Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki (27) rolls out of the way of an inside pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays during ninth inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP) AP

It was a few hours before the start of an important late-July series in Milwaukee when a couple of Chicago reporters approached Christian Yelich at his locker.

Players buzz around before the first game of a series, going from this meeting to that one, and plenty of stars duck out of being available, but Yelich had time to talk. And why wouldn’t he want to?

The Brewers were hot and, well, he’s starred in this movie before. He knows his role. Yelich talked about his team being the “Average Joes,” like in the movie Dodgeball, and how young stars such as Jacob Misioro

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