Chicago Cubs Lineup: Alcantara Starts at DH, Kelly Moves Up
5 news sources are covering this Sports story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"Chicago Cubs Lineup: Alcantara Starts at DH, Kelly Moves Up" is generating significant coverage in the Sports category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Covers.com, Bless You Boys, Fox News and Chicago Sun-Times. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Why is "Chicago Cubs Lineup: Alcantara Starts at DH, Kelly Moves Up" trending?
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Coverage (7)
- Cubs vs. Tigers Lineup: Alcantara Takes the Field, A Change at Clean Up, More Sports Illustrated · 7h ago
- GameThread: Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Yahoo Sports · 7h ago
- Tigers vs Cubs Prediction, Picks & Odds for Today's MLB Game Covers.com · 7h ago
- Tigers look to clinch road series vs Cubs on Tuesday Bless You Boys · 7h ago
- Framber Valdez and wind-blown Wrigley Field make Tigers vs Cubs under 8.5 a compelling MLB play Fox News · 7h ago
- Tigers-Cubs game will be delayed because of weather in area Chicago Sun-Times · 7h ago
- Chicago Cubs Lineup: Alcantara Starts at DH, Kelly Moves Up Bleacher Nation · 7h ago
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