CLEVELAND — The Cubs couldn’t find the right Japanese translation for “I am a badass.”
So Tsuyoshi Wada didn’t really know what he was saying in English when he began his postgame media session late Wednesday night. But the low-key lefty knew he did something right when he saw the American reporters at his locker immediately burst into laughter.
Wada is essentially at a point where he is pitching for his job. By throwing seven scoreless innings in Wednesday’s 17-0 win over the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, he changed the conversation for at least one night.