Trying to make sense of defeat

Updated: October 17, 2003, 12:10 PM ET

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By By Jim Baker
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Cubs aftermath

Pity the Cubs and Red Sox? Not bloody likely, writes Mike Prisuta of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. He can find no place in his heart for "big-market martyrs."

Rick Telander tries to make sense of yet another Cub flub. Read his deconstruction in today's Chicago Sun-Times.

And speaking of the Sun-Times, Chicago's Mayor Daley unloaded on the media Thursday for giving the name of the fan who interfered with the foul ball in Game 6. The Sun-Times' city hall reporter reports that Daley said the media went way beyond their bailiwick by printing his name, necessitating that a police car be stationed in front of his house to keep even more media still from harassing him.

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