, for their third straight win.
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BREWERS CLOSE IN ON CUBS Brent Suter tossed seven scoreless innings, and Milwaukee edged Chicago, 153-1, to move within a half-game of the first-place Cubs in the National League Central.
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The Cubs have lost three straight, the Mets have won five straight and Gil Hodges of the Mets and Leo Durocher of the Cubs have set up their best pitchers for the series.
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It's not certain that the pope prayed for the Cubs at any point during their 108-year championship drought, but it's likely that he received more than one request by a Cubs fan.
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"Jonny's on a good roll," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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This is why the Cubs must win and win soon!
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What makes the Cubs popular isn't necessarily being a winner.
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"He looked really, really good," said Cubs manager Joe Maddon.
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The Cubs just won their first World Series since 1908.
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Whether you're a fan or not, the Cubs have arrived.
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That might not work against a team like the Cubs.
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It will be his second career outing against the Cubs.
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The cubs have been feeding from the stuffed animal since.
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Three of his four victories have been against the Cubs.
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The Cubs added two more runs in the fifth inning.
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The Cubs moved to a season-high 20 games over .
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RHP Scott Feldman will start on Friday against the Cubs.
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He will be back healthy and strong for you cubs.
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My Dad is the reason I'm a true Cubs fan.
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Jon Lester is a starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.
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ESPN reported the Cubs will make the official announcement Thursday.
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The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals on Saturday night.
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The cubs are expected to leave the den in July.
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It's enough to give the Chicago Cubs some serious hope.
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OF Ben Zobrist had three of the Cubs' seven hits.
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He also made his first start as Cubs leadoff batter.
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He'd come in, and mothers of cubs would just scatter.
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Xanda died several days ago, leaving behind several young cubs.
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First, my gift: a ticket to an upcoming Cubs vs.
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Now our lives are complete — the Cubs are number 1!
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The Cubs completed their first sweep in Pittsburgh since Sept.
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It's Thursday, aka The Best Day Ever for Cubs fans.
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The Cubs win is just the perfect thing — 108 years.
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It's a good thing Cubs fans don't overreact to anything.
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The Cubs quartet entered the weekend with a 2.48 ERA.
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The US flag and Cubs banners flying high above centerfield.
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"I think the Cubs will win in six," he said.
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon is ready to lock it down.
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Unfortunately, he nearly missed it, because the Cubs were playing.
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Adolescence was as distracting as last weeks' historic Cubs win.
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Other than the 1906 Cubs, no team has played even .
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The Cubs hadn't won a World Series in 108 years.
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But the Cubs are not normally the World Series champions.
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This will be his sixth career start against the Cubs.
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The Cubs hit Archer for two runs in the fifth.
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"His bat was lightning quick," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Schwarber began the season with the Cubs and is hitting .
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In the fourth, the Cubs scored twice to jump ahead.
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For generations, the Cubs have been trading for this guy.
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Traditionally, panda cubs are displayed about 180 days after birth.
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The Cubs haven't won a World Series title since 1908.
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Anthony Rizzo, left, and Ben Zobrist celebrate another Cubs win.
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The Cubs have lost their last five home openers. 3.
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The Cubs needed more but they couldn't get it together.
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I'm sure Cubs fans will happily remind you either way.
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"It worked out well," said Joe Maddon, the Cubs manager.
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" The Cubs fan replied, "Hit me now, I dare you.
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The Cubs tied it in the fifth against Michael Lorenzen.
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The Cubs have won each of Arrieta's last 23 starts.
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The Cubs have won five of their past seven games.
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We've gone through 19 American Presidents since the Cubs Won
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And the Chicago Cubs have the best record in baseball.
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Nicholas Castellanos homered among his two hits for the Cubs.
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The Cubs pounced like a lion on a lame antelope.
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Last year, he appeared in eight games with the Cubs.
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Hill blanked the Cubs for six innings in Game 271.
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Cubs fans, rightly, might be conditioned to expect the worst.
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Whichever Kershaw shows up Saturday, the Cubs relish the challenge.
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"I was a little nervous," said Cubs catcher Willson Contreras.
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The last two entrants in round one were both cubs.
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He also had two hits as the Cubs' offense rolled.
