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...CINCINNATI - The NL Central-leading Cincinnati Reds got Jim Edmonds from the Milwaukee Brewers in a trade for Chris Dickerson on Monday, strengthening their outfield for a playoff run. The deal gives the Reds a proven outfielder as they try to fend off St....
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MetroNews.ca
http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/sports/article/598394--reds-get-of-jim-edmonds-from-brewers
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...is just at a .322 wOBA, and has never cracked the .330 wOBA mark throughout his three-year major league career. Meanwhile, Jim Edmonds is having a fantastic year all around. He’s played great defense in both center and right field, as well as shown his ability...
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FanGraphs
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/jim-edmonds-for-chris-dickerson/
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...Edmonds. Just the name conjures up memories of him patrolling the outfield of any MLB stadium with ease. SportsCenter top 10 play after top 10 play, of him making a diving catch or running a ball down at the warning track. As a Brewer fan, I was treated to...
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Bleacher Report
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bleacherreport/dGcS/~3/OOxJR63_GUo/432074-mlb-trades-brewers-trade-jim-edmonds-for-eric-dickerson
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...who's as seasoned as they come to help out during the stretch run Monday in a generational swap of outfielders, picking up Jim Edmonds from the Brewers in exchange for Chris Dickerson. Edmonds, 40, has enjoyed a strong return to the game after sitting out...
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Fanhouse
http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/08/09/reds-get-jim-edmonds-from-brewers/
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When the Cubs signed Jim Edmonds early in the 2008 season, what was your first reaction? Irrational hatred? Yeah, me too. Until he had a terrific 2008 season with the Cubs, I hated Jim Edmonds with every fiber of my being. As it turns out, my hatred
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2127919&src=rss
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One of the posters on the site pointed out that Wikipedia outlines Phil Cuzzi’s umpiring indiscretions. I will save you time and list each:
- In the eighth inning of Game 4 of the 2005 National League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2122701&src=rss
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The life of James Patrick “Jim” Edmonds as a time line with special reference to the Cub-Card thing.
June 27, 1970 Jimmy James Patrick Edwards is born
June 27, 1970 Infant Jimmy James is loved and adored by all
July 14, 1974 Four year old Jimmy James’
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2105217&src=rss
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When this baseball season began, much like 2008, Cub fans were brimming with hope. The team had demonstrated some of the best pitching and also had, undeniably, the best hitters of the '08 campaign, and Jim Hendry had gone out and improved the team.
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2102966&src=rss
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We've hated the position players, the pitchers, and the coaches, but the hate probably most deservedly belongs with the guys who wear the suits, or in Jim Hendry's case, the rumpled sports jacket.
Jim Hendry - 8.0 - As much as everything that Hendry
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=2049548&src=rss
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Here are the guys that are not on the Cubs roster from the 2008 playoff
roster: Kerry Wood, Jason Marquis, Jeff Samardzija, Neal Cotts, Bobby
Howry, Mark DeRosa, Henry Blanco, Daryle Ward, Ronny Cedeno, Jim
Edmonds, and Felix Pie.
Now, honestly how
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ChicagoNow
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-kaplan-chicago-sports/2009/08/what-would-you-do-if-you-were-the-cubs-gm.html
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All the other big trades were done under Walt Jocketty.
Larry Walker, Scott Rolen, Mark McGwire, Jim Edmonds, and I'm sure I'm missing one or two.
Oh I hope they get him and the phils DONT.
You'd have to think the Jays would demand
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Sports Blogs
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"Those are my favorite, I've gotten the same glove for about eight years," Nick Johnson said. "I have the same glove as Jim Edmonds, the JE-15. My dad customized it, so I have an NJ-5."
Steve Johnson said he was just having fun with his son on the
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Belleville News-Democrat
http://www.bnd.com/sports/story/803506.html
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by Steve Treder and Matthew Namee
June 09, 2009
In Bill James’s original Historical Baseball Abstract (published in 1985), he did something pretty cool. Well, actually he did a lot of pretty cool things, but one in particular has always stuck with
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The Hardball Times
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/hardballtimes/~3/Mfwqs2QPOmw/
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by Steve Treder and Matthew Namee
June 09, 2009
In Bill James’s original Historical Baseball Abstract (published in 1985), he did something pretty cool. Well, actually he did a lot of pretty cool things, but one in particular has always stuck with
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1891891&src=rss
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I've got nothing sarcastic planned for tonight.
I'm just hoping they go out there and wipe the floor with the Reds. Do it.
How many on here would rather have Jim Edmonds for another year than Milton Bradley?
I said at the time that I'd prefer Jimmy
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1886187&src=rss
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...his achievements, and statistically, Edmonds is in the same offensive ball park. So at the very least, on his offense alone, Jim Edmonds is right on the border of what it takes to make it to Cooperstown. Now let us move on to what sends him over the border...
