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Ryne thanks fans for 'field of dreams'
Tribune staff reporterThe Tribune's story on Ryne Sandberg Day in 1997. Never regarded as much of a speechmaker, Ryne Sandberg wowed a capacity Wrigley Field crowd Saturday with a dozen choice words. "I truly lived my field of dreams right here at Wrigley Field," Sandberg...Tags: Sammy Sosa, Colorado, Philadelphia Phillies, Nat King Cole, Chicago Cubs
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The end of an error
At Harry Caray's Restaurant, surrounded by mementos of baseball legends, The Ball sits safely inside a display case--watched over by 13 surveillance cameras, two anti-theft alarms and 24-hour security guards. All this to protect, at least until...Tags: Baseball, Lifestyle and Leisure, Career and Workplace, Death, Restaurants
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A visitor's guide to a place we call home
Tribune staff writerWeek after week, in the pages of Travel, we tell readers about every place in the world they can visit -- except Chicago. We're not tourists in our own town, editors think, so Chicago isn't a travel experience; it's home. But not for every Tribune...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trips and Vacations, Washington (U.S. state), Michael Jordan, Transportation
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Bidding a final Alou
Tribune staff reporterSix seconds, three pops, a couple of "zzztttzzz's" and the folks at Kinzie and Dearborn figured they had undone 58 years of misfortune. More to the point, after the nationally televised destruction of the infamous "Foul Ball," was the pronouncement by...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Dining and Drinking, Television Industry, Ron Santo, Today (tv program)
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Bartman today
RedEyeBy all accounts, Steve Bartman is one of the biggest and most passionate Cub fans around and has been for most of his life. Yet when he was asked recently by a neighbor if he thought the Cubs might offer to let him throw out the first pitch at Wrigley...Tags: Baseball, University of Notre Dame, Super Bowl, Wrigley Field, Harold Ramis
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From the cubicle
ChicagoSports.comIt's Opening Day, which means it should start snowing any minute now. For the benefit of all of you stuck at work, we're going to try to bring you live play-by-play commentary of both games today. It might get a little hectic when the two games overlap,...Tags: Ted Washington, Adam Sandler, Rey Sanchez, Mark Grudzielanek, Sandy Alomar
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NYC couple still wait to go home
Of The Morning CallAndy Jurinko is leading yet another tour of his rented loft at 125 Cedar Street, 300 feet from what used to be the World Trade Center. As he's done for nearly a year for journalists from around the world, the Phillipsburg native is demonstrating what...Tags: Disasters, Trips and Vacations, Deutsche Bank AG, Arts, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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It rains on a charade
Tribune staff reporterIf the Cubs play the next two games against the White Sox the same way they did Friday's rain-shortened 5-3 loss, manager Jim Riggleman may have to ask Mets manager Bobby Valentine if he can borrow one of his disguises. The Cubs made physical errors,...Tags: New York Mets, Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Magglio Ordonez, Jerry Manuel
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From the Cubicle
ChicagoSports.comWelcome everyone to the play-by-play commentary of the Cubs home opener against the Montreal Expos. Bonjour to all the Expos fans. It's flat out brutal out, more suitable for the Iditarod than baseball with the wind blowing in from left-center and the...Tags: Mark Bellhorn, Mark Grudzielanek, National Football Conference, Vladimir Guerrero, Scott Stewart
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The battle outside the lines
Tribune staff reporterBrooks Boyer's boyish face looked cautiously hopeful as he sat behind the large desk in his sparsely furnished office on a recent morning. A nearly full box of caffeine-heavy Diet Mountain Dew sat on the floor as both an aid and a warning—his tenure as...Tags: Arts and Culture, Chicago Sports Tickets, Bill Veeck, Marketing, Bars and Clubs
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Prior schools Braves
Tribune staff reporterFaith and hope have carried Cubs fans through several decades of disappointment, along with the knowledge that nothing lasts forever. But the promise of a brighter tomorrow finally seemed within their grasp on an electric night at Wrigley Field when Mark...Tags: Kenny Lofton, Baseball, Matt Clement, Mark Grudzielanek, Russ Ortiz
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Go to the Hall, Miss Agnes Thompson's being honored
Sun StaffGo to war, Miss Agnes -- Chuck Thompson is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Orioles' legendary announcer was named yesterday as the 1993 winner of the Ford C. Frick Award, given to a broadcaster who has made a major contribution to baseball. His...Tags: Retirement, Arts and Culture, Baseball, Television, Career and Workplace
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