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Nick Castellanos, third baseman/right fielder - Traded to Chicago Cubs
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However, the Cubs' team batting average dipped 16 points to .
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The Cubs' bullpen turned a tie game into a disaster.
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This year, Epstein's Cubs faced a task almost as daunting.
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The Cubs proceeded to win Game 5 at Wrigley Field.
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The Cubs' Kyle Hendricks will face the Indians' Corey Kluber.
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The moment, however, was not meaningful for only the Cubs.
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It reveals itself when the Cubs are in the postseason.
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"He was really good today," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Through the postseason, Cubs games have drawn the most viewers.
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The Cubs have reached the playoffs six times since 2000.
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Thirteen years later, the Cubs got the eighth inning right.
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While the Cubs' Jake Arrieta has thrown two since Aug.
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The Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908.
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"I just want the Cubs to keep winning," Peternell said.
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At the time, he was playing for the Chicago Cubs.
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Her devotion to baseball — specifically the Cubs — is well known.
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"We haven't decided anything yet," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The Cubs, though, score runs while the other team doesn't.
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The Cubs' magic number is three to clinch the division.
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon attempted to explain Arrieta's recent struggles.
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"It was a weird night," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Joe Ricketts is not actively involved in the Cubs' organization.
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Cubs Manager Joe Maddon was characteristically upbeat after the game.
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All of them made a difference in the Cubs' victory.
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For the Cubs, the exuberant Baez stepped to the plate.
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After Saturday's loss, the Cubs' predicament is not complicated, either.
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The Cubs did not score off him in Game 3.
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Of course, the Cubs have bigger problems at the moment.
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The Cubs then went to work with Padres defensive miscues.
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The Cubs waited 71 years just to get back onstage.
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"That's new," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said with a grin.
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To the Cubs' good fortune, the umpires chose not to.
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"It was a bizarro world," Cubs Manager Joe Maddon said.
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The Cubs won three of the four games in Cleveland.
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The Cubs once played that hapless role, but not anymore.
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Late 27s, early 27s, the Cubs were good, not great.
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Before, all the Cubs teams had characters: Dawson, Shawon Dunston.
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His brother Al also pitched professionally, for the Chicago Cubs.
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Jeurys Familia allowed the Cubs' final run in the ninth.
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They began the night three games behind the Chicago Cubs.
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Kyle Schwarber and Nicholas Castellanos also homered for the Cubs.
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Now that the bears are thinner, they're having fewer cubs.
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The Cubs' bullpen had held hitters to an N.L.-low .
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All summer, no place seemed too formal for Cubs gear.
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"They have a nice club," said Price of the Cubs.
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The Cubs seem to be rolling ever since Game 5.
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And yes, the Cubs technically won the 2016 World Series.
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Your cubs are also a significant part of the game.
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They eventually worked with a total of 10 orphaned cubs.
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The hat is faded, no longer the bright Cubs blue.
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There, piglets and tiger cubs are put together in cages.
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"Something had happened to the mama lion's cubs," Kathy said.
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The Cubs' game in Washington on Friday was rained out.
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The persistent misery of the Chicago Cubs has gone poof.
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He was known to like photo ops with lion cubs.
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The Cubs' Kris Bryant first accomplished the feat in 2016.
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"His work ethic is impeccable," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Schwarber and Bryant had two hits each for the Cubs.
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The cubs are lioness Zarina's first litter, the zoo said.
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"There are the Bulls, the Cubs, the Blackhawks," Schweinsteiger said.
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"Mama protecting her cubs," Ms. Getty said with a smile.
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A Cubs fan will always be a kind of Buddhist.
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Her cubs were playing in the middle of the highway.
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MLB Team Report - Chicago Cubs - INSIDE PITCH CHICAGO — After going most of last season slotting a pitcher in the No. 20143 position in the order, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has reverted to tradition.
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In 24 games prior, the Cubs had a 5.17 ERA Not even a soap opera involving bench player Tommy La Stella and his refusal to report to Triple-A Iowa has distracted the Cubs.
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Kluber and Miller have shut the Cubs down but the Cubs managed to get some hits on Kluber in Game 4 and he's pitching on three days rest for the third time this postseason.
