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Addison Russell

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2016
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This is the year the Cubs are having the most fun

This is the year that we're having the most fun. I guarantee you that. We're having a lot of fun, guys.

Russell's guarantee of fun was the most intense emotion he displayed in the entire interview.
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We're confident in the guys we're going into battle with and if we do the same thing as the regular season, things might turn out pretty good

I don't see that at all happening. I know that we're confident in the abilities that we have. I know that we're confident in the guys that we're going into battle with, so I think we do the same thing that we do during the regular season, and things might turn out pretty good.

Russell deployed the phrase 'going into battle' to describe playing a children's game. Things did turn out pretty good.
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I want to play the Mets in the postseason for revenge

Definitely I would like to play the Mets... i didn't miss out on this series i would like to play them again. okay i i agree i'd like a little revenge as well

The Cubs played the Giants and then the Dodgers; they never faced the Mets in the 2016 postseason because the Mets lost the Wild Card game.
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Theo Epstein is more intimidating than Tom Ricketts

Who is more intimidating when they come walking around the clubhouse, Ricketts or Theo? I would say Theo. What about Jed? Jed has some intimidation factor, but he's just kind of like a little bit short.

Subjective opinion of a player.
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Most likely Cub to ground into a double play besides Jason Heyward

I would say myself.

Russell grounded into 13 double plays in 2016. Heyward grounded into 17. Russell was at least aware of his tendencies.
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I can't remember a single dirty joke Joe Maddon has told me

Can't remember that.

Russell either has no memory of a single Joe Maddon joke or was protecting Maddon's comedy material from being leaked on a podcast.
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I'm the best dancer on the Cubs — Rizzo is a liar

Oh, if he told you that himself, he's a lion.

The strongest conviction Russell showed in the entire interview was about his dancing ability relative to Anthony Rizzo.
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I believe in ghosts but I don't believe in curses

I believe in ghosts, too, but I don't believe in curses at all.

Russell drew a firm metaphysical line between ghosts (real) and curses (not real). The Cubs won the World Series three weeks later, confirming his position on curses.
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The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee is haunted

The Pfister Hotel is haunted.

Russell stated this with more conviction than anything else in the interview, including baseball.

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