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ST. LOUIS — About this time a year ago, Cubs manager David Ross walked into the visitors clubhouse at Busch Stadium and delivered the news to left fielder Ian Happ and catcher Willson Contreras that they hadn’t been traded.
“It feels different,” Ross said Thursday, back in the visiting dugout. “Definitely feels good coming to the park and it’s not these other narratives. But I think the good thing about this group here, they’ve proven [lately that] playing good baseball and fighting each and every pitch and going out and winning baseball games is always the goal.