<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cubs-news-president-jed-hoyer-breaks-silence-on-seiya-suzukis-devastating-error-vs-braves');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cubs President Jed Hoyer breaks silence on Seiya Suzuki’s devastating error vs. Braves');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cubs-news-Jed-Hoyer-breaks-silence-on-Seiya-Suzuki_s-devastating-error-vs.jpg"></figure><h1>Cubs President Jed Hoyer breaks silence on Seiya Suzuki’s devastating error vs. Braves</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-27T16:50:20-07:00">September 27th, 4:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-27T16:58:29-07:00">September 27th, 4:58pm</time><address><a>Nick Meyer</a>Nick Meyer is a sports writer for ClutchPoints based in the Metro Detroit area. He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Cubs are still reeling from a Tuesday night loss to the National League leading Atlanta Braves that helped rival Milwaukee clinch the NL Central pennant. A fly ball to right-center field was flubbed by Suzuki, who let the ball go right past his glove helping the Braves to seize control of the game.</p><p>Fans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-chicago-fans-roast-seiya-suzuki-epic-fail-vs-braves" rel="noopener">roasted Suzuki after the play</a>, as visions of former Cubs fan Steve Bartman interfering with a fly ball during the 2003 playoffs at Wrigley Field danced in their heads. Suzuki, a 29-year-old outfielder from Arakawa, Tokyo, was given <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-drop-series-opener-vs-braves" rel="noopener">a pledge of support</a> by his Cubs teammates after the costly gaffe.</p><p>Suzuki <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-seiya-suzuki-dropped-fly-ball-blew-game-braves" rel="noopener">got brutally honest on the play</a> with reporters while the Cubs collectively licked their wounds in preparation for the final few games of the season, NL Central title firmly out of reach.</p><p>The play contributed to a blown six-run lead and a Cubs loss that severely damaged the team’s playoff hopes.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">FOR THE LEAD!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheA</a> <a href="https://t.co/ACJqmpQscM">pic.twitter.com/ACJqmpQscM</a></p><p>— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href="https://twitter.com/Braves/status/1706852476886954113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>On Wednesday evening it was revealed that Cubs President Jed Hoyer had made his comments known on the now-infamous outfield error by Suzuki. According to Jesse Rogers, a White Sox and Cubs reporter for ESPN, Hoyer said there is still plenty of hope for Suzuki and the team going forward.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jed Hoyer on Seiya Suzuki: “A lot of guys have made big errors and come back from that…Generally when you make it to this level, you’re pretty mentally strong. That’s the hope. He realizes it was a bad moment and keeps hitting well.”</p><p>— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1707169755583369448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“The real error: the bullpen,” one fan said in response to Hoyer’s comments on Twitter. “(Manager David) Ross has had a year of bad moments,” another fan said.</p><p>“Suzuki is an awesome player,” another fan said simply in the comments section.</p><p>Suzuki made his Cubs debut in April 2022 and is currently hitting .284 with 20 home runs and 72 RBI. He is third on the team in hitting behind Cody Bellinger and Nico Horener with Dansby Swanson and other position players looking up at him in the stats department.</p><p>The Cubs had <a href="http://www.playoffstatus.com/mlb/cubsstandings.html" rel="noopener">a 28% chance</a> of making the playoffs as of Wednesday night, with a game against the Braves happening at Truist Park.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cubs President Jed Hoyer breaks silence on Seiya Suzuki’s devastating error vs. Braves