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Cubs 11, White Sox 2 Willson Contreras hit a pair of home runs, including a grand slam to highlight a big first inning, and the hot-hitting Cubs rolled over their visiting crosstown rival.
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Lackey helps Cubs gain split with Rockies DENVER — The Chicago Cubs needed someone to come forward and stop their season-high-tying four-game losing streak, so John Lackey stepped up to the plate.
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Cubs 93, White Sox 4 Kris Bryant homered and had three RBIs and right-hander Yu Darvish pitched two hitless innings as the host Cubs won the battle of Chicago teams in Mesa, Ariz.
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Instead, he pitched 1 73/3 innings in the 9-3 Cubs win, and might have pitched the entire ninth inning had the Cubs not scored a couple of insurance runs in the ninth.
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CUBS 6, BLUE JAYS 5, 10 INNINGS CHICAGO (AP) -- Alex Avila capped Chicago&aposs three-run 10th inning with a two-run single, and the Cubs rallied past Toronto for a three-game sweep.
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The Cubs committed $2000 million in a contract for pitcher Jon Lester, who shared the N.L.C.S.'s Most Valuable Player Award with Baez and came to Chicago because Epstein believed in the Cubs' future.
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David Waldstein: Roger Johnson, the son of Cubs second baseman Don Johnson, who played in the Cubs' last World Series in 1945, is at the game in the left field bleachers with his grandson.
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Cubs and Indians fans have been deprived of glory for so long (108 years for the Cubs, 68 years for the Indians) that they are less fans than faithful, ever summoning their better angels.
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More precisely, it chose the top of the fourth to make its appearance, walking behind Cubs third baseman Ron Santo, who was in the on-deck circle, and then parading past the Cubs' dugout.
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The Cubs' Mike Montgomery filled in for the injured Yu Darvish with a strong start in Saturday's 14-inning slog, and the Cubs won Sunday while resting the sluggers Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo.
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The Cubs rolled to a 14-3 victory, ending a string of six straight Mets victories over the Cubs at Citi Field, including the first two games of the 143 National League Championship Series.
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"We relish and need sellouts, and if the Cubs fans weren't here, we would probably have a half-filled stadium," said Baker, who estimated 40 percent of the crowd of 31,072 was Cubs fans.
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The Cubs (58-38) have built the best record in the majors in part because of their solid play on the road, but the atmosphere in Milwaukee is hardly hostile to the visiting Cubs.
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One of the oldest Chicago Cubs fans around, Styrlund, 105, predicted last year that he would live long enough to see the Cubs win the World Series – and he sure is glad it's finally happened.
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Before the Cubs suffered a deflating loss in Game 1, there were friendly, good-natured barbs thrown at Cubs fans, jokes that acknowledged both teams' long droughts without a championship (Cleveland hasn't won since 1948).
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LeBron James looked SO GOOD in the Cubs uniform he was forced to wear after losing a bet to Dwyane Wade ... he just got a job offer out of it ... from Cubs skipper Joe Maddon!
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Ross, who had also been a Cubs front office adviser, retired after Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, when he hit a home run to help the Cubs win their first championship since 1908.
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According to the Smithsonian, 3-year-old Happy the cheetah gave birth to five healthy cubs on March 23, with 7-year-old Miti following closely behind, giving birth to seven cubs on March 28.
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The Chicago Cubs are hours away from Game 7 of the World Series ... and Hall of Famer Andre Dawson is confident the Cubs will come away with the win ... despite facing Indians star Corey Kluber.
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Cubs Fall to Giants Matt Cain pitched six strong innings and helped himself with his bat, Buster Posey added a two-run homer, and the San Francisco Giants beat the visiting Chicago Cubs, 5-3.
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The company refunded the money when the Mets beat the Cubs and went to the World Series themselves, but not before it got a pretty good sense of what Cubs fans were willing to pay.
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Cubs 9, Indians 3 | Series tied, 3-22 CLEVELAND — The Chicago Cubs, who have endured 20 years without a championship, and the Cleveland Indians, who have waited a mere 2434, are nothing if not patient.
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It was 28500, the Cubs were still in first place in the division, and I snared a seat behind the Cubs dugout for Sunday's game against the Mets for just $6900 from a fellow student.
