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Dodgers Face Elimination with 8-4 loss to the Cubs in Game 5 of NLCS
The whiteboard inside the Dodgers clubhouse Thursday was blank after an 8-4 defeat by Chicago in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series . There were no words of wisdom, no message of snark or substance. The Dodgers milled around the room, quiet in the wake of back-to-back losses, 48 hours removed from a scene of joy.
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Rich Hill Blanks Cubs as Dodgers take NLCS Lead
L.A. lefty Rich Hill and three relievers pitched the Dodgers to a pivotal Game 3 win -- and extended the Cubs' scoreless streak to 18 innings.
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Ultimate guide for Game 3: Who will take series lead?
Can Jake Arrieta beat the Dodgers with his fastball? How deep in the game can Rich Hill go? Setting up Game 3 of the NLCS.
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The Chicago Cubs, the Goat Curse and the Psychological Roots of Superstition
The intuitive reasoning behind “magical thinking” may carry an evolutionary advantage. By David Noonan.
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Cubs take 2-0 lead in NLDS after 5-2 win over Giants
The Cubs beat the Giants 5-2 on Saturday night at Wrigley Field to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five National League Division Series.
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The Most Pleasing Campaign of 2016 - The New Yorker
Under Theo Epstein, the Chicago Cubs strike me as baseball’s version of the Obama campaigns that I helped to lead.
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Cubs, Red Sox lead way as All-Star Game rosters are announced
The Cubs made All-Star history by becoming just the second team ever to have its entire infield start an All-Star Game.
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Cubs' Jake Arrieta Wins 2015 NL Cy Young Award
The National League winner for the 2015 Cy Young award is Jake Arrieta of the Cubs, who topped two Dodgers contenders in Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw.
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Murphy Extends Tear, Lifts Mets to 3-0 NLCS Lead
Daniel Murphy homered in a record-tying fifth straight postseason game, and Jacob deGrom and the New York Mets topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Tuesday to take a 3-0 lead in the NLCS.
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Daniel Murphy's Stock Keeps Rising as October to Remember Continues
In seven postseason games so far this season, Daniel Murphy has homered off Clayton Kershaw (twice), Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta. Three of those pitchers are legitimate National League Cy Young Award candidates,Mets win game 2.
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Keys to Mets, Cubs in NLCS Game 1
The National League Championship Series will begin Saturday night at Citi Field as the New York Mets play host to the Chicago Cubs, with the first pitch of Game 1 scheduled for 8:07 pm.
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'Back to the Future' Writer, a Cardinals Fan, Discusses Prediction of Cubs Winning 2015 World Series
If the Chicago Cubs end their 107-year championship drought this season, they might owe some of the credit to a fan of their biggest rival. That's because the 1989 movie "Back to the Future Part II" predicted the Cubs would win the 2015 World Series, and the man who wrote the screenplay and imagined this unlikely scenario is Bob Gale, a lifelong St. Louis Cardinals fan.
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Cubs win NL Division Series, Beat Cardinals 6-4 in Game 4
The Chicago Cubs clinched a postseason series at Wrigley Field for the first time ever, getting home runs from Kyle Schwarber, Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday to win the NL Division Series in four games.
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Cubs Slug 6 HRs, take 2-1 NLDS Lead Over Cardinals
The Cubs, 7-4 winners over the St. Louis Cardinals, moved within one victory Monday of their first postseason series clinching party at Wrigley Field since, well, forever.
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Jorge Soler's 2-Run Homer Highlights 5-Run Inning; Cubs Even NLDS at 1-1
For one inning, Jorge Soler and all those Chicago Cubs rookies looked like playoff-tested veterans, and the St. Louis Cardinals appeared shaken.
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John Lackey Outpitches Jon Lester as Cardinals Cool off Cubs to Open NLDS
John Lackey lived up to his reputation as a pitcher who craves the ball in October, helping the St. Louis Cardinals cool off the upstart Chicago Cubs.
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Cubs-Cardinals 123-Year History Filled with Crazy Moments
The Cubs - Cardinals rivalry consists of 2,363 games over the last 123 years, and a million or so insults have probably been traded back and forth since that first game at old Sportsman's Park in 1892.
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MLB Playoffs: Schedule, Matchups and TV Listings for Friday
There are four MLB playoff games on Friday, beginning at 12:45 p.m.
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Cubs' Jake Arrieta Blanks Pirates, Division Series with Cardinals Next
They celebrated like wild fraternity brothers Wednesday night.
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Chicago Cubs Eye Postseason Run After Renaissance Year
The emergence of several young prospects helped elevate the Cubs to their first postseason appearance in seven years despite finishing third in their division. They visit Pittsburgh on Wednesday night for a matchup of two of the majors' best teams in the NL wild-card game.
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