Late in the broadcast of the Cubs’ 10-2 win over the Padres Monday night, Len and JD were musing about the spectacular debut of shortstop Nico Hoerner, and one of them (can’t remember who) said, “Someday we’ll just say ‘Nico’ about him, just a first name, and everyone will know who we’re talking about, like ‘Javy’.”
Someday just might be today. Nico had one of the best debuts in recent major-league history, with two singles, a triple, two runs scored, four RBI and some nice plays in the field. And then there’s this:
(If you’re remembering Starlin Castro’s MLB debut and thinking he did this, nope.