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Cubs come to grips with early exit

MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cubs come to grips with early exit

In Which Cubs Fans Look To The Heavens And Ask, WTF? [Chicago Cubs Blogdome]

Deadspin (Free subscription) | yesterday

If God is a Cubs fan, as some people say, He has a really sick sense of humor. So many reasons to be optimistic this season; only to fail once again. Mere words cannot describe the 100 years of...

Chicago Cubs choked up by Internet

The Sports Culture (Free subscription) | yesterday

If you do a quick Google search of “Chicago Cubs choke,” you’ll come up with 100 years of hostility toward the most lovable team in the MLB. If you get into the images on the Google Machine, you’ll find out that they really aren’t that loved. Go inside for proof.

The Chicago Cubs Season is Over, What's Next?

Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | yesterday

Only Ryan Dempster and Kerry Wood are meaningful contributors eligible for free agency (sorry Jim Edmonds, Bob Howry, and Henry Blanco.) Given the market (read: insane money) thrown at starters and closers I'm not so sure either will return, although given their special circumstances it's more likely than, say, Francisco Rodriguez returning to the Angels. Wood in particular is probably a 95% guarantee...

Townie’s Top 5: Most Creative Excuses For The Latest Chicago Cubs Implosion

Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | yesterday

I’m trying to remember the words of that one song. I think it goes… Go, Cubs, Go. Hey, Chicago, what do you say — Cubs might score a run today? Hey, Chicago, what do you say about getting down on a ****ing groundball, or taking a first pitch? Just sayin’. What living within earshot of Chicago affords me — aside [...]

Chicago Cubs and the Curse of Legal Formalism

PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cubs 3-1, completely a dominating three-game sweep in the National League Division Series in which they outscored the Cubs 18-6. Thus will it be more than 100 years between world championships for the Cubs, who famously last won in 1908. This century of losing has been blamed on everything from billy goats to twenty-something fans in head phones to...

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Chicago Cubs and the Curse of Legal Formalism

Sports Law Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

On Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cubs 3-1, completely a dominating three-game sweep in the National League Division Series in which they outscored the Cubs 18-6. Thus will it be more than 100 years between world championships for the Cubs, who famously last won in 1908. This century of losing has been blamed on everything from billy goats to twenty-something fans in head phones to...

• Chicago Cubs and the Curse of Legal Formalism - Concurring Opinions

Crew surprised by Cubs' early demise

MLB (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Crew surprised by Cubs' early demise

Dear Chicago Cubs Fans ...

TMZ (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Filed under: Paparazzi Photo , Hot Bodies We know this doesn't make up for 100 years of suffering, but here's a photo of Kendra Wilksinson judging a bikini contest to help you feel better after yet another crushing defeat.The Cubs were swept out of the playoffs last night by the Los Angeles... Permalink

I'm Coming Home, Via Chicago: Recap, Day 4 of Playoffs

Bluebird Banter (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

Well, might as well make it an even hundred. Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1 : The Cubs once again failed to advance as Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney (fast becoming my favourite non-Jay player not named Ichiro) and the Dodgers swept the Cubs out of the ALDS. Russell Martin, Manny Ramirez, and Rafael Furcal also had excellent series for the Blues, who enjoyed great starting pitching from Derek Lowe,...

Zell's Hell

ShysterBall (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Sam Zell, who bought the Tribune Company (and thus the Chicago Cubs) on a mountain of credit, is about to get squeezed hard : Banks and investors who are losing money on the record $1.7 trillion of high-yield, high-risk loans made in 2006 and 2007 are charging borrowers an average of 1.64 percentage points more in interest to amend borrowing agreements and avoid default, according to Standard & Poor's....

Trades that could have Been

Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Joe Christensen now thinks Johan Santana for Jon Lester straight up would have been a good trade....

Sam Donnellon: Dodgers flourishing under Torre's steady hand

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

'YOU NEVER really know when you go some place new, especially when you've been in one place for 12 years, how you're going to be received," Joe Torre, the Dodgers' manager, was saying amid his new team's upset sweep of the Chicago Cubs last week. "I know I've had success, but that doesn't mean that the players should believe what you're telling them. Because you haven't proven anything yet as far as...

Phillies glad for some relief

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

The Los Angeles Dodgers have Manny Ramirez and Joe Torre, two legendary postseason performers, in uniform. They have swept the Chicago Cubs, the trendy pick to win the World Series, in convincing fashion in a National League division series.

SPORTSMAN.

The Hundreds (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

After a rough series, Alfonso Soriano (Chicago Cubs) proves he still has love for L.A. photo by Iron Mike by bobbyhundreds