After taking his name of the list of possible managers for the Baltimore Orioles and being spurned by the…
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Felipe Lopez was simply trying to get on base when he hit his go-ahead homer. Lopez hit a tie-breaking solo shot in the 11th inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Sunday night and avoid a weekend sweep. "Games like these we have to find a way to win because the other team isn't going to let up," he said.
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When scouting St. Louis hitters, Randy Wells didn't bother watching videotape of his previous outing against the Cardinals. "There was no reason to dwell on me getting my butt kicked," the Cubs right-hander said. "I finally got my confidence back, and I wasn't going to risk it by reliving that." About two months after failing to retire a single St.
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Although the Chicago Cubs might be too far gone to be big winners this season, rookies Starlin Castro, Tyler Colvin and Andrew Cashner have the team excited about their future. Castro and Colvin homered to complete an outstanding first week atop the batting order and Cashner used his triple-digit fastball to pitch out of two late-inning jams Saturday as the Cubs held on for a 6-5 victory over the…
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A look at the honorees to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame: ANDRE NOLAN DAWSON: Born July 10, 1954, in Miami … 6-foot-3, 195 pounds, batted right-handed and threw right-handed … nicknamed "Hawk" for his fearlessness and intensity … as a power-hitting outfielder batted .279 with 2,774 hits, 438 home runs and 1,591 RBIs in a major league career from 1976-96 …
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Andre Dawson stared almost in awe as he watched a brief video biography of his playing career, brushing away tears as familiar faces spoke in admiration of the intense man most still call "Hawk." "When I think back, there are so many things that flash through my mind," Dawson said.
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Big League Stew goes through the quad and into the gymnasium to look at some of the hottest players in baseball…
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Carlos Zambrano pitched a shaky scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance for Triple-A Iowa since being put on the restricted list by the Cubs after his latest confrontation with a teammate. Zambrano received a warm welcome from the standing room-only crowd when he came out for the seventh inning.
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Lou Piniella will retire at season's end without having led the Chicago Cubs and the Wrigley Faithful to the…
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Los Angeles Dodgers skipper Joe Torre says he's not ruling anything out, but he doesn't anticipate managing anywhere else, including Chicago. Torre's name has emerged as a possible candidate to replace Lou Piniella, who is retiring as Cubs manager at season's end. "I don't want to rule anything out, but at this point in time I'm certainly not thinking of going anywhere…
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