MESA, Ariz. -- The summer after their junior year in high school, Kyle Hendricks and Tyler Chatwood played on a baseball travel team in southern California called the Southland Shockers. Back then, the two never thought they'd be teammates again. Now, Hendricks and Chatwood are reunited on the Cubs.
"It was fun," Chatwood said of their time together as prep players. "To be back with him again is pretty cool."
When they were both on the Shockers, Chatwood was a shortstop and starring at Redlands East Valley High School in Redlands, Calif., while Hendricks was a pitcher at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, Calif.