When the Chicago Cubs‘ Kyle Schwarber returned to the lineup in the World Series, that was a miracle in itself. He hadn’t seen a pitch in the majors since April, and all but a handful of live pitching in the Arizona Fall League. Yet that first hit–a double off the wall in Game 1–showed that fire and determination that got him back to the Cubs for the World Series. And while it was only a “part-time” gig as he wasn’t cleared to play the field–his leadership for the Cubs started to show.
Ben Zobrist took home the hardware with the MVP, but Schwarber was a close second.