Article: Chicago handles Crew's best arms <> Cubs get big boost of confidence

It wasn't supposed to go down this way.

When the Milwaukee Brewers traded a future big-league starting outfielder for CC Sabathia, it was to make a pretty good starting rotation into one of the best in the National League.

It was also to put a hand in the face of the Chicago Cubs, the northern neighbor's way of saying, "I'm tired of hearing how superior and big-market you are."

Brewers manager Ned Yost, who usually admits to getting excited about only iPhones and NASCAR, was flat out giddy when he was able to write in "CC Sabathia" and "Ben Sheets" for the first two dates of this four-game home series against the Cubs. Even with Chicago answering with their own ace, Carlos Zambrano, in one ...

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