Chicago sports fans are no strangers to sports figures pushing through sickness to put up masterful performances. And while Yu Darvish’s name will never be spoken in the same breath as Michael Jordan’s, it was revealed after his Sunday start that Darvish was bit under the weather.
Darvish ill, was gassed according to Maddon after the 5th. He said Chatwood & Schwarber weren’t 100% either…something going around the clubhouse. “Don’t shake their hands right now.”
— Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull) August 4, 2019
It was so bad, in fact, that he was unavailable to the media after going five innings to earn a rare win.