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    For the Cubs, the good times have faded fast

    by Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times Feb 19, 2019 4 minutes

    MESA, Ariz. - Jon Lester hollered a greeting as he peered through a bank of television cameras surrounding Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo.

    "Hi Tony!" Lester said.

    "Hi Jon," Rizzo said. "Love you."

    "Love you back," Lester replied.

    It was a brief, bright moment during a gloomy start to the spring at Sloan Park. Remember the Cubs? Remember the budding homegrown dynasty? Remember the cuddly bunch that ended a 108-year championship drought and danced across the stage on "Saturday Night Live"?

    The autumn of 2016 feels like a distant memory in the spring of 2019.

    After the Cubs lost in the

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