Cub Tracks fills in the blanks

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Athletes-as-activists have a long and storied history. More and more are lending their voices to causes and so it’s not much of a surprise that major-league athletes are participating in the get-out-the-vote effort. Musicians and other entertainers have been doing it for years.

Without a vote, we are voiceless. I’ve made mine heard. That said, our brief here is Chicago Cubs, and Javier Baez had something to say.

Here at Cub Tracks News and Notes, we are winding up the fifth year of the reign under Duane (and closing in on the eighth anniversary overall) and also it’s almost my birthday. I’m not super-sentimental about such things but that’s an anniversary, too. As…