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For a guy who participated in“ Dancing With the Stars,” Chicago Cubs manager David Ross has no real feel for Hollywood endings. Making his major-league debut off the bench Monday night at Coors Field in Colorado, top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong came to the plate with a runner on first and no outs in the ninth inning, after the Cubs had taken a one-run lead over the...

Wow. What a roller coaster of an ending that one was!

A weeklong break to rest Adbert Alzolay and his balky arm had ideally been exactly what the Chicago Cubs closer needed to be set for the final three weeks of the regular season. The move was retroactive to Sunday, setting up his earliest return for Sept. 25 ahead of the Cubs’ final six games. “I don’ t think he felt like he can really help us right now, and that’ s concerning,”...

For a guy who participated in“ Dancing With the Stars,” Chicago Cubs manager David Ross has no real feel for Hollywood endings. Making his major-league debut off the bench Monday night at Coors Field in Colorado, top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong came to the plate with a runner on first and no outs in the ninth inning, after the Cubs had taken a one-run lead over the...

The ability to avoid losinhol streaks fueled the Chicago Cubs in their surge from a sub-.500 team to a postseason contender. But their 3-2, 10- inning loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday before 40,391 at Wrigley Field ended that two-month stretch of consistency, and the third straight loss to their closest wild-card pursuer left them a game ahead of...