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No cheap seats anymore for Cubs rookie slugger Kris Bryant (The Associated Press)

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Two years ago, Kris Bryant would sit in the nosebleed seats on College Night at Petco Park.

On Tuesday night, he was back at the big downtown ballyard, playing third base and batting second for the Chicago Cubs.

''It's come full circle. It's really surreal,'' Bryant said while sitting in the dugout two hours before the first pitch. ''I used to sit up there in the upper deck in right field for $5, the cheap seats, and now I get to play and get to step into the box against James Shields.