Wake the Eff Up and Watch the Cubs Show Some Life Against the Brewers

Justin Steele IMPLORED his team to “wake the f*** up” yesterday, and they responded by doing exactly that. The Cubs beat the Brewers 5-3, and outside of the inning that prompted Steele’s well-deserved outburst, they played very well.

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