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.

Enjoy the highlights:

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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