PITTSBURGH -- Corey Seager thought it was a joke. Across the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse, Kenley Jansen viewed it as something “unique.”
When Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell asked those two All-Stars -- and many others around the league -- to autograph the back of his Pokémon cards, he knew he would get some puzzled reactions.
And he most certainly did.
Yes, Russell is sending clubhouse attendants to opposing locker rooms armed with Pokémon cards for some of Russell’s favorite players to sign.