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This time, Cubs fans have no more love left to give

By Scoop Jackson
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Monday, October 6, 2008

CHICAGO -- No one here saw this coming. Not like this. The elimination of hope. Quick as a Jennifer Aniston relationship, instant as a Wall Street bankruptcy. One day, the top team in the National League and a favorite to win the World Series for the first time in 100 years. Four days later, gone. This was worse than last year. Worse than 1989. Worse than 1984. Maybe the worst ever. Because this time the Cubs didn't just lose a series. They lost a part of their soul, plus a large majority of ...

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