SAN FRANCISCO – The Cubs jammed 84,540 fans into Wrigley Field on back-to-back nights, everyone from Bill Murray to Eddie Vedder to Mike Ditka to Dwyane Wade to Ryne Sandberg to Jeff Garlin. But the star of the ninth inning will be Aroldis Chapman this October.
This is a different Cubs team, the anxiety level dropping when Chapman has the ball in his left hand. Chapman finished off the San Francisco Giants in the first two games of this best-of-five National League Division Series, showing why the Cubs made that blockbuster trade with the New York Yankees this summer.