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Improving to 15-20 (now 16-93 after beating the lowly Brewers on Thursday), the Friars beat the Cubs twice in the same day Wednesday, after the Cubs had not lost consecutive games since Sept.
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Other leaders in the National League are: Willson Contreras, Chicago Cubs, catcher; Josh Bell, Pittsburgh Pirates, first base; Ozzie Albies, Atlanta Braves, second base; Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies, third base; and Javier Baez, Cubs, shortstop.
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If the Cubs and the Brewers are tied after Sunday's games, the Cubs will host a tiebreaker game on Monday to determine who wins the division and who hosts the wild-card game on Tuesday.
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EditorsNote: Resending Lester dominant as Cubs edge Giants CHICAGO — A bid for a second career no-hitter fell short but Friday's victory by left-hander Jon Lester and the Chicago Cubs was just as sweet.
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Cubs do it all offensively in victory CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo's long ball provided key runs but the Chicago Cubs also mixed things up offensively in a 13-2 victory over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.
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The Cubs are 13-1 in their last 14 series openers.
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I refuse to even believe this will be the Cubs' century.
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The Chicago Cubs executive still swears by the 20 percent rule.
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The Cubs have stormed back from a 3-1 series deficit.
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He will face Cubs LHP Jon Lester (17-4, 2.40 ERA).
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I had cubs to defend, and it took me by surprise.
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St. Louis' loss assured the Chicago Cubs of a postseason spot.
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One YouTube video shows six cubs in a garbage filled room.
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The Cubs have had no luck getting anything started against him.
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It was the longest outing by a Cubs pitcher this season.
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Bear 409, or Beadnose, is known for raising lots of cubs.
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The Cubs later said it was unintentional, which, boy, thankfully so.
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The Cubs went on to win the game 2 to 1.
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Former Chicago Cubs pitcher David Ross, 39, and Lindsay Arnold, 23.
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That led to a run and a 1-0 Cubs lead.
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It was Polanco's first home run against the Cubs since Sept.
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The first Word Series win for the Cubs in 108 years.
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The Rangers faced the Chicago Cubs for Opening Day on Thursday.
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And I know the Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions. History.
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White Sox fans are drunk trash; Cubs fans are drunk preppies.
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Cubs closer Wade Davis pitched the ninth for his 17th save.
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Nonetheless, Cubs fans should have little trouble getting used to this.
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LHP Gio Gonzalez will start at home Monday against the Cubs.
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And Mr Abe may take delivery of two adorable panda cubs.
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He bought his own clothes, he bought is own Cubs tickets.
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Chicago Cubs fans waited 108 years for a World Series victory.
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Cubs, Arrieta cut down Marlins MIAMI — Less hair, fewer runs allowed.
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"Adoption of cubs by bears is very rare," the park describes.
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But Cubs fans stayed loyal to their team and their city.
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ISIS child soldiers: What will happen to 'cubs of the caliphate'?
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But during Saturday's game, the Cubs gave fans some breathing room.
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The Cubs are cooperating with the commissioner's office as it investigates.
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The Cubs will go for a four-game sweep on Sunday.
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Otter cubs are usually snatched from their parents in the wild.
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If a team can pull it off, this Cubs team can.
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Donning a Cubs cap, Schlegel took to Twitter to thank Lemonis.
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The two tigers cubs were born at the zoo on Nov.
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"He's good," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said when asked about Stanton.
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The Cubs were a mere five outs from the World Series.
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No World Series has been won by the Cubs since 1908.
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"We've played that game a lot," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Born deaf and blind, polar bear cubs require intensive maternal nurturing.
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"I can see the Cubs lose from here," says the pilot.
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Do the Cubs have a curse so they can't ever win?
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"An oil painting, it was not," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The newborn cubs are a vital addition to their species' survival.
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They beat the Cubs 218-228 at Chicago on April 12.
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The Cubs regular season domination might mean they've peaked too soon.
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Lula had been a mother, but her cubs had not survived.
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Kyle Ryan (2-1) picked up the victory for the Cubs.
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It seems unlikely that the talent heavy Cubs will join them.
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The game eventually resumed and the Cubs won 2 to 1.
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I just thought it would be the Cubs up 3-2.
