David Ross took a cutter right down the middle to begin his final at-bat of the night, and he didn’t care.
The 39-year-old catcher, whose sixth inning home run was the difference in the Cubs’ 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday night at Wrigley Field, was soaking in the moment of a raucous crowd of 41,424 cheering for him and singing “Forever Young,” his at-bat song.
“I took the first pitch because I wasn’t concentrating,” Ross said. “I was in the crowd. When you get that feeling in this game, you have to take it in.