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CHGO Cubs Weekly: Mistakes like Crow-Armstrong’s are the best times to learn

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August 5, 2024
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What's up, Cubs Diehards?
There's no denying that Pete Crow-Armstrong calling off Nico Hoerner and then letting that fly ball drop in shallow center field Saturday was a crucial play.
It's not the only reason the Chicago Cubs blew a three-run lead and lost to the St. Louis Cardinals that day — newest Cub Isaac Paredes had just made a run-scoring throwing error the batter before, after all — but it's nonetheless the play people will remember. It was a painful way to turn a four-game series sweep into a 3-1 series win. And if we learned anything from the Cubs falling a game short of the playoffs last season, those painful losses with plays that should've been made do stick out.
It's great that...

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