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		<title>Cubs Attendance Keeps Climbing, As Does Popularity on the Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2015 12:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Chicago Cubs hosted the San Francisco Giants for a four-game set earlier this month, I had occasion to speak with a security guard whose tenure at Wrigley extended back many years, including the Cubs&#8217; most recent peak in 2007 and 2008. He assured me that the energy and buzz was even more profound [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Miguel Montero Benefit from a Three-Catcher Rotation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When discussing correlations in the baseball world, I&#8217;ve found that you&#8217;re pretty much never going to be able to convince everyone up front that you&#8217;re not pointing out a causal relationship. If you mention a correlation&#8212;no matter the sample size or your caveats&#8212;folks will invariably laud you as having discovered the explanation for something, or (on the other hand) [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Cubs&#8217; Triple-A 40-Man&#8217;ers Could Contribute One Way or Another</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As teams around baseball scramble this time of year to self-identify as buyers, sellers, or something more nuanced, every organization is looking ahead to August and September, and, in many cases, beyond. Will we get enough production from our 25-man roster to stay in contention? Will we need to go outside the organization to make [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Been a Long Time Since Chicago Cubs Fans Had a Rooting Interest in the Home Run Derby</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2004 Chicago Cubs season was a peculiar thing. The surprise and excitement of 2003 gave way to the &#8230; things that happened in the playoffs, but the formerly woeful and downtrodden Cubs came into 2004 a sudden favorite. And why not? Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, and Carlos Zambrano were on the rise. The Derrek Lee, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Realistic Cubs Playoff Focus is Now a Wild Card Spot &#8211; And Things Are Looking Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The youthful Chicago Cubs ran into a buzz saw this weekend, as the grizzled and experienced St. Louis Cardinals overpowered them with their know-how and grit and whatever other things you need to say to yourself to move on. In reality, what happened this past weekend was a probably pretty good team faced a definitely [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>With the Full Bleachers Open, Wrigley Field Seating Availability is Back to Capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Then on a diet of the blood of snakes, toads, and all the putrid life of the Mississippi, slowly, Lestat became something like himself again. Claudia &#8230; You&#8217;ve been a very, very, naughty little girl.&#8221; Aside from being a pretty-close-to-iconic line at a pretty-much-fantastic moment in a pretty-darn-good movie, that line is what comes into [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Villanueva Remains a Guy to Watch, Even If You&#8217;re Not</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2015 09:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since his arrival into the Chicago Cubs&#8217; organization at the trade deadline in 2012, it&#8217;s as if every turn in the script was designed to overshadow Christian Villanueva. When the Cubs picked up the then 21-year-old third baseman in a trade from the Rangers, it was something of a consolation prize for the infamous Ryan [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cubs Have Been Brutally Bad with Runners in Scoring Position So Far This Season</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 19:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports Did you notice that the Chicago Cubs went a week without notching a hit with runners in scoring position last week? It&#8217;s true. From Friday—the Matt Szczur &#8220;single&#8221; on which Gregory Polanco did the chicken dance—until the following Friday, the Cubs went through an 0-for-31 stretch with runners [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Trends in Chicago Cubs Attendance Continue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2015 21:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month, I took a look at one of the least glamorous, least sexy topics a baseball writer can tackle this side of rosin bag supply chain studies*: attendance. Outside of an in-stadium guessing game in the later innings, you don&#8217;t really think too much about attendance, especially as a Chicago Cubs fan, where the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning the Spotlight on Chicago Cubs Shortstop Prospect Gleyber Torres</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 20:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Taylor]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bright spotlight rigged up to shine on the Chicago Cubs&#8217; farm system in recent years has made it virtually impossible to miss any of the big names or big performances. When an exciting front office comes into a major market with a plan to revamp the minor leagues in a very visible way, attention [&#8230;]]]></description>
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