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Paul Sullivan: Cubs not worried about fatigue factor from grueling 30-day stretch

The Cubs stretch of consecutive workdays will reach 30 by the time they get an off day Sept. 20, by which time everyone will be tired of seeing each other.

"'Listen, I love all my teammates but seeing them 30 days in a row is not what I intend to do on a daily basis," Anthony Rizzo said Tuesday before the Cubs-Brewers showdown at Wrigley Field.

"One day away from them goes for two weeks seeing them. But that's what it is right now.

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