MESA, Ariz. -- Chicago Cubs pitcher Rob Zastryzny looked forward to the first time he put on a cheerleader’s outfit. His moment came in Pittsburgh, late last season, not long after he was called up from the minors.
During a walk on the bridge over the Allegheny River that featured its share of stares from passersby, there was one thought running through the pitcher’s mind as he approached PNC Park: He was part of the team now.
“It was before my first start,” Zastryzny recalled recently at spring training. “I had to walk to the field in a cheerleader outfit.