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- Updated: July 21, 2016
9:38 AM ET
CHICAGO — Has the Pokemon Go craze found its way into the Chicago Cubs clubhouse? That was the question put to players this week, as their ability to travel the country and catch Pokemon make them prime candidates for the addicting and popular game.
“I’ve caught two so far,” pitcher Jason Hammel said. “The first one might be a gimme so they can hook you. I’m going to show it to my son, and he will love that.”
Hammel said his younger brother was “obsessed” with Pokemon, so he was more than familiar with it before the app came out.
“He worshipped Pokemon for the better part of five or six years,” Hammel said. “I played with him. I loved drawing. If baseball didn’t work out, I was going into graphic design. I thought the imagery and the art of it was pretty cool, so that made me OK with playing, even though it was for kids 10 years younger than me.”
Hammel isn’t the only Cub who has played Pokemon, though others have varying degrees of interest.
“I did download the Pokemon thing when I was home for the All-Star break,” Tommy La Stella said. “Tried it a couple times, couldn’t figure it out, deleted it. My sister plays it. I did attempt it.”
Some have heard of the game, but haven’t attempted it yet. Others want to stay away from it.
“Oh my god, yes,” Albert Almora said. “I’ve seen people walking the street going nuts with it. I’m like, ‘What is that?’
“My buddies from back home were like, ‘You would find, like, the coolest ones because you travel.’ Maybe I’ll catch a Pokemon in center …
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