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MLB Opening Day 2021: Cubs' Kyle Hendricks starts, joins decorated list
Kyle Hendricks is going back-to-back.
Cubs manager David Ross on Tuesday named Hendricks his Opening Day starter for the second straight season. In 2020, the right-hander tossed a complete game shutout against Milwaukee in the season opener.
A year later, he’s joining a decorated list of starting pitchers to make multiple Opening Day starts in a Cubs uniform, a group that includes Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins, Rick Sutcliffe and Jon Lester, his former teammate.
“Any time you’re mentioned with those guys, that’s a hell of a treat,” Hendricks said Tuesday. “I didn’t know that, to be honest with you.
“That really means a lot to me to be in the same group as those guys and those names.”
Who else is part of that group? Glad you asked. Let’s take a look back at those with multiple Opening Day starts with the Cubs in the past 70 years.
Kyle Hendricks is going back-to-back.
Cubs manager David Ross on Tuesday named Hendricks his Opening Day starter for the second straight season. In 2020, the right-hander tossed a complete game shutout against Milwaukee in the season opener.
A year later, he’s joining a decorated list of starting pitchers to make multiple Opening Day starts in a Cubs uniform, a group that includes Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins, Rick Sutcliffe and Jon Lester, his former teammate.
“Any time you’re mentioned with those guys, that’s a hell of a treat,” Hendricks said Tuesday. “I didn’t know that, to be honest with you.
“That really means a lot to me to be in the same group as those guys and those names.”
Who else is part of that group? Glad you asked. Let’s take a look back at those with multiple Opening Day starts with the Cubs in the past 70 years.