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Found September 25, 2009 on MVN:
PLAYERS: Derrek Lee,  Jeff Baker,  Brian Wilson,  Angel Guzman
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs,  San Francisco Giants

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They can't even celebrate properly: While celebrating a come-from-behind, ninth-inning win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs couldn't avoid yet another "Cubby Occurrence." First baseman Derrek Lee scored the game-tying run ahead of Jeff Baker, whose two-out, two-strike home run off San Francisco closer Brian Wilson put the team in line for the win. As Lee and Baker were mobbed by teammates in the dugout, relief pitcher Angel Guzman slapped the side of Lee's helmet, causing Lee to experience neck spasms that forced him to come out of the game for defense in the bottom of the ninth. It will be a wonder if they get through the month without somebody dead.
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