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Article: Mental, physical errors bedevil Cubs.(Chicago Cubs)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- June 7, 2005
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Byline: Dave van Dyck
CHICAGO _ In the middle of the sixth inning at Wrigley Field Tuesday night, a cat went streaking from near the Blue Jays first base dugout and past the Cubs dugout before it leaped into the stands near the Cubs bullpen.
A repeat of that infamous day of Sept. 9, 1969, in Shea Stadium, when a black cat ran past Ron Santo in the on-deck circle and a day later the Cubs were out of first place for good? A new sign of bad luck?
"Not to me, because he wasn't all black," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "So it doesn't mean nothing.
"Where did he come from? Does he live here? Did someone let him go or what?"
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