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CHICAGO -- Over the course of a calendar year, Chicago Cubs starter Jake Arrieta underwent an amazing transformation. Like Nick Bottom from A Midsummer Nights Dream he enjoyed a magical night -- a series of them -- then suddenly woke in the forest, returned to the land of the mortals. Was any of it real?Admittedly, thats laying it on a bit thick. But thats what numbers like Arrieta put up can do to a sports writer. From June 4, 2015 until May 16 of this season, Arrieta went 27-2 over 33 starts with a 1.36 ERA. It was real in that it happened, and it was unreal in that it could not keep going.Since then, Arrieta has been a solid major league pitcher, going 8-7 with a 3.68 ERA. Thats good. Its fine. The ERA is about 5 percent better than the big league average over that span. It ranks 32nd among 79 qualifying pitchers. Meanwhile, teammates Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks have left Arrieta behind in pursuit of the Cy Young Award Arrieta won last season.Arrieta takes the mound Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals. Mostly likely, hell have one more regular-season start after that but this is probably the last one played under true competitive circumstances. Manager Joe Maddon has pledged to play this weekend series straight up out of deference for the Cardinals place in the wild-card derby. After that, the Cubs player usage patterns will be more spring training-like. On top of all that, the afternoon tilt will be nationally televised on ESPN. Shane Prince Jersey . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. Adam Pelech Jersey . The deal is pending a physical, assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. Traded from Seattle to Baltimore on Aug. 30, Morse also can play first base and right field to give manager Bruce Bochy some flexibility in writing his lineup. http://www.cheapislandersjerseys.com/?tag=adidas-dennis-seidenberg-jersey .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Scott Mayfield Jersey . Denis Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please. Thomas Hickey Jersey . Scott won the Australian PGA last week in his first event in Australia since winning the U.S. Masters in April. American Matt Kuchar, ahead by two strokes with four to play and even with Scott with one to go, double-bogeyed the 18th after taking two shots to get out of a bunker. Its a malaise as old as sport itself. In the wake of recent revelations, following a Russian cyber espionage group making athlete drug testing information public, the question of what qualifies as an unfair advantage in sport has yet again surfaced.Rafael Nadal,who is known to have a strong view on the matter, asserted that sport should be clean and look clean. He said, Its terrible news. We cannot though believe an agency which is outside our anti-doping programme.Hackers, nicknamed Fancy Bears, leaked drug records which suggest that Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Simone Biles and a host of other athletes have been using Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) drugs. The WADA though was quick to confirm that the athletes had been granted TUEs by the concerned sports federation and national anti-doping organisations.TUE certificate allows an athlete to use an otherwise banned substance with the intennt of aiding a genuine medical condition.dddddddddddd The leaks raises doubts over the provision being more abused than used.Personally, I know how hard the controls are. We are obligated to inform every single day of the year where we are and set aside one hour of each day for anti-doping control, Nadal added.Tired of being accused of doping, Nadal had written to the International Tennis Federation president earlier this year, asking for all his drug-test results and blood profile records to be made public.All sportspersons who believe in the spirit of the game, want to compete against other clean sportspersons. I believe in the anti-doping programme 100 per cent. If people are not doing the right things, they dont deserve to be part of the world of sport, he said. ' ' '