Aug. 12, I moved into my new apartment. To break in the place, I decided to throw on the Cubs radio broadcast –– something I haven’t done in a while. They were losing 3-0 to the Washington Nationals going into the ninth inning, and I’d pretty much given up hope. The offense had gone quiet and didn’t show signs of waking up.
With two outs and the bases loaded, a rookie named David Bote stepped up to the plate as a pinch hitter. As he stepped up, I tweeted he was the player I wanted batting in that situation because he’d been hitting well as of late.