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Cubs, Cardinals leveraging rivalry to be ambassadors for baseball in London

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Maddie Lee / Sun-Times

London Stadium was set up for baseball ahead of the Cubs and Cardinals’ workouts Friday before the London Series.

LONDON – Cubs utility player Christopher Morel held up the West Ham United jersey that retired footballers Carlton Cole and James Collins gifted him for a photo op in the dugout during London Series team workouts Friday.

First base coach Mike Napoli, wearing an Arsenal jersey, walked past on his way back to the clubhouse and said: “Put that down.”

This caught Cole’s attention, and he called after Napoli: “Hey, hey hey.