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Schwarber, speaking as a baseball fan, called the Cubs’ rebuild “shocking.”

Anyone who can do basic math knows we’re already past ‘first half’ of season, but here’s some before-the-break questions

Giancarlo Stanton's two-run homer in the fourth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game traveled 457 feet and landed toward the back of the left-field pavilion in Dodger Stadium, not far from where the former Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High star usually sat when he attended Dodgers games as a kid.

“To be honest,” Contreras said, “I don’t feel like this is going to be my last time with a Cubs uniform.”

“I probably shouldn’t even be here, honestly,” Kershaw said before taking in the Home Run Derby.

They are the only two Cubs catchers to start an All-Star Game.

This year’s Midsummer Classic will begin with a battle of the lefties.

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will bat seventh for the AL and Cubs catcher Willson Contreras is in the sixth spot for the NL.

The four-day All-Star break will allow the Cubs to physically heal, but Ross is determined to remind his players of the improvements and corrections that will be imperative in the second half.