In 1997, I broke camp with the Cubs as an extra outfielder. It was a time when we had an incredible crop of young outfield depth. After one day in spring training when we were playing the Rockies, I sat in the dugout late in the game and just burst out laughing. Upon being asked what was so funny. I replied that I don’t know what the Cubs front office will do, everyone one of us who is competing for these final outfield slots is on fire!
That day, I hit for the cycle (never did that again), but between Ozzie Timmons (now a hitting coach with Rays), Brant Brown (now a hitting coach with the Dodgers), Pedro Valdes, Brooks Kieschnick and Robin Jennings, all of us were playing well.