–The Cubs are waiting for the Mets-Dodgers Game Five victor, which will be decided Thursday night at 8 after Clayton Kershaw & Co. spoiled a potential clincher at Citi Field with Tuesday’s 3-1 win in a game that saw Kershaw exorcise his postseason demons.
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Game three of the NLDS between the Cardinals and Cubs, in the 2nd inning Kyle Schwarber hit a home run to break the tie. But for those still bearing the burden of superstitions past, from the goat to the infamous Bartman ball, the Schwarber ball, now enshrined under plexiglass under the right field “Schwar-board” as it’s been nicknamed, is a new superstition fans are embracing. Though this time it was to right field instead of center.
That would not be the last home run for the Cubs.
Schwarber will be featured in promotions through the 2017 season.
But in the playoffs, none of that matters.
The legend of the 22-year-old rookie continues to grow, even after he finished the season hitting just.
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“That’s how it was when I was with the Red Sox, that it could be anyone at any time that makes an impact”, Rizzo said about how Schwarber, who was in the instructional league a year ago, became the latest and unlikeliest of Cubs heroes. In past years, the ball would have traveled onto the street below. And then when I did come up with our players, they made it so easy on me to come up and just do my job, and that’s play baseball.
