So let me start with this. I’m an optimist. With brain cancer, you have to be. Being a Chicago Cubs fan? It’s also necessary. Before yesterday’s game, I wrote a piece about the Cubs’ Yu Darvish coming off of a better start, and how he could win some of his detractors back in a rivalry game. He did NOT do that. If anything, he only created more.
In his defense, it wasn’t a ‘beating’ he took. The diving attempt from Albert Almora Jr. was a tough break. But again, walks were his enemy.