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ANAHEIM, Calif. – When pitching coach Tommy Hottovy took stalwart Kyle Hendricks out of his last game as a Cub, everyone in the packed Wrigley Field stands and watching on TV got to see the emotional moment on the mound. But the pair got to share a more intimate and light-hearted exchange earlier that week.
The Cubs were in Philadelphia for Hendricks’ mid-week bullpen. Hottovy, saying he could catch Hendricks with his eyes closed, had been joking about catching that session.
When Hendricks showed up in the Citizens Bank Park visitors bullpen, Hottovy was there in full catcher’s gear
“Which is a pretty funny thing,” Hendricks said in a news conference anticipating his Sunday start against his former team.