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    Anthony Rizzo was part of the Cubs' teardown, rebuild, championship — and now the collapse: 'I don't believe we're just going to go away'

    by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune Sep 27, 2019 4 minutes

    PITTSBURGH - Before Wednesday's loss to the Pirates, the last time the Cubs had an eight-game losing streak was on Aug. 8, 2012.

    New President Theo Epstein had just traded Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Geovany Soto and Reed Johnson and brought up the team's two best hitting prospects, Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters. The Cubs had 16 players on the roster making $600,000, and a rookie first baseman named Anthony Rizzo went 1-for-4 with an error in a 2-0 loss to the Padres at Petco Park.

    The highlight of the game came in the seventh inning, when starter Jeff Samardzija broke a bat over his knee, saying Carlos Zambrano

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