The Ricketts; the Honeymoon, Marriage, and Everything In Between By normancorrea5 on Jan 13, 2021, 11:09am CST 6
I’ve bled Cubbie Blue since 1992. As a Cubs Fan I have a lot of fond memories; I remember Slammin’ Sammy hitting 66 moon shots in 1998, the Kerry Wood strikeout game, the Greatness (albeit short) of Mark Prior, Derrick Lee’s attempt at the Triple Crown, Alfonso Soriano, Greg Maddux’s 300th career win and 3,000 strikeouts, and my first game. But the thing I remember most as a Cubs fan growing up was heart break, not winning, and fun in the Bleachers… 1. From 1990 to 2009 the Chicago Cubs did the following:
Jan 13, 2021
A whiff of danger follows the development of starting pitchers. Position players such as Juan Soto and Fernando Tatis Jr. can be thrown into everyday roles at age 21 without fear of physical harm. Such are the unique demands of throwing a baseball competitively that young pitchers are developed slowly. This year the danger in the air around them is particularly acute. All 30 teams face a great unknown: How do you transition pitchers from the shortest season in history to a full season? As an example, using Sixto Sánchez of Miami, how can you ask a 22-year-old pitcher who throws 98.5 mph and who threw only 47 innings last year to throw 180 innings this year? You don’t.
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