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Joe Maddon's lineup choices pay off for Cubs

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Joe Maddon's lineup choices pay off for Cubs

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Starting in right field for only the third time, Kyle Schwarber drove in three runs of the Cubs' four runs.
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Imagine the initial Twitter barrage that would’ve been aimed at Philadelphia Athletics manager Connie Mack in October of 1929, at the very least to distract followers from the developing situation on Wall Street.