Carlos Pena, Matt Garza know miracles — so why not one for the Cubs?
MESA, Ariz. — Has there ever been a more daunting height to scale in major-league baseball, a more impossible task in professional sports, than the Cubs winning a World Series for the first time since Geronimo was alive — or even getting to one for the first time since the sport integrated?Of course not. Well, except for maybe one case. ‘‘I know how possible it is,’’ Cubs newcomer Carlos Pena …
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Cubs 7, Diamondbacks 5
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Looper looking to make Cubs’ rotation
Braden Looper pitched into the fourth inning in his first start of spring training and allowed a run on five hits as a Chicago Cubs split squad beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-5 Sunday.
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