Kris Bryant: 'No Excuses' for Not Winning More, But 'Proud' of Core

Bryant: ‘No excuses’ for no 2nd title but ‘proud’ of core originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago MILWAUKEE — When Kris Bryant got to the visitors clubhouse in Milwaukee his Cubs past immediately hit him in the face. Not because the Giants were playing so close to Chicago or even that two familiar media faces were there to rehash his departure, exactly one week earlier when a rare Cubs championship era snuffed out in a 24-hour flurry of trades. “It’s weird sitting here on a Friday and watching the Cubs play at 1:20,” Bryant said of the Cubs-Sox game playing on the clubhouse TV. “Looking at the lineup and trying to figure out who’s who and stuff like that. Seeing them on TV is kind of surreal.” The last time Bryant was in Milwaukee, Cubs were blowing a seven-run lead on the way to getting swept during an 11-game losing streak, and he was on the team hitting bottom. “Things just kind of unraveled quickly. The perfect storm of everything,” he said, “and then everybody’s gone.” Friday he wore a black Giants undershirt and gray baseball pants as he sat in the dugout — a look that was all wrong,…
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