SAN DIEGO • When the Padres promoted Tarrik Brock to be their first-base coach and asked him what number he would like to wear, he finally fulfilled a promise he made to himself 16 years earlier.
He chose 20 for Lou.
“When I finally got called up to Chicago (in 2000), the same place he played, I wore No. 22,” Brock, the coach, explained. “I said then if I ever get a chance again here in the big leagues I would wear No. 20. It’s an honor to be able to wear the number that he wore and really honor his legacy, not just as a ballplayer but as a human.