Cubs Insider · Jun 18, 2019
Can Someone Please Get Addison Russell a Little Pine Tar?
How many times have you watched Addison Russell huck his bat into the stands or down the third base line on a swing and miss? Too many to count if you’ve been watching since at least 2015. Some fans don’t even want to see him swinging a bat for the Cubs at all, let alone repeatedly throwing it into the stands.
It was kind of cute in 2016 when he was an All-Star and the player Len Kasper introduced as a future MVP when the Cubs received their World Series rings early in the 2017 season. It’s not so cute now, and not just because of the domestic violence suspension or the revelation that he may have paid child support in quarters.