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Cubs-Dodgers in Tokyo? That's cool. But first pitch at 5:10 a.m.? Uh …

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Rise and shine, people!

Or don’t. It’s really your call.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know if you’ll be up and at ’em and watching Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s Cubs-Dodgers games from Tokyo. Don’t you just love a good 5:10 a.m. start?

“Um … isn’t that what a DVR is for?” @DadsThumb commented.

These two games will count in the regular-season standings, let’s be clear.

“Early bird gets the Dodgers,” @ChiTownSports wrote.

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