Steve Trachsel / Chicago Cubs (JEFF HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images)
Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel should be more than a footnote.
Longtime Cubs hurler Steve Trachsel gave up Mark McGwire’s record-breaking 62nd home run but there was a lot more to his career than that singular moment. The right-hander will no doubt be featured on ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ this weekend for that reason – but he deserves more.
Chicago drafted Trachsel out of California State in the eighth round of the 1991 MLB Draft. He made his debut a little over two years later, tossing seven innings of two-run ball in a loss to the Florida Marlins.