I’ve never known what it is hitting coaches actually do. From what I gather from people closer to the game than I, they’re not nearly as intrinsic as pitching coaches. After all, pitching coaches go out there in the middle of the game. Though I suppose hitting coaches do their work in the clubhouse and […]
Day: October 12, 2018
Cubs Make First Change of Offseason, Fire Chili Davis
Over a week ago, I wrote these words about Cubs hitting coach Chili Davis: It’s difficult to know how or if to blame a hitting coach for one season’s worth of poor performance, but the Cubs’ firing of John Mallee and hiring of Davis has, at best, been lateral move. I wrote this in the […]
All The Strands Of Possible Kris Bryant Extension
It’s always exciting when local air raid siren David Kaplan emerges to see if he and everyone else can still hear his voice (all too well, friendo). So it was interesting on Wednesday, when Kaplan went on ESPN 1000 and broke a story about the Cubs offering Kris Bryant a contract-extension worth over $200 million […]