The [Wednesday] Papers

On top of everything else that happened at Wrigley Field last night, Fernando Rodney fired the arrow:

I don't know why MLB video lately leaves a big block of white space beneath it, but I spent more time than I wanted to this morning trying to solve it, so we'll just have to live with the ugly.

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"Talent wins out above all else. And by series end, the Cubs just had more of it than the Cardinals - even if a lot of their key contributors, by baseball's standards, are still wearing diapers," Jonah Keri writes for Grantland

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Upping The Cubs' Nickname Game
George Sun and Schwarberry Short Cake.

Song Of The Moment: Go, Cubs, Go!
Steve Goodman wrote it at the request of a WGN exec.

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Barbara Byrd-Bribery
"As part of a plea agreement with federal authorities, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd Bennett pleaded guilty [Tuesday] morning to one felony count of fraud in connection with the SUPES Academy corruption scandal," Catalyst reports.

"The former head of the nation's third-largest school district is now a convicted felon."

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Wow, check out this report from Cleveland on Byrd-Bennett. MUST-SEE.

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Byrd-Bennett's husband, Ed Suggs, is an assistant principal at Garrett Morgan High School in Cleveland.

As you may have already read, her daughter is the Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts (and the county's former inspector general.

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REVEALED: The Boom & Bust Of The CIA's Secret Torture Sites
"We cannot have enough blacksite hosts," the official wrote.

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The Refund Kevin Trudeau Doesn't Want You To Know About
And the Winston & Strawn partner who didn't want you to have it either.

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SCRABBLE for Literacy
With teaser video!

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Chicagoetry: Longshadow
I wish I was taller, thinner,
Had more discipline at dinner

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BeachBook

Still so great.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

Trib: "The crazy stuff Cubs fans do to help the team win" | Okay, let's be clear: Nothing these fans do helps the team win.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 14, 2015

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Statically speaking, it seems unlikely America will elect 45 horrible presidents in a row.

— fire tom friedman (@firetomfriedman) October 14, 2015

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The GOP is a den of batshit crazy conspiracists. But that doesn't mean there are not real questions about Benghazi & also Hillary's emails.

— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) October 14, 2015

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Toyota gets their money's worth ... sadly. RT @wlsam890: Wrigley Field... pic.twitter.com/odyEUe3eLD

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) October 14, 2015

Embedded tweets with images also creating white space. Twitter did recently alter their embed code, though I was able to instigate a solution from them for how it fucked up past embedded tweets by breaking our pages, but geez . . . I realize we aren't likely using the best tech elements in our design - or at least, certainly not the latest - but still! Our CMS is up-to-date!

We've never had proper tech help here, which isn't to say those who have aided us over the years aren't highly appreciated. But if we had someone who could really dig in, there's a lot we'd like to do, in terms of upgrades, basic maintenance, and innovative creative ideas - that are probably pretty basic in tech terms - that would be super cool. Just sayin' - I have a long list for anyone who wants to jump in and do some awesome things together.

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