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August 07, 2006
Doug Padilla: Brotherly love
Excuse half brothers Cesar Izturis and Maicer Izturis if they kind of lost track of each other ever since Cesar was traded from the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs last month. The two reunited briefly Monday morning but it took a chance meeting in downtown Chicago for it to happen.
It seems Cesar was out shopping when he bumped into Angels first-base coach Alfredo Griffin. (The Cubs had an off day and weren't scheduled to travel to Milwaukee until Monday night.) Cesar had no idea the Angels were in town for their make-up game against the White Sox.
Sometimes reunions take place in the darnedest places. It's safe to say the next one won't be in the World Series. The Cubs have been playing better of late but were 13 1/2 games out of first place before play Monday.
Posted by Doug Padilla at August 7, 2006 04:30 PM