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cubs-news-seiya-suzuki-dropped-fly-ball-blew-game-braves');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki gets brutally honest on baffling dropped fly ball that blew game vs. Braves');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cubs-news-seiya-suzuki-gets-brutally-honest-on-baffling-dropped-fly-ball-that-blew-game-vs-braves.jpeg"></figure><h1>Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki gets brutally honest on baffling dropped fly ball that blew game vs. Braves</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-27T06:47:44-07:00">September 27th, 6:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-27T06:47:44-07:00">September 27th, 6:47am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was all for the taking for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night, only to be lost in one of the more bizarre ways a team has blown a lead. The Cubs jumped out to a 6-0 lead over the MLB-best Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, carrying it into the bottom of the sixth inning. The Braves scored three runs that inning and two more in the seventh to cut the deficit to one.</p><p>Then came the bottom of the eighth. Two Braves reached base via walk before Sean Murphy came up to the plate with two outs. He lofted a fly ball to right-center field that looked to be tracked down by Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki. Until it wasn’t.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-chicago-fans-roast-seiya-suzuki-epic-fail-vs-braves" rel="noopener">Suzuki flat-out missed the ball,</a> letting it drop behind him and allowing two runs to score, giving the Braves their first lead of the night. After seven unanswered runs and a <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38500608/milwaukee-brewers-clinch-nl-central-3rd-6-years" rel="noopener">brutal costly error</a>, Atlanta closed out the game for a 7-6 win and put a damper on Chicago’s playoff hopes.</p><p>“I was seeing it pretty well until the very last second,” Suzuki said, via Jesse Rogers. “I honestly thought it went into my glove. So it was just that split second where I blurred my vision.”</p><p>Not only did the loss cut the Cubs’ lead for the final National League wild card spot to a half-game, it officially eliminated Chicago from the NL Central race as the Milwaukee Brewers clinched with five games left to play.</p><p>Seiya Suzuki is a very talented fielder and won five Golden Glove Awards in Japan. His Bill Buckner-esque gaffe could come back to haunt the Cubs, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-chicago-stretch-run-jed-hoyer-response" rel="noopener">Chicago still controls its own destiny</a> in the National League playoff race.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki gets brutally honest on baffling dropped fly ball that blew game vs. Braves

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>At one point during their game Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves, things were going quite smoothly for the Chicago Cubs. In Dansby Swanson’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-dansby-swansons-heartfelt-take-return-braves-truist-park" rel="noopener">return to Atlanta</a>, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-ex-braves-star-dansby-swanson-get-a-standing-ovation-in-return-to-atlanta" rel="noopener">Cubs once held</a> a 6-0 advantage and looked to be cruising to a 1-0 lead in the series.</p><p>However, things would come crashing down for Chicago via a 7-0 unanswered runs barrage from the Braves offense, the final two of which occurred on <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBWalk_Offs/status/1706853341341667662" rel="noopener">an embarrassing error</a> from Chicago outfielder Seiya Suzuki.</p><p>Nursing a one-run lead, the Cubs looked to be safely out of the eighth inning when a fly ball from Sean Murphy looped in Suzuki’s direction. However, inexplicably, Suzuki was unable to come up with what seemed to be a routine catch, and the Braves scored two runs, before closed out Chicago in the top of the ninth inning.</p><p>The epic blunder drew a host of reactions from X, formerly known as Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"You're gonna catch that fly ball to end the inning right?"</p><p>Seiya Suzuki: <a href="https://t.co/CuqdxlsUrY">pic.twitter.com/CuqdxlsUrY</a></p><p>— Jush (@Roseberg25) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roseberg25/status/1706852763122999333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Don’t know if it makes Suzuki feel any  better but the exact same thing happened to me in t-ball. Ended up being a game winning grand slam.</p><p>So, I know exactly what he’s going through</p><p>— Stephen (@b_outliers) <a href="https://twitter.com/b_outliers/status/1706855038495162444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Chicago broadcasting team was understandably not thrilled by the mistake.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cubs broadcast reacts to Seiya Suzuki missing the ball: <a href="https://t.co/ms5I9Bp5U8">pic.twitter.com/ms5I9Bp5U8</a></p><p>— MLB Clutch Moments And Walk Offs (@MLBWalk_Offs) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBWalk_Offs/status/1706853341341667662?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The shocking loss dealt a brutal blow to the Cubs’ chances of securing a Wild Card spot for the upcoming NL postseason. The result clinched home-field advantage in the Wild Card round for the Philadelphia Phillies, while also relinquishing control of the coveted second Wild Card spot to the Arizona Diamondbacks.</p><p>Chicago will now need a lot of things to go right for them over the next few days in order to earn a spot in the postseason, starting tomorrow when they take on the Braves for Game Two of the series and look to put Tuesday’s brutal result behind them.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cubs fans roast Seiya Suzuki for epic fail vs Braves

