Can't break up these Cubs

A hot start to begin the second half is a portent of...well, nothing, really

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The Cubs started the second half by sweeping the still Bryce Harper-less Phillies by a combined score of 25-7. With the trade deadline just eight days away, who could the Cubs add to this sudden juggernaut? After all, they are heating up at just the right time and are now winners of…let me see here…four of their last 13 games.

You know what? Never mind.