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Joel Murray: 'It's an exciting time to be a Cubs fan'

Chicago area native Joel Murray knows the roar is back on the North Side, and he's happy to be a part of it.

"It's an exciting time to be a Cubs fan," Murray said at Thursday night's Hot Stove Cool Music event benefiting the Foundation To Be Named Later, the Family Foundation of Theo Epstein. "And a Cardinal hater."

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The Mad Men star has developed a friendship with Epstein, and Murray enjoys getting some knowledge from him.

"Part of the fun about this, too, is to get to hang with Theo and actually say, 'Soler is good though, right?