Morrill was one of the most notable offseason pickups in the sport, and for good cause. Never flashy but always productive, he was an exceptional avatar for Yale’s program as it emerged to win its first national title in 2018 and came within a victory of repeating the following year.
He’ll slide into an attack spot along with Walker, and Cotler should contend for a substantial role as well. Their familiarity figures to help acclimate both to the Mile High City, though the fall was spent figuring out how they would fit in Denver’s scheme.
“There’s no ego when you talk about Jackson Morrill or Lucas Cotler,” Tierney said. “It’s kind of the mantra of our team, anyway Danny Logan, Ethan Walker, all the returning captains. All Lucas and Jackson wanted to do was be on a good team, a team that cared and having coaches concerned about their health and safety and education. So far, so good.”
Cubs catcher s fiery farewell, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Dec 17, 2020, 7:28am CST +
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Tim Donahue, 30 years old and coming off an injury-riddled 1900 season, began 1901 in a public feud with team President Jim Hart over $200 (equivalent to $6,199.71 in 2020) that Donahue believed he was due.
He also was considering embarking on a new chapter of his life.
After a meeting on Jan. 7 in northern Minnesota with Ted Sullivan, organizer of a proposed new minor league, Donahue told the Chicago Tribune: I am still connected with the Chicago team, but I do not propose to play baseball for a living all my life and if there is a good opportunity for me to become manager of an up-to-date team such as could be secured for Duluth I should feel inclined to embrace it.
Cubs catcher s fiery farewell, Part 1 By JohnW53 on Dec 16, 2020, 7:07am CST +
Many players, upon leaving the Cubs or other Major League teams, have written letters to their teammates and fans, often paying significant amount for them to appear as full-page advertisements in newspapers.
More than 120 years ago, catcher Tim Donahue of the Orphans, as the Cubs then were known, wrote a farewell letter of a distinctly different kind, a letter that the Chicago Tribune printed in full, for free:
. Former Comrades: Ye called me knocker, and ye did well to call me such. Upon the West Side grounds I made you look like soiled deuces in a clean deck.