It is generally hard to win without scoring runs, and it’s never a good idea to rely on winning by penalty kicks. Ryan Dempster was very good, but the Cubs’ offense was sufficiently bad to make it irrelevant.
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And we are surprised by this ? It’s time fr a change even if it’s not lous fault and hendry must go cause it is his fault. Bradley-fukudome all those no trade clauses let’s clean house already