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Article: So many similarities, but 1 big difference in Cubs vs. Red Sox.(Chicago Cubs)(Boston Red Sox)

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June 8, 2005
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Byline: Mike Downey

CHICAGO _ A list of links between the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox is a ridiculously long one:

Bill Buckner, Andre Dawson, Fergie Jenkins ... the 1918 World Series ... Don Zimmer, Lou Boudreau, Joe McCarthy ... the ancient-ruin ballyards ... Lee Smith, Dennis Eckersley, Tom Gordon, Calvin Schiraldi ... the curses, jinxes, goats and ghosts ... Matt Clement, Bill Mueller, Mark Bellhorn, Nomar ...

Even current Red Sox manager Terry Francona got 31 hits in 1986 in a Cubs uniform.

Yet for all they have in common, when the Cubs and Red Sox share a field (Wrigley) at 1:20 p.m. CDT on Friday, it will be for the first ...

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