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Cubs have a star at third in Aramis Ramirez: right-handed slugger performed at a high level on the field and with the bat during 2004 season.(Cover Story)
WHEN IT COMES TO CURSES, THE CHICAGO CUBS ARE NOW BASEBALLS LAST team standing. Or perhaps that should be cowering. The Red Sox victory in the 2004 World Series, ending an 86-year drought, left Boston fans vacillating between unmitigated joy and stunned disbelief and the Cubs as sportdom's ultimate Charlie Brown. But the Red Sox defeat of St. Louis, the Cubs' chief rival, no less, also provided a lesson of hope.
As Boston proved once and for all, the way to rid your team of a curse is not by slogans or ceremonies, candle light vigils, silent prayer, or even a parade of goats, but to have two outstanding pitchers in your rotation and a couple of MVP candidates in ...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Haugh, David June 9, 2005 700+ words
...know that goes for Cubs fans too. He remembers...would become a Cub fan because of...futility to the Red Sox, but Starr found...don't think the Cubs had that `killer...more than evil as Cubs fans share a ballpark...soulmates among Red Sox brethren. "Red...passed ...
- Who would have won had Red Sox and Cubs actually played?
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 18, 2003 700+ words
...Shoulda World Series of 2003 _ Cubs vs. Red Sox: Game 1 Starting pitchers...big-time." Final score: Cubs 8, Red Sox 7 (10 innings) Series: Cubs...Remlinger says. Final score: Red Sox 3, Cubs 0 Series: Tied at 1-1. Game...
- New rivalry for two of baseball's older franchises.(Chicago Cubs, Boston Red...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Downey, Mike June 10, 2005 700+ words
...vigorously at Wrigley. Cubs catcher Michael...just how many Red Sox fans were here...pitcher who called the Cubs' 39-year-old...his first as a Cub since 1992. Maddux...what he and the Cubs want is what the Red Sox already have...
- Cubs, Red Sox just two high-priced teams struggling in June.(Chicago...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Sullivan, Paul June 9, 2005 700+ words
...manager Dusty Baker says. Like the Yankees-Cubs interleague series in 2003, Red Sox-Cubs is of monumental importance. Or not...and curses. Existentially speaking, the Cubs are the Red Sox in a parallel universe. Just don't mention...
- Cubs should draw some lessons from Red Sox.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 28, 2004 700+ words
...There are lessons the Cubs could learn from watching the 2004 Red Sox end their 86-year...killed. Unlike the Cubs, the Red Sox organization has...sounds. If the old Red Sox teams were known...motto of the 2004 Cubs was "25 guys, 25...
- Red Sox' feat even gives Cubs hope.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) October 30, 2004 700+ words
...put it. For the Cubs, the bigger message is in the way the Red Sox carried themselves...broadcasting team. The Red Sox won a World Series. The Cubs ran off their TV...a closer. The Red Sox had a closer in Keith Foulke. The Cubs don't have one...
- So many similarities, but 1 big difference in Cubs vs. Red Sox.(Chicago...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) June 8, 2005 700+ words
...they have in common, when the Cubs and Red Sox share a field (Wrigley) at...historic first meeting between the Cubs and Red Sox in a regular-season game of...A once-in-a-lifetime Cubs vs. Red Sox engagement should have been winner...
- Garciaparra a player caught in the middle.(Nomar Garciaparra)(Chicago...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Morrissey, Rick June 10, 2005 700+ words
...longer part of, meet the Cubs, the team he's on but...Boston series. The Cubs took to the heat of the...much better than the Red Sox did in Game 1 of the Reunited...These Years Series. The Cubs won, 14-6, against...since 1918. If you were a Cub and didn't get a hit...
Source: HighBeam Research, Cubs have a star at third in Aramis Ramirez: right-handed slugger...