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Cubs Pitching Coach Tommy Hottovy Details Recovery from COVID-19

Chicago Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy said he "got crushed" by COVID-19.

During an appearance on 670 The Score's Mully & Haugh Show, the 38-year-old Hottovy explained how he isn't in the high-risk category of people who are particularly susceptible to the effects of the coronavirus. However, he was briefly hospitalized and had to "do all the breathing treatments."

"The problem with [it] is on day eight through 14, it crushed me," he said. "It got into my lungs. I got the full what they call the COVID pneumonia, a viral pneumonia, shortness of breath, really trouble breathing, constant fevers.