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SEATTLE – While Cubs lefty Shota Imanaga was warming up in the Wrigley Field bullpen before his last start, he said caught a glimpse of a TV showing a group of six shirtless fans with his name spelled out on their bare chests: S-H-O-T-A-!
So, he was on the lookout when he walked into the field to play catch. When he was done, he tossed them the ball.
“I heard, they were saying that because I was pitching without sleeves, they were going to support me without wearing a shirt,” Imanaga told the Sun-Times through interpreter Edwin Stanberry.