ST.LOUIS – Chicago Cubs pitcher John Lackey says there were no hard feelings in his return to St. Louis on Monday even though his former team wasn’t interested in retaining him for more than the qualifying offer they extended last winter. Still, Lackey wasn’t exactly treating this like any other game.
“I’ve been known to focus a little bit,” Lackey said after shutting out the Cardinals for seven innings. “I had a great time playing here. No hard feelings with that situation.”
Coincidence or not Lackey saved his best game of his young Cubs career for his former teammates who were baffled by the 37 year old.