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Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).

• Tim Bannon (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Wrigley Field gets another makeover: Cubs unveil 3 new clubs, expanded grandstands, bleacher extension and more. “At least the Cubs’ construction team is getting the job done.”
• Jesse Rogers (ESPN*): You can’t win if you can’t pitch -- and these Cubs can’t pitch. “We have to make them beat us, not beat ourselves,” right-handed starter Kyle Hendricks said.
• Mark Gonzales (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Theo Epstein shoulders the blame for the Cubs’ poor start: ‘Ultimately it’s all my responsibility’. “It’s easy to criticize,” he said. Tony Andracki has similar misgivings.
• Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Another game, another loss for sluggish Cubs, who have to start thinking of minor changes. “No, it’s not just the bullpen.” Also, Cubs send SOS.
• Tony Andracki (NBC Sports Chicago*): Cubs want Carl Edwards Jr. to focus on mental game in minor-league reset assignment. “... it doesn’t matter what Edwards does with his body before he throws the ball — his issue was more between the ears than anything else.” “We all love him,” says Joe Maddon.
• Brendan Miller (Cubs Insider): Allen Webster’s secondary pitches are absolutely filthy. “... Webster gives me a little bit of hope.”
• Barry Rozner (Daily Herald {$}): Former Cub Scott Servais managing very well. “I’m having more fun now than I did when I was a player,” he said.
• Steve Greenberg (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Fergie Jenkins reflects on 1969 Cubs. “Jenkins said the Cubs knew how good they were in 1969.”
• Cubs birthdays: John Ganzel, Fred Lear, Richie Myers, Bobby Del Greco, Bill Stoneman, David Bote. Also notable: John McGraw, Bobby Doerr (HoF).

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