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Cubs Could Use Adam Wainwright’s Incentive-Laden 2019 Deal as Template for Jon Lester’s Return
Both Jon Lester and the Cubs have expressed interest in a reunion, though it’s not going to be under the…
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The Rundown: Jon Lester 2020 Report Card, Red Sox Could Target Quintana, Braves Beat Kershaw, Astros Walk Off Rays
On the one hand, Jon Lester pitched pretty much as expected during 2020, just not as well as everyone had…
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The Rundown: Anthony Rizzo 2020 Report Card, Sox Interested in LaRussa, Dodgers Pummel Braves, Astros Stay Alive
The Cubs are going to start their exit interviews and player evaluations soon, if they haven’t already. While we wait…
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The Rundown: Chicago Cubs May Look Entirely Different Next Year, Lester Return Possible, Rays Take Game 1 of ALCS
“I was surprised, as always, by how easy the act of leaving was, and how good it felt. The world…
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The Rundown: Cubs Season Ends Dismally, Postmortem Role-Playing, Bob Gibson Passes, BBWAA Kicks Landis to Curb
“There is a kind of dreary monotony about their characters, an American sameness about them that never varies and is…
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The Rundown: Cubs Inch Closer to Division Title, Hendricks Ready for Postseason, Lester Likely Game 3 Starter, White Sox Fall to Second Place
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does the truth become error because nobody will…
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Jed Hoyer Soft-Pedals Brailyn Marquez Promotion Hype, ‘Not Closing Door’ on Jon Lester Return
The Cubs have remained somewhat coy when it comes to the immediate future of prized lefty pitching prospect Brailyn Marquez,…
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The Rundown: Cubs’ Home Slump Continues, Darvish Derailed in Cy Young Bid, MLB Playoff Quarantines Start This Week
A lineup that features Kris Bryant, Javier Báez, Anthony Rizzo, Kyle Schwarber, and Willson Contreras should strike fear into the…
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Jon Lester on Possible Final Wrigley Start: ‘I Didn’t Think 6 Years Would Go This Fast’
Whatever harbinger is the opposite of the canary in the coalmine, that’s what Jon Lester was for the Chicago Cubs.…
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Postgame Pondering
Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (9/15/20): Cubs 6, Indians 5 – Cubs Come Back to Win on Back-to-Back Hit Batters
If nothing else, the Chicago Cubs have been making victories extremely interesting the last three games. Although, they could have…
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