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Byline: Paul Sullivan
SAN DIEGO _ The Chicago Cubs played their final game in Qualcomm Stadium on Thursday, waving goodbye to a ballpark linked to one of the most disastrous weekends in franchise history.
It was on this field, with the Cubs one win away from going to the 1984 World Series, that they lost three straight to San Diego to blow the National League Championship Series in stunning fashion.
While Thursday's 9-3 pounding of the Padres was small consolation to Cubs fans with long memories, it gave the Cubs a three-game sweep and left them 1{ games behind Houston in the NL Central. Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou and Eric Karros homered as the ...