Perplexing Cubs

By Chicago Tribune

PUBLISHED: June 28, 2006 at 1:00 AM CDT | UPDATED: August 21, 2021 at 9:54 AM CDT

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I am a longtime Cubs fan, and I can’t help wondering:

Do the Cubs acquire only fragile players?

Or do those players become fragile only after they become Cubs players?

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