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Soto named NL Rookie of the Year
Tribune reporterGeovany Soto became the fifth player in Cubs history to win the National League Rookie of the Year award, getting 31 of 32 first-place votes and easily outdistancing Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto. After hearing the news Monday, Soto credited backup...Tags: Kerry Wood, Major League Baseball, Kosuke Fukudome, Pain, Mike Piazza
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Longoria is AL Rookie of Year, Soto wins NL award
The Associated PressThe rookie races were all but over by July, when Evan Longoria and Geovany Soto gave an All-Star glimpse of things to come. Longoria won the American League Rookie of the Year award in a unanimous vote and Soto ran away with the NL honor Monday,...Tags: Kerry Wood, Cy Young, Major League Baseball, Multi-Sport Events, Mike Piazza
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Cubs will take different path to improve
Tribune reporterJim Hendry came away from the general managers' meetings two years ago with the framework of a $136 million deal for free-agent left fielder Alfonso Soriano. But as he heads into the GM meetings Monday in Dana Point, Calif., Hendry will have to be more...Tags: Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood, Basketball, Jim Edmonds, Lou Piniella
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Sox have options worth exploring
Tribune reporterThe White Sox cannot discuss monetary terms with free agents until Nov. 14, but there's plenty of groundwork they can do starting Monday at the general managers' meetings in Dana Point, Calif. It's anticipated the Sox could move as fast as they did...Tags: Ozzie Guillen, Jermaine Dye, Major League Baseball, Josh Fields, Javier Vazquez
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Trio just reaching for so much
Special to the Chicago TribuneBig Pink was a house in West Saugerties, N.Y. that served as both a residence and a source of inspiration for the Band, which recorded its 1968 debut, "Music From the Big Pink," within its rose-hued confines. The same could be said of another Big Pink,...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball, Wrigley Field, Vehicles, George Hunter
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Henry Blanco's departure angers Caracas Lions fans
Chicago Tribune correspondentCARACAS, Venezuela — Imagine Derek Jeter mouthing off about his manager and then getting a pink slip. There'd be a lot of cursing and crying from Yankees fans. That same sort of outrage has swept Caracas over the ouster of their team captain and...Tags: George Steinbrenner, Major League Baseball, Wrigley Field, Ivan Rodriguez, Mike Piazza
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Lilly a double-threat as Cubs clinch Central Division title
Tribune reporterThe Cubs have learned to accept the fact that playing on the North Side means having to deal with all the pressure surrounding the quest to end the longest championship drought in pro sports. Now, after beating St. Louis 5-4 Saturday to earn their second...Tags: Kerry Wood, Ryan Dempster, Carlos Marmol, Basketball, Lou Piniella
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Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
Tribune staff reporterAsk Paul returns to answer your questions about the playoff rotation, whether the Cubs have the best football team in the majors, and whether he really was sleeping during one of Lou Piniella's press conference, as Lou claimed: Are the Cubs serious...Tags: Carlos Marmol, Ryan Dempster, Jim Edmonds, Lou Piniella, Football
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Piniella still has lots of managing left to do
Chicago Tribune reporterNEW YORK—The only question remaining for the Cubs over the final five regular-season games is how manager Lou Piniella will slot his starters for the first round of the postseason. No matter which way Piniella goes, it's bound to generate some...Tags: New York Mets, Ryan Dempster, Lou Piniella, Major League Baseball, Wrigley Field
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Cubs hold on to beat Brewers
The Associated PressRyan Dempster got his 16th win and the Cubs handed CC Sabathia his first National League loss while sending the Milwaukee Brewers to their fifth straight defeat, holding on 5-4 on Tuesday night to spoil interim manager Dale Sveum's debut. Sabathia (9-1),...Tags: Ryan Dempster, Carlos Marmol, Kerry Wood, Milwaukee Brewers, Baseball
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Cubs edge Brewers 5-4
Chicago Tribune reporterKerry Wood knew there were only a few things that could happen Tuesday night when he faced Milwaukee slugger Prince Fielder with a one-run lead in the ninth, the tying run on third and two men out. Fielder already had hit two home runs, including one off...Tags: Kerry Wood, Ryan Dempster, Carlos Marmol, New York Mets, Lou Piniella
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Mets splinter Cubs
Of The Associated PressThe New York Mets needed a break, and Johan Santana's bat shattered just in time. Santana sparked the Mets' offense with an unusual broken-bat infield single and struck out 10 in eight innings, leading New York to a much-needed 6-2 victory over the...Tags: New York Mets, Luis Castillo, Lou Piniella, David Wright, Major League Baseball
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