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CHICAGO — Reporters eagerly inspected the damaged Chicago Cubs bat rack Sunday morning at Wrigley Field, searching for clues like paleontologists digging for dinosaur bones. Pieces of metal either bent or ripped off, a broken hand sanitizer with a piece of masking tape holding it together and a splintered chunk of wood on the frame were telltale signs that someone — or perhaps multiple people ...
Christopher Morel of the Chicago Cubs high-fives David Robertson after the Cubs defeated the New York Mets at Wrigley Field on Sunday, July 17, 2022, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Reporters eagerly inspected the damaged Chicago Cubs bat rack Sunday morning at Wrigley Field, searching for clues like paleontologists digging for dinosaur bones.

Pieces of metal either bent or ripped off, a broken hand sanitizer with a piece of masking tape holding it together and a splintered chunk of wood on the frame were telltale signs that someone — or perhaps multiple people — vented on the wooden structure holding the players’ bats and helmets.

The beaten-up bat rack served as a perfect metaphor for the 2022 Cubs season, which reached the end of the first

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