Cubs manager Dale Sveum returns to the dugout after arguing a safe call on a steal by Mets baserunner Andres Torres in the eighth inning. The Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 5-3 on June 26, 2012 at Wrigley Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
MESA, Ariz. — As Dale Sveum embarked on his second season as a big-league manager, he offered a simple history lesson: ‘‘The one thing you can’t do in life, period, is ever think about the past,’’ he said. Sveum isn’t dooming himself to repeat history. …