Cubs Uniquely Suited to Helping Darvish Overcome Doubts

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a rambling think-piece aimed at uncovering the roots of Yu Darvish’s early struggles in a Cubs uniform. I mean, yeah, we’re going to get into some of that stuff, but my goal is to put forth a more perfunctory effort here.

Ed. note: I think he probably failed in that effort, so maybe keep that in mind.

I probably wouldn’t have gotten into it at all, even after Dylan Hernandez published a viral piece in the Los Angeles Times this past Wednesday that included quotes about Darvish not wanting his kids to go to school in LA (which, can you blame him?). But then I heard Peter Gammons on Mully and Hanley talking about the Cubs pitcher and it sparked a few thoughts.

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