SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Cubs' Jon Lester is trying a new Chicago Bulls-themed approach to deal with his struggles to throw to first base.
"In the words of [coach Brian Butterfield], we're going to use the Jordan-to-Pippen bounce," Lester said Sunday, referring to Bulls legends Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen. "I don't care what it looks like, I don't care if it bounces 72 times over there, an out's an out."
Lester and Butterfield, one of the new coaches on the Cubs' staff this year, have been practicing on the back fields, and Lester got to test it in-game in the third inning of Sunday's 2-0 loss when Arizona's David Peralta hit a comebacker.