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Sneaky cop switches 'Let's Go Bucs' sign on Pittsburgh building to 'Let's Go Cubs'

Sneaky cop switches sign near PNC Park to cheer Cubs

For the third straight season, Pirates fans and the City of Pittsburgh have contracted postseason fever and the only prescription is more postseason. Ahead of the NL Wild Card Game presented by Budweiser against the Cubs, "Burgh Man" was dusting off his best glow sticks, Andrew McCutchen was calling for fans to turn PNC Park into a #BlackOut and local businesses were cheering on their hometown team.

But one sneaky cop from Chicago went ahead and undermined that last initiative when he pulled a good ol' fashioned switcheroo on some window letters on the North Shore.

Letters arranged in the windows above The Beer Market adjacent to PNC Park in Pittsburgh originally spelled out "LETS GO BUCS." But -- according to Chicago Sun-Times court reporter Rummana Hussain -- a sheriff's deputy from Cook County, Ill., reportedly swapped the placement of the "B" and the "C" to make the sign read "LETS GO CUBS."

Yup, we've officially reached the postseason, folks.

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