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Ross continues to tap into fountain of youth
- Updated: May 13, 2016
CHICAGO — The champagne is probably on ice. The party favors are ready. When David Ross hits his 100th career home run, the Cubs will celebrate. The 39-year-old catcher is one swing away after hitting No. 99 on Friday in a 9-4 victory over the Pirates at Wrigley Field.
Ross isn’t going to challenge Mike Piazza, Carlton Fisk or Johnny Bench, who rank 1-2-3 lifetime among catchers on the career home run list, but he has topped his 2015 home run and RBI totals already and it’s still early May.
“It’s going to be one heck of a celebration,” Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel said. “If he gets to 100 soon, we’re going to start having to talk [Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein] into trying to grab another year out of him. If he continues to do what he’s doing now, he can only help us. He can’t get too old for the game.”
This is Ross’ last season, or at least that’s what he said before the games began. He worked this offseason on his swing, and it’s paid off.
“The guy takes a lot of pride in what he does,” manager Joe Maddon said of Ross. “I’m not surprised in anything David does. Is he 39? To be playing the game at this level, just behind the plate — …
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