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Article: Counting down the days; The North Siders need to weather nine games to complete improbable worst-to-first scenario
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- September 21, 2007
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Momentum is one of those precious commodities for playoff
contenders, so getting a break Thursday a day after what manager Lou
Piniella called the biggest win of the season seems a little ill-
timed for the Cubs.
Right?
"I know people say you want to keep up the momentum," energetic
shortstop Ryan Theriot said. "But I'll tell you what, we're at the
point now where it's, 'Let's relax and recharge.' "
So that's what the Cubs did Thursday. No scoreboard watching. No
rotation shuffling. No late-game nail-biters. Just rest.
"I'm not even going to think about baseball," Piniella vowed
after a stretch of 24 games in 23 days, with the previous day off
coming on Aug. 27. "No baseball. ... ...