A Chicago columnist asked Joey Votto a couple weeks ago about whether he might be playing his final career game at Wrigley Field and didn’t get an answer as much as an image, or maybe a vibe, from the Cincinnati Reds’ enigmatic icon.
“The sun was setting, the breeze had died down,” Votto said of what he noticed from the visitors dugout the previous night, “and all I saw was the crowd, the beautiful white uniforms that the Cubs wear, and just a setting so picturesque, it really hit me.
“What a special place to get to be.