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Baseball Think Factory
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http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/wayne_edmonds_a_hall_of_famer/
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My father always told me to never be afraid to ask for help when you need it. Well, we need your help.
Due to a number of factors, it’s been a while since we’ve undertaken any major site changes. Although MORE...
And Bob Young is a huge something too!
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Baseball Think Factory
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/comments/passan_yankee_stadium_produces_pinstriped_pinball/
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Honorary Pallbearers Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds No-Shows at
Munchkin's Funeral
A smattering of about 200 people attended a funeral May 13 for
Mickey Carroll who, until his death last week, at the age of 89, was
one of the last remaining Munchkins
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St. Louis River Front Times
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-05-20/news/the-daily-rft-mourns-mickey-carroll-looks-into-a-report-of-police-brutality-and-catches-up-with-catherine-hanaway
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This past off-season, Jim Hendry’s moves with the Cubs roster were widely criticized…
Bloggers and sports radio callers used language which isn’t fit to print.
(thanks to Brian Joseph for the diagram)
Roughly laid out, the ledger of moves for the Cubs:
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Sports Blogs
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This not-so-young lady walked into the centerfelder's 15 Club in St. Louis with a little black dress and a white-stripped smile and walked out with a "Jim Edmonds Mowed My Lawn" t-shirt. [St. Louis Today]
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Deadspin
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/full/~3/PTkBe59QpjE/jim-edmonds-cougar-bait
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Players will be available to the media before and after games for interviews. These periods should not be limited except for the pregame period described in #1 above, and the post-game period described in #2, above. Upon request by the media, players
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/4/24/851450/theyre-all-big-series-cubs-vs
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Losing Nady is a huge blow to the team. That totally destroys our bench, especially if Matsui isn’t right. Can Juan Miranda play any outfield? I’m sorry, but Melky is NOT the answer. Swish is doing great, and I like the energy he brings, but I’m
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1787643&src=rss
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And suddenly the Swisher trade goes from smart to pure genius.
Cashman freaking stole Swisher from the White Sox, and of course now he's going to have a very good season in New York.
Way to go Kenny, I'm glad that you managed to land a young middle
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1782277&src=rss
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Every Fantasy owner knows that any player can have a bad week, so what is it about an opening week slump that makes us so anxious? Jed Lowrie and Billy Butler, each with just one base hit apiece in Week 1, are being tossed aside like bad assets being
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=be04d8cb80457de240d3de9cb3280842
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Jim Edmonds Fills In for The Cat Today, F15teen Is Running a Shuttle to Busch This Season, More of a Ballpark Pre and Postgame Feel This Season, Edmonds Kept a Bunch of His Equipment from His Playing Days, Not Many Guys Remaining from the 2007
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1763258&src=rss
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KSDK -- Former Cardinals center fielder says that even if he's not playing with the Red Birds, he still feels like St. Louis is home.
During an interview with Newschannel 5 Sports Chief Rene Knott, Edmonds said the he and his wife had been talking
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KSDK | St. Louis
http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=171713
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What do you do when you’re 38, rich, beloved in a city, and unemployed? Well, you do what any other man would do — you host a stripper pole dancing party! That’s what Jim Edmonds is up to, as Deadspin notified us. Check out this flyer:
And if you’re in
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Larry Brown Sports
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/larrybrownsports/rKCQ/~3/gB2_59nLifg/5717
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Jim Edmonds has left the St. Louis Cardinals for the harsher climates of Chicago, but the flashiest Cardinal since Ray Lankford still has a business here, the uniformed-numbered F15teen restaurant and lounge downtown.
River Front Times
Friends and
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1698139&src=rss
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No, the ladies in the above photo are neither strippers nor queens, so let's not cast aspersions upon them like that. They just won the Jim Edmonds Google image search contest. And Edmonds apparently owns the restaurant where this event is taking place,
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Deadspin
http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/deadspin/excerpts/~3/jHgSGkdiDik/jim-edmonds-would-like-to-invite-you-to-his-stripper-battle-royal
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The life of James Patrick “Jim” Edmonds as a time line with special reference to the Cub-Card thing.
June 27, 1970 Jimmy James Patrick Edwards is born
June 27, 1970 Infant Jimmy James is loved and adored by all
July 14, 1974 Four year old Jimmy James’
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1687150&src=rss
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: Troy Glaus (shoulder) ill-in options include David Freese, acquired from the Padres after the 2007 season for Jim Edmonds. Barring a trade, the about-face earlier this week opens a free-for-all competition involving largely untested prospects and
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CBS Sports
http://feeds.cbssports.com/click.phdo?i=49145f83609cdc2bbafd30a62b28156b
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With Wood and Prior no longer in the organization, who is going to pitch all those simulated games?
I don't think I know what you're arguing about . .
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And here I always felt that the usage of the derisive term "A - Fraud" was over - the - top nasty. Not any longer.
