MESA, Ariz. -- Surprisingly, one of the Chicago Cubs' most visible users of smokeless tobacco echoes other teammates who partake in the habit in agreeing with a new Chicago ordinance banning its use at Wrigley Field.
“This offseason I was practicing not dipping as much,” shortstop Addison Russell said Thursday. “I have cut it down a lot. I think it’s a good thing for baseball. At the end of the day it’s going to better our health. I’m all up for it.”
Russell, who's often seen in the field or on the basepaths with a wad of chew in his mouth, views cutting down as a “new challenge.