ATLANTA – Cubs president of baseball operation Jed Hoyer served as a middleman for the meeting.
After batting practice at Truist Park on Tuesday, a man in red track pants and a matching red t-shirt that read, “Mascot Security,” – Hoyer had complimented the shirt – asked if Seiya Suzuki had already gone in.
“He might not recognize me,” he added.
Because so many of the times they’d interacted before, the man’s face was covered by a furry blue mascot head piece.
Jacob Mosella served as the mascot for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Suzuki’s club in Japan, in 2018, he said.