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David Haugh: It's time for the Cubs to wake up

Surely dreading four straight day games at the end of this Wrigley Field homestand, Cubs manager Joe Maddon will allow players to show up all week whenever they want.

You know, like his team has all season.

That's not entirely fair, but not too far off for the defending World Series champions whose summer has been no vacation. The Cubs have been more on-again, off-again than a teenage romance, flirting with the idea of running away from the division after the All-Star break only to be sucked back toward the inconsistency that defined

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