Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Cole Hamels downplayed the team's rivalry with the Milwaukee Brewers after Monday night's 4-3 loss to the NL Central foe at Miller Park by suggesting most of the sellout crowd in Milwaukee was rooting for the visitors.
"When you have the majority of Cubs fans in the stands, I don't know if that's a rivalry," Hamels told reporters. "They aren't going to like me for the comment, but look at the ticket sales. When they start to get a little closer and their fans sell out, then I think that's kind of the understanding [of a rivalry].