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Bearcats in the Big Leagues: Walking in the Cold

In this week's episode, Josh Harrison hits a patch of ice, Ian Happ keeps walking and Connor Walsh takes a loss.

Baseball seasons are made up of a never ending run through hills and valleys. Every time it looks like a player is going to hit .500 and smash 50 home runs, a cold spell will set in and bring things back to the norm. Its why you shouldn't freak out about your ace’s slow start or anoint a young shortstop the next Babe Ruth in April.

The ebbs and flows become a bit less easy to spot when the sample size grows, as even a poor week won't have as drastic an effect as hitting six home runs in the first three games or letting up seven runs in your second start of the campaign.