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Javier Baez takes over at SS for Cubs, will try to 'slow it down'

NEW YORK -- Besides perhaps dealing with the cold weather expected for Games 1 and 2 of the National League Championship Series, Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Baez is treating things pretty normal as he takes over for the injured Addison Russell. If Baez has any nerves, he’s not showing them. Well, maybe a little.

“With all the fans and the noise, you do get nervous,” Baez said during a workout at Citi Field on Friday. “You have to learn how to slow it down and play the game through the nine innings.