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What was Kris Bryant doing in Iowa?

So just how did Cubs’ uber-prospect Kris Bryant spend his time awaiting his call up to the major leagues? If this video from Red Bull is to be believed, he literally spent it down on the farm … milking cows, hanging out with billy goats and hitting baseballs into the woods.

Quite a departure from the neon lights of Las Vegas, the slugger’s hometown.

Bryant, who famously didn’t break camp with the big league club — despite a stellar spring — finally got the call Friday. But before that, he spent a few weeks in Iowa, playing for the Cubs Triple-A affiliate, where he batted .321 and rocked 3 home runs in only 7 games.

Is the former Bonanza star the savior for a long-suffering Cubs team that hasn’t won a World Series since 1908? Time will tell, but that doesn’t stop a number of Chicago fans — including Billy Corgan, Joakim Noah, Ron Cey and Mike Ditka — from weighing in on the state of the team and how Bryant fits in.

Watch the video below.

Brett Steidler is the Online Communities Director at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Contact him at bsteidler@reviewjournal.com or on twitter @bsteid.

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