As I sat in the stands last Tuesday night on an absolutely beautiful evening at the Friendly Confines, a rocky start to the game soured the mood of a lot of Chicago Cubs fans sitting nearby. But that’s not what caught my attention.
Yu Darvish, despite the early struggles, looked locked in. Trailing 3-0 with one punch-out already to his name, the right-hander took care of Phillip Ervin and Brian O’Grady to end the first. Again, no one seemed to particularly care about the three strikeouts – rather, the three runs seemed more pressing.