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Chicago baseball: What's new, what's ahead for Cubs, White Sox
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Chicago Cubs - Here is tonight's #Cubs starting lineup against the Reds. EDIT: Yan Gomes was scratched due to left oblique tightness. Updated lineup is in the comments.
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Cubs' 15 MLB debuts this year match last year's total - Chicago Sun-Times
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Yan Gomes of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning News Photo - Getty Images
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Cubs turn to Gomes, Barnhart to replace Contreras at catcher
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Paul Sullivan: Adbert Alzolay growing more comfortable as the Chicago Cubs' de facto closer
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Yan Gomes of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch in the fifth inning News Photo - Getty Images
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Joey Meneses, Nationals' 30-year-old rookie, homers again in loss to Cubs - The Washington Post
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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 08: Chicago Cubs catcher Yan Gomes (15) swings at a pitch during a Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Chicago Cubs on April 8th
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Diamondbacks to Face Tough Cubs lefty Justin Steele - Sports Illustrated Arizona Diamondbacks News, Analysis and More
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Chicago Cubs sign veteran catcher Yan Gomes to two-year contract - Bleed Cubbie Blue