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    Trading Deadline #1: Holy cow! After a Drought of Biblical Magnitude Chicago Fans Have a Winner
    William Nack • Sports Illustrated • Oct 1984

    How a mid-season trade for Rick Sutcliffe provided Cubs fans with a ebullient, hopeful, unfortunately short-lived 1984.