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As Kyle Schwarber walked over to the roped-off fan area up the third-base line, the almost orderly line of young fans bunched into a mass of waving hands extending baseballs, cards, hats and pens toward the former Cub.
The balance of jerseys skewed toward the Cubs, who have subjected their fans to a floundering first half. So Schwarber and the Phillies coming to town with the best record in the majors only poured salt in the wound, as the Cubs fell 6-4 on Tuesday.
This was the same Schwarber who the Cubs non-tendered in December 2020, after he hit .