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Fault lines on the Cubs growing deeper

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Throughout the years, reporters assigned to cover Cubs manager Lou Piniella often have given updates on his emotional state. Inevitably, they've sounded like geologists working on the San Andreas Fault. There are daily temperature readings and pressure checks and forecasts, and I'm sure that Sunday, everyone within a square mile of Piniella will be warned that signs of stress exist. The Cubs are reeling and the Cardinals are rolling, and it never helps when a pitcher walks a couple of guys in f ...

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