I can't take credit for it, but in
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1629039&src=rss
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This is what its all about, speculation & what might-be or could-be. The picturesque portrait that you paint of this team is lovely, but there are areas that the team could surely improve in. You pick any area of the team and I can tell you 7 different
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1600905&src=rss
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...in left field during spring training? Adding a player for addition's sake seems silly, and with names like Richie Sexson and Jim Edmonds floating around, it's really all we're talking about. At least no one's mentioned Darin Erstad. For one, at this stage...
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Camden Chat :: A Baltimore Orioles Blog
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http://www.camdenchat.com/2009/1/10/716136/rosenthal-o-s-considering
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Cubs Record in August - 20-8 - Overall Record for 2008 as of August 31st - 85-52 - First place in the Central Division 4 1/2 games ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers
But the big story was Jim Edmonds. The former Cardinal hit two solo home runs that
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1555148&src=rss
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Lou Piniella's crew entered June in first place in the Central Division with a 2 ½ game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals. While June of 2008 was far less dramatic than a year earlier, the third month of the baseball season still posed challenges for
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1553722&src=rss
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It may shock you to read this, but I don't actually hate a whole lot of things in the world. I find hatred to to require too much energy and effort, and it does me no good to be angry and raging at somebody or something while powerless to change
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Sports Blogs
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If Pat Burrell can't come to a contract agreement with the Phillies and departs via free agency, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. should give some thought to calling Jim Edmonds.
Before you start
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Philly.com
http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168316&44=34797409&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2F20081120_Morning_Report__Is_Edmonds_a_solution_for_Phillies_.html
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...relationship) is just a plaque on the wall, or maybe it's a letter that is sent back and forth," said Jim Corbett, who sits on Edmonds' Sister City commission. "But I do not think there are many cities that send a delegation every year, and receive two." Sometimes,...
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HeraldNet
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20081028/NEWS01/710289888/-1/rss02
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Yesterday I posted a long article about why the Cubs will win next year, but like the political candidate on the campaign trail, I gave no specifics and got dodgy when people called me out on my promises. However, like a lot of you I've still got
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1417673&src=rss
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CHICAGO—Manny Ramirez and Joe Torre brought their winning postseason ways to the Los Angeles Dodgers -- and Wrigley Field. James Loney hit a go-ahead grand slam off a wild Ryan Dempster, Ramirez and Russell Martin homered and the new-look Dodgers beat
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Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2008/10/02/loney_manny_power_dodgers_past_cubs_7_2_in_opener?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Latest+sports+news
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CHICAGO -- The Cubs are hoping for a repeat of 1908. Through one playoff game, their hitters are looking at another 2007.
Offensive output in Game 1 similar to struggles of '07 version
"You've got to be patient, take walks and you have to put
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081001&content_id=3579526&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc&partnerId=rss_chc
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- Yunel Escobar flied out to right to end the game.
- Gregor Blanco flied out to center. Runner on first with two outs and Yunel Escobar due up.
- Martin Prado singled to center. Runner on first with one out and Gregor Blanco due up.
- Pinch-Hitter Ruben...
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Tampa Bay Online
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/tbo/sports/~3/401338884/tsnform.aspx
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The last time one of the team's departed heroes returned, things were not nearly so cordial. La Russa took exception to remarks Jim Edmonds made to Chicago reporters about wanting to move on from the past, so he chose to ignore his former star
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Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=461659
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On yet another picturebook gorgeous end-of-summer (the equinox passes tomorrow, putting us astronomically as well as meterologically into autumn) afternoon, the Iowa Cubs defeated the Cardinals 5-1, winning yet another series and reducing their magic
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/9/21/618886/the-day-after-cubs-5-cardi
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On yet another picturebook gorgeous end-of-summer (the equinox passes tomorrow, putting us astronomically as well as meterologically into autumn) afternoon, the Iowa Cubs defeated the Cardinals 5-1, winning yet another series and reducing their magic
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1391269&src=rss
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The "Budweiser Building" behind the left-field wall at Wrigley Field could have a new sponsor Saturday, depending on a temporary restraining order filed against the owner of the building, who covered the ad with tarp a few days ago.
Tom Gramatis, who
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Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-080918-jim-edmonds-chicago-cubs-ejected,0,1555774.story?track=rss
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This was a game with a little bit of everything. Cubs starting pitcher Rich Harden had no-hit (but unfortunately, not no-walk) stuff. Jim Edmonds demonstrated that even if there's not a whole lot of gas left in the tank, it's still possible to go a
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1387210&src=rss
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Reminder, the above numbers are Harden's with the Cubs only. See the pitcher box for his full season numbers.
Sounds good to me. Let's go Cubs!
Sunny. Winds blowing in from right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature:
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2008/9/18/616937/harden-vs-bush-thread-cubs
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