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Voice of the People, Jun. 18
A lasting baseball giant Recently I experienced an act of absolute perfection: Not only did I see the Cubs lose in the ninth, I sat in great seats marveling at the perfection of Wrigley Field's storied legacy — days when Ernie Banks, Billy...Tags: High School Baseball, Sports, Barack Obama, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball
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Five people to avoid on the CTA
RedEyeMemorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, though a quick look at a thermometer may cast doubt on that theory. Nevertheless, summer tourism season means more crowds on the CTA. The uptick in ridership means an increase in the likelihood of spotting...Tags: Michigan Avenue, Chicago Cubs, Navy Pier, San Diego Padres, Water Tower Place
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Ricketts committed to Chicago; is it mutual?
In a dim corridor Monday along the third-base side of Wrigley Field, about 30 feet away from a restroom still equipped with troughs and a wall holding pay phones, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts outlined the tentative deal struck to renovate the rickety 99-...
Tags: Sports, Target Field, Rahm Emanuel, Baseball, Thomas Ricketts
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Trading Marmol could fill a couple of Cubs holes
Reports say the Tigers are looking to trade for a closer. Hang loose, Carlos Marmol. I mean, didn’t the Cubs sign Kyuji Fujikawa precisely because they intended-slash-hoped-slash-tried to trade Marmol? In fact, the Cubs cut a deal with the...
Tags: Theo Epstein, Aramis Ramirez, Sports, Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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Pearl Jam announces July concert at Wrigley Field
Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field Friday, July 19, the band confirmed this morning. The band tweeted out, "IT'S OFFICIAL: Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field. Will you be there?" The show will be called “An Evening With Pearl Jam,"...
Tags: Pearl Jam (music group), Wrigley Field, Live Nation
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Santo's induction into Hall of Fame long overdue
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Ron Santo had to die to get into the Hall of Fame. It shouldn't have happened but it did, and everyone knows it. What we didn't know until Sunday was that in some ways it could seem better that Santo was inducted in the second...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Media Industry, Sports, Diabetes
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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: Jim Hendry , Steve Clevenger, Spring Training, Ramon Ramirez, Geovany Soto
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Santo's attitude in battle with diabetes an inspiration
Sam Fuld and Ron Santo didn't discuss their common bond very often. They didn't have to, according to Fuld, because he could feel the affection flowing his way. "My time with the Cubs, from the first day until the trade, Ron was always there,'' Fuld said...
Tags: Sam Fuld, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Sports, Diabetes, William Singer
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Cubs lose for 100th time
Fifty years ago this week, only 595 fans showed up at Wrigley Field for the opener of the Cubs-Mets series, the last time two teams with 100-plus losses faced each other. The '62 Cubs — with future Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, Billy...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Welington Castillo, Alfonso Soriano, Sports, Baseball
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Orioles broadcasters Angel and Hunter up for Ford C. Frick Award
The Baltimore SunTwo Orioles broadcasters are among 41 still in the running for the 2013 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Radio voice Joe Angel and MASN studio host and play-by-play announcer Jim Hunter are in the group...Tags: Dick Enberg, Lou Boudreau, Skip Caray, Voting, Richie Ashburn
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Pat Hughes, Ron Santo and Lou Boudreau advance to second round of voting for 2013 Ford C. Frick Award
WGN Cubs voices Pat Hughes, Ron Santo are Lou Boudreau are among 41 broadcasters who have made it through to the second round of voting for the the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's 2013 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball...
Tags: Lou Boudreau, Sports, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball, Voting
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