CHICAGO -- Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer hoped the reason he was holding court at Wrigley Field on Wednesday would have been for a workout day in the midst of the National League Championship Series. Instead, the ballpark sat empty and he sat in the interview room, dissecting the end of the team’s season and the winter ahead.

On one hand, Hoyer said the initial reaction is disappointment over the gut-punch ending to an NL Division Series that went the distance against the rival Brewers. Once that feeling wears off, Chicago’s front-office leader believes there will be a sense of pride over winning 92 games, getting back onto the October stage and packing the Friendly Confines for postseason games once again.

“It was really nice to be able to play five home playoff game

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