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The Cubs have hit consecutive home runs three times this season.
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He allowed two runs in an inning Friday against the Cubs.
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The Cubs are now 7-3 in his last 10 starts.
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He has played just 29 games for the Cubs this season.
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The Cubs stretched their lead to 5-0 in the third.
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LHP Cody Reed will start Monday in Chicago against the Cubs.
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"It should be rather interesting," Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters.
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He has had both home runs this season against the Cubs.
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They retrieve the collar and talk about disposing of the cubs.
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Baez, Bryant and Rizzo had two hits each for the Cubs.
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But Murray is — like many Cubs fans — feeling a little superstitious.
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Rizzo was fine after the game.
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The Cubs rookie, in his first major league callup, was batting .
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Broglio went 7-19 with a 893 ERA with the Cubs.
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The incentives for the Cubs are dictated by their playoff possibilities.
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"He felt pretty good afterwards," Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters.
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"They're a really good hitting ballclub," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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"I don't want to hurt the guy," the Cubs manager said.
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The win was the Cubs' 19th in their past 23 games.
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By the way, Murray is also a die-hard Cubs fan.
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Ricketts serves on the Cubs board along with his three siblings.
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The Nationals also were rained out Sunday against the Chicago Cubs.
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Kuhl lost his other career start versus the Cubs on Aug.
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Cubs manager Joe Maddon is confident handing the ball to Lester.
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He batted ninth Saturday after the Cubs tried him at seventh.
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RHP R.J. Alvarez was designated for assignment Tuesday by the Cubs.
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Poor performance with runners in scoring position has doomed the Cubs.
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Guess the three teams with a winning record against the Cubs!
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South Bend is a Class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
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The Cubs jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first.
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The Chicago Cubs' cold snap at the plate didn't last long.
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The Cubs have won 17 of their last 23 road games.
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But even there, the Cubs stranded multiple runners in those innings.
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Leicester winning the title, the Cubs winning the World Series, etc.
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The 215.10 Cubs stole 2120 bases and dropped 211.65 sacrifice bunts.
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"It's so uncharacteristic with the walks," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The Cubs managed only two hits through the first three innings.
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The Cubs lost for only the second time in nine games.
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The Cubs jumped ahead with a pair of third-inning runs.
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And it could be that way all season for the Cubs.
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In the National League Championship Series against the Cubs, Duda hit .
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The Cubs opened the scoring in the top of the fourth.
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The Cubs are 9-3 in games that Lester has started.
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The Cubs have won six of their last seven interleague games.
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"It was uncharacteristic," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of the miscues.
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The Cubs right-hander picked up his first victory since Aug.
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"I thought he kept getting better," said Cubs manager Joe Maddon.
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"It was just a rough weekend," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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The Cubs have won five straight to improve to 87-47.
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"We had a bad inning pitching," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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If the Cubs lose, they will face Rich Hill on Sunday.
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The Cubs were alive, and next year could continue to wait.
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"They know the history," said Jed Hoyer, the Cubs' general manager.
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In August, the current Cubs owner Tom Ricketts visited the island.
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"He was just attacking them," Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant said.
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These Cubs are young, resilient, and now they're angry and embarrassed.
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The Cubs' biggest troubles came because of Washington starter Jeremy Hellickson.
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Cubs starter Jose Quintana (13-21) didn't have his best day.
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The night before, the Cubs displayed how resourceful they have been.
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The Cubs have now lost 10 of their last 14 games.
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Theo Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, is no fool.
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The Cubs advanced just one runner beyond second base against Kuhl.
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"I thought Kyle was really good," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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In Alaska, it is illegal to shoot black bears with cubs.
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The Cubs have not won since 1908, the Indians since 1948.
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Odds are the Cubs will need him for extensive work there.
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"It's unbelievable," the Cubs' Ben Zobrist said of Russell, who hit .
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They wore old Cubs shirts and sun hats of all colors.
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Already, Cubs hitters seem to have been annoyed a couple times.
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David Waldstein: Cubs win their first World Series game since 1945!
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No threat at all from the Cubs in the first inning.
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Lester is one of two cancer survivors in the Cubs' clubhouse.
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How did he react to the Cubs' win on Saturday night?
