One of my favorite athletes of all-time was traded to the Yankees. My daughter has his jersey.
I’m not going to write a long post about how awesome he was as a player. This will be short.
He was a part of the Chicago Cubs team that won the World Series in 2016. He was not the best player on the team. That was probably Kris Bryant.
What he did provide, beyond a couple gold gloves and being one of the top first basemen in the league, was the soul of the team that finally beat the “curse.