Chicago Tribune baseball writers LaMond Pope, Meghan Montemurro and Paul Sullivan will be providing morning updates from the Cactus League on Monday through Friday throughout spring training.
“I do what I do because I love this game and I prepare every day to do my best,” he said. “Because I know doing my best and respecting this game and honoring the people around me and the uniform that I’m wearing, that’s the only way that I know how to play this game.”
Expect to see the Cubs play a lot of seven-inning games this spring. Teams can agree to shorten games to five or seven innings through March 13 and from nine innings to seven afterward.