After the beautiful week of baseball Cubs fans just enjoyed, the image from last week that stands out in my mind is Jon Lester tossing his glove to Anthony Rizzo to retire Francisco Cervelli in the second inning of Wednesday’s game. Lester had made a similar play on Clint Barmes a few weeks earlier during the San Diego series at Wrigley.
Twice in the first thirty days of the season? What are the odds?
My immediate thought was Lester did it intentionally as a technique for coping with his tendency to choke on the throw to first.