What You Need to Know: A zippy two-and-a-half hour affair featured an improved Kyle Hendricks, who dialed up his fastball to a blazing 88 MPH and completed six scoreless innings. Gerrit Cole stymied the Cubs’ boisterous bats, but emerged with nothing to show for a solid seven-inning performance. The Cubs scraped across a run on […]
Day: April 25, 2017
Anthony Rizzo’s Swing Adjustments
It’s not exactly breaking news that Anthony Rizzo is one of the most watchable players in baseball. Between his mix of power and plate discipline and a defensive reel that looks like a Spider Man reboot (“Spidey Faces His Most Dastardly Foe of All: Corporate Season Ticket Holders!”), the Cubs’ first baseman draws our eyes […]
Justin Grimm’s Role in 2017
The name Justin Grimm evokes two distinct memories to me. The first was October 28, 2016, Game 3 of the World Series. With no score and the bases loaded with one out in the fifth inning, Justin Grimm was called upon to put out the fire. Quickly, Grimm coaxed Francisco Lindor to hit into an […]