PHILADELPHIA – The question caused Kyle Schwarber to pause and ponder the history for a moment. Did Schwarber ever see himself, in his wildest baseball dreams, getting to 50 home runs in a Major League Baseball season?

Did he hope for it as a prodigious hitting prospect and No. 4 overall pick out of Indiana? As a player whose every rehab move was tracked by a Cubs franchise that staked some substantial portion of its drought-busting postseason hopes on his healing knee and legendary bat? As a guy who hit 46 dingers in a season before his 30th birthday?

“I don’t think so,” is what Schwarber came up with Tuesday night, after his 50th home run rocketed out of Citizens Bank Park. “Every single year, you try to find a way to keep getting better and to find a way to be productive for your team

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