The Cubs are now 4½ games behind Pittsburgh.
"I'm just happy to be here. Hope I can help the ballclub."True baseball fans can close their eyes and clearly see that scene from"Bull Durham" where Crash Davis gives phenom pitcher Calvin"Nuke" LaLoosh advice on how to deal with the media.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service And it's perhaps even more important this season, the first one in which teams are playing all 31 other clubs. That means the Cubs will only see NL Central opponents 48 times."I get what you're saying," he said."We need to win games against the opponents.
Things didn't start out fine Wednesday as starting pitcher Drew Smyly gave up 3 home runs, which allowed the Pirates to take a 5-1 lead after four innings.
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