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  Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000.
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CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has a simple explanation for his team’s 11-7 start.

“We’re playing good baseball,” he declared after a 4-0 beauty of a win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on a chilly Monday night.