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The Rundown: Cubs Need Some Old-Fashioned Coconut Straightening, Brewers Continue Unprecedented Run, Pohlad Family Keeping Twins

“A summer’s disregard, a broken bottle top, and one man’s soul. They follow each other on the wind, ya know, ’cause they’ve got nowhere to go.”Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson

Carter Hawkins didn’t make many fans when he spoke to ESPN’s Jesse Rogers once the dust had settled after this year’s trade deadline. At best, he sounded like so many GMs who simply run lockstep with the C-suite executives. At worst, he sounded completely disconnected from the Cubs’ attempts to hold off the Brewers.