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Behind the mask of Cubs’ Willson Contreras

How much do you know about Cubs catcher Willson Contreras?

Five things you didn’t know:

  1. Those horses he rides in that video the Cubs play before home games and circulate on social media? They belong to his Florida neighbor and former big-leaguer Victor Martinez. “I love horses,” said Contreras, whose father taught him how to ride as a small child. But he doesn’t have any. And doesn’t have a ranch anyway. “I don’t have to,” he said. “I just go to Victor Martinez’s ranch, and he has 15 or 16 horses. We’re pretty close friends.