The most anticipated Wrigley Field simulation game since the days of Mark Prior and Kerry Wood took place on Tuesday afternoon.
Unlike last year when the Cubs had to play the Wednesday wild card game, they start their playoff week with a little break. After an off-day Monday, they got back to work.
Jake Arrieta kicked things off with a walk to Tommy La Stella and the fun began.
“Are you taking notes?” a fellow reporter asked me.
Well, I didn’t bring my Field Notes reporter’s notebook for nothing. (Please sponsor me, Field Notes.)
There really wasn’t a need for note-taking — Earlier in the day, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he wasn’t a “copious note taker.