CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta does not bend the brim of his Chicago Cubs cap, not even a little. He said he would never change this.
“I don’t like the bill of my hat to impede my vision, and for me, that’s what bending the bill does,” Arrieta said, on the Cubs’ bench at Wrigley Field before a game this week. “I can see the brim of the hat, and I hate that.”
Arrieta became the majors’ first 20-game winner Tuesday with a 4-0, three-hit shutout of the Milwaukee Brewers. His performance in the second half is superb: His 0.