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What's up with Cubs reliever Neil Ramirez?

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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 -- Where has Chicago Cubs reliever Neil Ramirez been and why isn't Joe Maddon pitching him in more important situations? It's a question you must have asked yourself after watching several games get away from the Cubs with Ramirez sitting on the bullpen bench -- including Monday's eventual 9-8 win over the Colorado Rockies in which Jason Motte and Rafael Soriano blew a 3-run ninth-inning lead.