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Soto flattered by MVP talk

Daily Herald — Cubs catcher Geovany Soto said Tuesday he was flattered to be mentioned as a possible candidate for the Most Valuable Player award.
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Cubs shut out Reds

Chicago Tribune — Rich Harden struck out 10 in seven shutout innings and drove the first run of the game as the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night.
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Cubs confident they can endure stretch run

Daily Herald — With each passing day, the expectations on the Cubs to do something special come October only increase.
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Harden pitches Cubs over Reds

Daily Herald — Rich Harden allowed two hits in seven innings, struck out 10 and bunted in the go-ahead run for his first career RBI, leading the surging Chicago Cubs over the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 Tuesday night.
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Holtzman no-no was high of '69 season for Cubs

Chicago Tribune — After Ken Holtzman no-hit Atlanta in August, a division crown seemed a foregone conclusion Another perfect summer is unfolding on the North Side of Chicago, the kind that used to happen once every generation or so.
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Monday's Olympic roundup Complete coverage

Chicago Tribune — Baseball: In a tension-filled game in which five U.S. players were hit by pitches, the U.S. managed to crush China, 9-1, on Monday. The U.S. is hanging on for a spot in the medal round. It, along with Japan, is 3-2, while Cuba and South Korea are 5-0. In other games, Japan beat Canada, 1-0; South Korea topped Taiwan, 9-8, and Cuba crushed the Netherlands, 14-3 in eight innings.
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Cubs' eight-run seventh just reward for Dempster

Daily Herald — OK, so it wasn't on the scale of that little 8-run inning the Marlins dropped on the Cubs a few years ago in that one playoff game, but the 8-spot the Cubs put up in Sunday's seventh was big in its own context.
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Cubs score 8 runs in 7th, beat Marlins

Chicago Tribune — Two-run doubles by Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez and a three-run double by Reed Johnson sparked an eight-run seventh that rallied the Cubs past the Florida Marlins 9-2 on Sunday. Phil Rogers: Expect both Chicago teams in playoffs
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Boy named after ballpark to throw first pitch

Daily Herald — Even years before 7-year-old Wrigley was born, his father Jerry Fields says he'd already decided what he'd do.
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Dempster's only concern: being ready every fifth day

Daily Herald — Cy Dempster? It's a tough field in the National League this year for the Cy Young Award, especially with Arizona's Brandon Webb sitting there at 18-4.
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Cubs score 8 runs in 7th, beat Marlins 9-2

Chicago Tribune — Two-run doubles by Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez and a three-run double by Reed Johnson sparked an eight-run seventh that rallied the Cubs past the Florida Marlins 9-2 on Sunday.
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8-run 7th helps Cubs rout Marlins

Daily Herald — Two-run doubles by Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez and a three-run double by Reed Johnson sparked an eight-run seventh that rallied the Chicago Cubs past the Florida Marlins 9-2 on Sunday.
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