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Paul Sullivan: Once lovable losers, are the Cubs really becoming one of baseball's most hated teams?

It was probably inevitable after their 2016 championship, but the lovable losers have become hateable.

Or at least according to the online betting site casinoinsider.com, which says it used data from Twitter to suggest the Cubs are second only to the Yankees among baseball teams America loves to hate.

The site created a map of all 50 states, using data that tracked more

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