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Revisiting Pedro Strop’s 2018 at-bat in Washington and why it’s bad baseball

Some games are more memorable than others. Regardless how well we think we remember any specific game, some aspects are lost in a case of nostalgia or broken memory. With the designated hitter on its way in, pitchers hitting are on their way out. With an extra cube of reality, it's an appropriate time to look back at one of the more notorious victories in recent Cubs history; the one where Pedro Strop was injured hitting.

The game was a make-up game for a Cubs team that didn't have a traditional day-off down the stretch in 2018.