Bobby Cox is still waiting for the one retirement gift he wants most of all — one last trip to the postseason. It's a gift that could keep him in the dugout a few weeks longer. "I'll have time to reflect on what has happened this year and throughout my time in Atlanta in about another month and a half," Cox told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

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With a weekend showdown against the Padres looming, S.F. rides stellar pitching to maintain its advantage.

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The San Diego Padres are quickly running out of chances to stay in the playoff race. Alfonso Soriano homered twice, including a two-run shot off struggling San Diego ace Mat Latos, and the Chicago Cubs won 5-2 on Tuesday night to drop the wilting Padres 1 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the NL wild-card race.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Giants are looking a lot like a playoff team in the season's final week. They're darn close to getting there, too — and San Diego is helping with that.

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Some sports fans have been waiting a long time for a championship. Unfortunately for them, they may be waiting a little bit longer. In many cases, the inability of a team to win a championship comes down to ownership. Either owners or executives are inept, or they are content to make money even if they do not win consistently. Other franchises just seem to have a string of misfortunes that continue to put them on the outside looking in. Here are a few franchises that could easily go another decade without winning a professional championship.

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The Cubs’ Starlin Castro is among the best shortstops at his age of all time. He’s in good company.

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New Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is in no rush to name a new manager for his club, ESPN Chicago reports.

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A perfect game was “kicked” by an umpire in a year marked by great pitching, top rookies and a bopper named Bautista.

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Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts says he expects the team's payroll to be slightly lower next season. He also isn't going to put a timetable on hiring a manager. Ricketts spoke Sunday before the Cubs' final home game of a disappointing season. This was the first season of ownership for the Ricketts family.

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Chris Denorfia doubled in the winning run off rookie Aroldis Chapman with two outs in the ninth inning to give the San Diego Padres a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday and a share of the National League West lead with San Francisco. The Reds' magic number for clinching the NL Central was trimmed to two before the first pitch when the St.

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