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ESPN bee goes to LI man who spelled 'Posluszny'
WatchdogA laurel and hearty handshake to Dan Sulzer, 33, of Long Beach, who Thursday night became the second consecutive Long Islander to take top honors at the Sports Spelling Bee at the ESPN Zone in Times Square. Sulzer outlasted 35......Tags: Nikolai Khabibulin, Long Island Rail Road, ESPN (tv network), Laveranues Coles, Times Square
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Tribune All-City team
Contact a Hollywood agent, quick. It's time for someone to do the miniseries "Trading Sori: Inside the Cubs' Quest for the Holy Grail.'' The conversations about the Alfonso Soriano situation that have taken place recently and will take place for who...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Alfonso Soriano, Hector Santiago, Thomas Ricketts, Geovany Soto
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Forget playing better, Cubs need to trade better
Cubs manager Dale Sveum and team president Theo Epstein believe the Cubs will take a big step forward this season, and I’m thinking, I guess losing only 90 games would be a big step. Another 100 losses, however, is easily attainable, don’t...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Atlanta Braves, Matt Garza, Alfonso Soriano, Thomas Ricketts
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Your Morning Phil: Cashner, draft, Astros
Talking baseball while congratulating the Boston Bruins on one of the great playoff finishes of all time: 1. In less than two years with the Cubs’ organization, Anthony Rizzo has earned himself a $41 million guarantee, which he says guarantees...Tags: Jason McLeod, Andrew Cashner, Mark Appel, Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Cubs
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Sighting: Julius Peppers celebrates Bears win at Lux Bar and other sports sightings
Julius Peppers hung out in the Gold Coast neighborhood following Sunday’s game at Soldier Field, just like he did after the Bears’ previous home game. The Bears defensive end, who dined at Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse following his team’...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Matt Garza, Soldier Field, Alfonso Soriano, Mark McGwire
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An odd sound coming out of the Marmol mess
Cubs manager Dale Sveum finally made the move he never should’ve had to make: yanking Carlos Marmol as closer. Sveum never should’ve had to make the move because team president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer should’ve...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Ryan Dempster, Terry Francona, Miami Marlins, Carlos Marmol
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Cubs tradition: Throwing out ceremonial first discussion of fans' patience
If you believe the 2013 Cubs were built to stink -- spoiler alert: they were -- then you had to like Edwin Jackson’s miserable start in Monday’s home opener and Starlin Castro’s aggravating last out that was a wind shift from turning...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Matt Garza, Thomas Ricketts, Welington Castillo, Theo Epstein
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Your Morning Phil: Ryu, Jackson, April leaders
Talking baseball while hoping that it’s not a bad sign that the Blackhawks had to go into overtime to beat the Wild in their playoff opener: 1. Yoenis Cespedes was the guy last year. This time around, Hyun-jin Ryu is the guy. Just as Cespedes...Tags: Roy Halladay, Colorado Rockies, Thomas Ricketts, Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago Cubs
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Rizzo brings an attitude to every game — the right one
PITTSBURGH — The Cubs have a new tactic, and so far it's working. They have decided to try leading every inning because that's a lot more fun than being behind every inning, as it seemed they were a year ago. One game down, only 161 to go. Yeah,...
Tags: Dale Sveum, World Baseball Classic, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Thomas Ricketts, Chicago Cubs
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Like Cubs, Astros building from bottom up
Like his bosses, Mike Foltynewicz is a baseball optimist. He can see the Astros rising out of the ashes they find themselves in at the beginning of the Jim Crane era. "In three or four years, we're going to be a fun team,'' said Foltynewicz, a 21-year-...
Tags: Terry Francona, Robert Earl, Mark Appel, Chicago White Sox, Thomas Ricketts
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Pitching help a long way off for Cubs
So much for Anthony Rizzo's victory lap. On the day after Rizzo's critically acclaimed Chicago debut, the Cubs demonstrated nicely what exactly he has gotten himself into. The 17-1 loss to the Mets wasn't quite like that horrific, fireball-generating...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Jonathon Niese, Matt Garza, Alfonso Soriano, Albert Almora
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Your Morning Phil: Hahn, Peavy, Wood
Talking baseball while praising Kirk Hinrich’s grit: 1. There are lots of good deals on Chicago condos. A forward-thinking baseball organization might buy, not merely rent hotel space, this summer. Scouts will be camping out on both sides of...
Tags: Dale Sveum, Atlanta Braves, Matt Garza, Robin Ventura, Paul Konerko
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