CHICAGO — The one constant in baseball is change. In personnel and approach.
The Mets moved Dave Eiland out as pitching coach Thursday and now 82-year-old Phil Regan is trying to point the team’s pitchers in the right direction.
On Friday, Regan got his first win in his new role, as the Mets held on for a 5-4 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, a place where Regan once was the closer for the 1969 Cubs.
The changing of the day comes in many ways.
Cubs manager Joe Maddon worked with Eiland back in his Rays days and offered high praise.