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Wow. I had to scrap my entire article on John Lackey and The Will To Win (#TWTW) because the Cubs dropped a nuclear bomb on baseball today. I have to believe that a higher power doesn’t want me to connect the dots between the Chicago Cubs and a Hawk Harrelson-ism, even in the wake of the loss of one of sports television’s pioneers.
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The Cubs traded OF Chris Coghlan to Oakland for non-prospect Aaron Brooks. Brooks won’t make the team but has minor league options, while Coghlan was being squeezed for playing time.