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The Cubs were 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position.
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The Cubs are 9-1 in Lackey's last 10 starts. 3.
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It was the Cubs first pinch hit homer of the season.
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On Friday, it was the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs.
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Fowler singled home Jason Heyward for a 2-0 Cubs lead.
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Lester and catcher David Ross combined for the Cubs' first run.
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Chicago Cubs — stale offense Where has the excitement gone in Chicago?
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Individual bears are starving and drowning, and fewer cubs are surviving.
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Correction: Corrected the date of the last Cubs World Series win.
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The Cubs GM just notched one more title on his belt.
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The Cubs are 35-0 when leading after eight innings. 2.
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The Cubs took a 4-0 lead in the first inning.
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Hamels was acquired by the Cubs at the July trade deadline.
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There's little margin for error when you're up against the Cubs.
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That would have signaled a Cubs victory a few weeks ago.
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Owner Tom Ricketts, representing generations of Cubs fans, knows the significance.
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The Cubs then scored twice in their half of the first.
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The Cubs won three out of five games in the series.
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Jon Lester, the Cubs' veteran ace, isn't having any of it.
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Chapman gave up three runs, and the Cubs lost, 4-1.
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Darvish also had one of the Cubs' seven hits, a double.
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"He had had plenty of rest," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Exhausted and overjoyed, the Cubs jumped with glee on the field.
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The Cubs have a one-game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers.
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The Cubs or the Brewers will host the wild-card game.
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But the playoffs reset everything, and the Cubs look well prepared.
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Cubs Manager Joe Maddon, however, will surely welcome such a problem.
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The zoo does not yet know the cubs' sexes or names.
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The blast was Castellanos' 13th in 33 games with the Cubs.
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The Cubs' bullpen yielded one hit the rest of the way.
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The Cubs announced that Hamels felt something in his left side.
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He also claimed that there were no cubs in the den.
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They were even allowed to pet and play with the cubs.
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EditorsNote: Updates wild-card position in 23rd graf with Cubs loss.
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The Nationals claimed the season series 2125-218 against the Cubs.
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The Nationals claimed the season series 53-25 against the Cubs.
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But Murphy, especially, seemed to restore and sharpen the Cubs' identity.
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Cubs starter Alec Mills struck out three in three scoreless innings.
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In that respect, the 1935 Cubs again provide an interesting comparison.
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The Cubs appear to be trying too hard to make amends.
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"Baseball's a weird game," said Kyle Schwarber, the Cubs' left fielder.
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Now both teams are strong, with the Cubs the reigning champions.
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But he wanted a chance to congratulate the Cubs in person.
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The Cubs closed the gap to 5-4 in the seventh.
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"He has really picked us up," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Javy Baez homered for the second straight day for the Cubs.
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LeMahieu, who was 15 for 60 with the Cubs, had hit .
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The Cubs had won, easing more than a century of pain.
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He also pitched for the Chicago Cubs and the Houston Astros.
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A lack of new cubs would curtail feeding and photo opportunities.
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Their neighboring division rivals, the Chicago Cubs, are the reigning champions.
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Bear 402 fishing with her cubs on the Brooks River Falls.
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Chicago collected nine hits while Reds pitchers walked nine more Cubs.
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"The velocity looked a little better," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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He has not allowed an earned run since joining the Cubs.
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"It was a pretty special game," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said.
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Even so, it was still a great day for the Cubs.
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He has managed the Cubs for five seasons beginning November 2014.
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She's lived a rich life, having raised four litters of cubs.
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President Martin van Buren fought Congress to keep two tiger cubs.
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Now he was expected to do the same for the Cubs.
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In October, the cubs opened their eyes for the first time.
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However, San Diego pitchers also walked 23 Cubs and hit two.
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As for Game 6, from the start it was all Cubs.
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Weaver worked four frames against the Cubs in Chicago on Aug.
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Instead, the Cubs are struggling to come through with big hits.
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He had friends with both the Cleveland Indians and the Cubs.
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Late last July, he dealt Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs.
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When play resumed 48 minutes later, the Cubs started clawing back.
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"There's no question what they envision with the Cubs," Heyward said.
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Before his first spring with the Cubs, he said World Series.
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