“Obviously, it’s special to pitch in a game like this”, he said. It was the first home run for a Cubs player since Alfonso Soriano in 2007.
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Goose Gossage keeps a bottle of Weibel Vineyards champagne with “Cubs” on the label perched on a shelf in his pantry, a reminder of when Chicago arrived in San Diego needing one win to reach the 1984 World Series and wound up crushed yet again.
The comedian went on to thank Arrieta, Rizzo and Bryant during his opening monologue “for allowing me to rub their bodies”. But since 2002 when it stopped averaging double digits for ratings, the game has steadily fallen to the point where it’s below a 6.0 rating.
“I just think it’s good for the school in general to have that type of exposure”, said Bryant, the second overall pick out of Dollars in 2013.
He’s made the playoffs six times in his illustrious career, but has never won a playoff series, posting an 0-2 record and 8.10 ERA in 10 postseason innings. He is one of the toughest pitchers I have seen. You have to attack early, because he has strikeout stuff.
The 24-year-old Bryant became the second-youngest Cubs player to hit a home run in All-Star history.
“I’m not disappointed”, Arrieta said of being passed over. “I don’t really deal with the criticism”.
The 87th All-Star Game is underway, and it has a distinct Chicago flavor. He did it for Adidas, which sold each eye-catching shoe online while Bryant was wearing them.
Notably, third baseman Kris Bryant tops the NL with 25 homers plus a. 280 average and team-high 64 RBIs. Bryant and Rizzo are on the vanguard of the next generation of NL stars, a fact not lost on their teammates. It’s also the third baseman’s first All-Star game hit in his second appearance in the contest.
“The clubhouse doesn’t really play a factor, but just being able to come out there and being in front of the home crowd is going to be awesome”, said Myers, the NL’s starting DH. They’ve got a lot of time to be consistent to get to that level, but they’re playing at that level right now. “The fact that they would have to activate me and then I would have to play on Friday was the unknown”.
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