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Cubs celebrate 1st half as San Diego reminds of painful past

Not only does Bryant not ever had a drink but he says he’s never placed a bet in a casino, either, remarkable when you consider where Bryant comes from.

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Long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans might be feeling panic as their team struggled through a three-week swoon heading into the All-Star break. He claims the Cubs can indeed win the World Series this year, so long as he keeps rubbing his lucky horseshoe, his lucky rabbit’s foot, his lucky three-legged rabbit and three of the Cubs’ best players.

The real question is: Are you more jealous that Stephen got to hang out with the Cubbies, or that the Cubbies got to hang with Stephen??

“That’s something we don’t really discuss very often”, Arrieta said. It was the first time a Royal had gone deep in the All-Star Game since Bo Jackson drove a Rick Reuschel pitch into the centerfield seats in Anaheim in 1989.

Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo continued to crush the baseball.

At this point in my life, as a person and a die hard Chicago fan, it was hard to take a step back and look at the numbers, because more than anything else I wanted to go into work and give everyone the middle finger for doubting my Bryant.

So how much credit does Dad get? 283 with 13 home runs and 47 RBIs. If the Cubs are to advance to their first World Series since 1945, they will need to continue to supply the power. However, he is allowing nine hits and four walks per nine innings.

Thousands of fans already entered Petco Park to watch batting practice before the players went to center field to pose for photos.

N.L. manager Terry Collins has Cubs second baseman Zobrist leading off, followed by Washington right fielder Harper, Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, San Diego’s Wil Myers at designated hitter, Giants catcher Buster Posey, Cubs first baseman Rizzo, Miami center fielder Marcell Ozuna, Colorado left fielder Carlos Gonzalez and Cubs shortstop Addison Russell.

“So I just don’t really worry about it, especially with this group“.

There has been a disappearing act when it comes to starting pitching of late, including with Jake Arrieta.

“At the same time, it’s cool to be part of history”. You have to attack early, because he has strikeout stuff.

Besides scaring his NL teammates with a loud foul into the dugout, causing Bryant to grin, he wasn’t able to do any damage against Hamels again, striking out on a 3-2 changeup.

But the homer off Sale will be a lasting memory, and Bryant strolled through the tunnel with his father after finishing his news conference. National League’s Kris Bryant, of the Chicago Cubs, rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of the MLB baseball All-Star Game against the American League, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in San Diego.

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Chris Sale did just that – except for one bad pitch to a fellow Chicago All-Star.

White Sox left-hander Chris Sale reacts after Cubs slugger Kris Bryant homered off him in the All Star Game