The Cubs are likely going to hit him eighth, and if he does exactly what he did last year — superb defense and
a dozen dingers or so — that would be just fine with them.
There have been two times in my life when I was just sure a player was going to the speakeasy GNC: in 1996, when Mark McGwire was hitting
dingers by the
dozens, and in 1999, when Barry Bonds bought McGwire's body online during the offseason.