Normally, an article like this would be headlined “The 5 most memorable Cubs plate appearances of 2021.”
You’re probably surmising, then, that I have a specific reason for headlining this post the way I did, and you’d be right about that.
These five were the ones I remember most from the 2021 Cubs season, and the first involves a player batting against the Cubs... against a guy not normally a pitcher.
The reigning NL MVP was laughing his head off at being struck out by what Gameday called a “61.