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Splinters: Lunchtime links to lick our loss wounds
Ah, the resiliency of the human spirit: You can get used to the injuries, and the losses piling up during this rebuild. But then a blowout at home hits, and you scramble to find a way to fit that into the Fan's Hierarchy of Tolerable Abuses. Just wash it away. Have a Friday. Saturday night with the...
Some Days You Eat The Bear: Cubs 3, Cardinals 12
... and some days, it isn't even worth coming to work. Henry Blanco was the last batter both yesterday and today -- with very different results and impact. Yesterday he won the game. Today, he hit a comebacker to Cardinals reliever Brad Thompson in front of about half of the crowd, to end the...
Runnin' Down A Dream: Cubs 4, Orioles 11
Yeah runnin' down a dream That never would come to me Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads Runnin' down a dream -- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Runnin' Down a Dream" That's the song they've been playing as the Cubs take the field for the last few days, and it fits real well, I...
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