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Ben Zobrist returns to the Cubs with no regrets about his time away: 'The timing is right for me to be here now'

CHICAGO - Ben Zobrist has no regrets about taking time off from his career to handle family matters in the wake of divorce proceedings with his wife, Julianna, and isn't sure this will be his final season.

Zobrist returned to the Cubs for the stretch run Sunday after leaving the team in May before deciding in July that he wanted to return.

"It was a very easy decision for me, very easy," Zobrist said Sunday at a news conference at Wrigley Field in his first public comments about his situation since his departure. "Because I'm a 100% focus type of person and I knew at that moment there was

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