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Cubs want to make ‘grandpa’ Ross proud
- Updated: October 24, 2016
CLEVELAND — Whether the Cubs win or lose against the Indians in their first World Series since 1945, it will be the end of the line as a player for catcher David Ross.
Ross, who is projected to start on Tuesday night in Game 1 at Progressive Field to catch old friend Jon Lester, made it known early on that this was his last season.
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It’s not as if Chicago’s coterie of young players — Kris Bryant, Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo — need any added incentive. But to a man on Monday, they said they’d love to send out the 39-year-old veteran of 15 seasons with a World Series title.
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The Cubs, of course, haven’t won one in 108 years.
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“I wish that we could keep him around forever. It’s sad that this is his last year,” Bryant said. “He lets us call him grandpa, and he’s not even a grandpa. We give each other a hard time all the time. That’s what makes him my favorite teammate.”
Ross is a father of three young children. His older daughter, Landry, is 9, his son, Cole, is 7, his younger daughter, Harper, is 1 month old. And for that reason, the veteran says it’s time to let go of his active status as a player.
“If you pride yourself as a family man and you don’t put your family first, then that’s not right,” Ross said.
In contrast, though, Ross said …
