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Cubs: Addison Russell gaining confidence as he gets back to playing his game

This isn't a video game anymore.

That 94 mph fastball from Clayton Kershaw is as real as it gets for Addison Russell.

The day after Kris Bryant was talking about facing pitchers who used to be on his Fantasy Baseball teams, the other high-profile Cubs rookie was discussing how he used to play with Kershaw and Zack Greinke on PlayStation in high school (which was only three years ago for Russell).

Now, he's facing them in person on back-to-back nights.

"It's pretty cool," Russell said. "Everyone knows [Kershaw] is a great pitcher. It's just kinda surreal being able to face him.