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Paul Sullivan: ‘Winning Time’ was great junk food TV. Now how about a series on the 2004 Chicago Cubs?

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The day after the series finale of your favorite TV show is always difficult.

You’re trying to decipher the meaning of the ending while wondering if you’ll ever find another show as enjoyable as this one.

Sorry, but I won’t be accepting any calls, emails, texts, DMs, instant messages or beeper messages Monday while processing Sunday’s finale of the HBO show “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.” Consider me on the IL.

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