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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.
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.
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.