The story of Ryan Kalish’s baseball career is one of bad breaks and several unfortunately necessary comebacks.
But maybe Saturday’s two-run, pinch-hit single can be the start of a new, better chapter.
Fitting that it was one of the biggest hits in a comeback win.
In just his fourth game back in the big leagues after taking 2015 off to get healthy, Kalish stepped to the plate with the Cubs down a run, the bases loaded and two outs in the sixth inning. He delivered a bloop single that fell out of the reach of a diving Danny Espinosa at shortstop, driving in two runs and giving the Cubs a lead.