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There was more than just a nip in the air late Sunday morning at Wrigley Field. With temperatures in the 50s, regular folks inside and outside the ballpark zipped up in jackets and the Cubs sitting at 20 games above .500 entering a game against the Nationals, it felt palpably like September — postseason baseball so near, one could all but taste its wafting, intoxicating scent.
Right?
“Is that a football question or a baseball question?” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, more deadpan than dismissive.
“I mean, look,” he went on, “we’re at three weeks [left] for the regular season.