Go ahead, celebrate. Just don’t get your hopes up.
But feel free to finally exhale and enjoy the moment.
But keep your guard up and don’t fall for anything.
How else is a rationale baseball fan supposed to react to the news of allegedly real, honest-to-goodness progress between baseball owners and players after commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark met for “several hours” Tuesday — face-to-face, no less?
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“I believe it when I see it,” Cubs catcher Willson Contreras tweeted after the news broke Wednesday.