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- Jeff Samardzija leaves an April game against the Diamondbacks in the eighth with a 5-2 lead. The Cubs lost, 7-5.
The White Sox and Cubs square off this week, and I’ve got my bets down with two poker buddies who happen to be Cubs fans. I grew up in Sox territory, the south side, and my friends are from Cubs country, Iowa and Indiana.
Either the Cubs don’t hit for Samardzija, or he leaves the game with the lead and the bullpen squanders it. Everyone knows he’s going to be traded, but you’d think his teammates wouldn’t treat him like the enemy just yet. Or maybe he’s suffering from pre-ex-Cubs factor.
