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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Steve Greenberg

Rebuild it, and some of them will still come

The Cubs never even had a chance in a four-game sweep by the Padres at Wrigley Field. (Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images)

You have to tip your cap to the Cubs for really nailing their 2022 slogan, “It’s different here.”

Boy, is it ever. The baseball is worse than we’ve seen in a long time, the roster practically unrecognizable. The crowds are dwindling. One suspects the hot dogs are more rubbery and the beer less fizzy, too. If “different” was the target, this might be a bull’s eye.

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