Cubs face the future Kimm, players content to act as if there will be more games

Cubs 13

Brewers 10

MILWAUKEE--On what could have been the last day of the 2002season, Cubs manager Bruce Kimm rested first baseman Fred McGriff sohe could be fresh to play this weekend at Wrigley Field against theSt. Louis Cardinals.

Thursday afternoon might have been McGriff's last game as a Cub ifplayers strike today for the rest of the season. But Kimm showed nofear of the future. He refused to let any dark shadows from the NewYork negotiations disrupt his routine.

I'm not treating it as the end of the season," Kimm said beforethe Cubs' 13-10 victory over the Brewers at Miller Park.

If this was the finish line, the Cubs crossed it as they …