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- Great Until It Wasn’t
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Cubs Report: Just 100 more to go
The Cubs have 100 games left in the season, so now seems as good a time as any to tour the roster and take stock of what’s going on. At 43-19, they have nearly as many wins as the Barves have losses. Yeah, that’s how good they’ve been. But don’t tell that to some Cubs…

Coghlan’s back? Ugh.
Things were going so well, weren’t they? The Cubs were cruising along atop the NL Central. Pissburgh keeps following every nice winning streak with a losing streak. The Cardinals are learning the hard way that Yadi’s finished, there’s a reason…

It may not seem like it, but Albert and Javy are right on time
One of the few (as it happily turns out) casualties of the Cubs three-years-wandering-the-desert-rebuild was our patience with some of the higher profile prospects. We were spoiled when Kris Bryant emerged fully formed, ready to sock dingers from the minute he signed…
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