​Standing in the hallway outside the Chicago Cubs clubhouse Tuesday afternoon, a couple of reporters spotted Alex Bregman heading toward the batting cages wearing a batting helmet.Wait, what?Wasn’t this the guy who was hit in the face with a foul ball Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati, suffering multiple facial fractures in his left cheek? The guy who Instagrammed a photo of himself afterward with blood on his face and a plug in his nose, making him look like the unsuspecting victim in a Zach Cregger horror movie?Yeah, it was that same Alex Bregman, who was heading to track pitches on a Trajekt machine and get ready for a possible comeback in this final week of the regular season. Instead of the expected IL stint and prayers for a speedy recovery, Bregman was back on track to return to the Cubs lineup, perhaps even in a matter of days.“We weren’t hitting balls off his head or anything,” manager Craig Counsell said. “He’s just creating game-like (conditions), tracking on the Trajekt, essentially.”On a night when the Cubs could clinch their second straight postseason berth with a win over the Miami Marlins, and when Pete Crow-Armstrong was two stolen bases shy of becoming the seventh player in history to record a 40-40 season, and when baseball was discussing contingency plans in case next weekend’s season-ending series in Boston gets wiped out by a Nor’easter, Bregman’s amazing comeback was the dominant topic of conversation.“He’s completely himself, he’s talking s−−−,” Counsell said. “That part is a good sign, for sure.”Chicago loves its tough guys. From Mike Ditka to Dick Butkus, and from Dennis Rodman to Kyle Schwarber, it’s probably the most admirable trait one can have.Bregman is just the latest example.“Real toughness,” President Jed Hoyer said. “He doesn’t look great, that’s for sure. But no one loves to play more than him, and I can say that with no equivocation. I’ve never met a player who loves baseball as much as he does. He wants to play all the time. And right away, when we first hear from him afterward that he was going to find a way to do it …“There were scenarios where there was no way it was going to happen, if he needed surgery. And he didn’t, and it gives us a chance to get out there. Yeah, it’s impressive.”In a bizarre coincidence, Bregman and Bears quarterback Caleb Williams were injured around the same time on Sunday, with Williams going down with a hamstring injury in the Bears’ 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field.It was a double punch to the jaw of Chicago sports fans — the old “Poom-Poom,” as Joe Maddon once referred to back-to-back home runs off closer Craig Kimbrel.Bears fans were relieved to learn that Williams’ injury wasn’t as severe as it looked, as coach Ben Johnson labeled him “week-to-week” and wouldn’t rule him out of next Monday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, as impossible as that sounds.“Here’s what I