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cubs-news-seiya-suzuki-reveals-reason-hot-stretch-at-plate');   ga('set', 'title', '‘I’m just having fun’: Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki reveals simple reason for recent hot stretch at the plate');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cubs-seiya-suzuki-cubs-seiya-suzuki-david-ross-seiya-suzuki-hot.jpg"></figure><h1>‘I’m just having fun’: Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki reveals simple reason for recent hot stretch at the plate</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-21T06:23:40-07:00">August 21st, 6:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-21T06:23:40-07:00">August 21st, 6:23am</time><address><a>Jack Deignan</a>Jack Deignan is an artist of many mediums who grew up playing every sport under the sun, contributing to his extreme passion for all major US sports today. He split his youth between the cities of Chicago and Cleveland before receiving his undergraduate degree in English and Film &amp; TV from UCLA. When not following and writing about sports, Jack loves to make music, design, write stories and try new things.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-david-ross-bench-seiya-suzuki-chicagos-hot-streak" rel="noopener">was pretty much the only</a> player in the Cubs lineup that wasn’t enjoying the hot hitting for Chicago after the All-Star break. This resulted in Manager David Ross giving Suzuki some time off at the start of August, and since his return, Suzuki has been scorching. The reason why Suzuki has started to swing the bat better <a href="https://theathletic.com/4791907/2023/08/20/cubs-kyle-hendricks-seiya-suzuki/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;access_token=68838&amp;redirected=1" rel="noopener">is relatively simple</a>, reports The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma.</p><p>“I feel really good. I feel like I’m being really aggressive at the plate and making the right decisions. I’m just having fun a lot right now playing baseball.”</p><p>It is something that baseball coaches around the world stress to young players from the moment they step onto the diamond: just have fun. Clearly, it is working for Seiya Suzuki and the Cubs, and Ross echoed these sentiments.</p><p>“Most guys that get to this level and are really great players have a lot of perfectionist in them. It’s an imperfect game and we’re imperfect people. Carrying all that can weigh you down. Especially when you’re not doing what you want to do and what you’re expecting to do. A little bit of a reset. It looks like he’s having fun. I’ve never seen him smile running around the bases, yelling in the dugout. I think he’s just having a really good time.”</p><p>Cubs fans will love to hear that not only does Suzuki believe he is having fun again, but it is showing in the Cubs dugout. With the Cubs fighting for a playoff spot, Suzuki having fun and getting hot couldn’t be happening at a better time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

‘I’m just having fun’: Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki reveals simple reason for recent hot stretch at the plate

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/cubs-news-david-ross-bench-seiya-suzuki-chicagos-hot-streak');   ga('set', 'title', 'David Ross explains decision to bench Seiya Suzuki during Cubs’ hot streak');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/David-Ross-explains-decision-to-bench-Seiya-Suzuki-during-Chicago_s-hot-streak.jpg"></figure><h1>David Ross explains decision to bench Seiya Suzuki during Cubs’ hot streak</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-06T11:02:28-07:00">August 6th, 11:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-06T11:02:28-07:00">August 6th, 11:02am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Cubs are in the midst of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-dansby-swanson-making-chicago-contract-seem-like-steal" rel="noopener">hot streak</a> that has seen them shoot into contention for the National League Central, and at just 2.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers, they have a real shot to find their way into the playoffs this season. While things are going great for the team, the same <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cubs-news-seiya-suzuki-gets-100-real-amid-concerning-inconsistency" rel="noopener">can’t be said</a> for Seiya Suzuki, with David Ross opting to discuss Suzuki’s interesting situation recently.</p><p>Suzuki has been ice cold at the plate over his past ten games (.132 BA, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .491 OPS) which has prompted Ross to employ an outfield featuring Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger, and Mike Tauchman for the time being. Ross wouldn’t label Suzuki’s time out of the lineup as a benching, and explained he is simply giving the Japanese stud time to <a href="https://theathletic.com/4752068/2023/08/05/cubs-seiya-suzuki-not-playing/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">figure things out</a>.</p><p>“He knows he needs to work on some things. It’s hard to do that in-game. We’ll give him some time, and he’ll be back in there when we feel like he can help us win games…It could turn in a day. We’ll talk to the hitting guys, talk to him and continue to watch batting practice. I don’t think it’s anything long-term. We’re in a position where some other guys are swinging the bat well, and we’re fortunate to have guys who are playing well.” – David Ross, The Athletic</p><p>Suzuki has been wildly inconsistent this season, and while Ross doesn’t want it to seem like he’s punishing Suzuki, it’s clear he isn’t in a rush to get him back in the lineup. But the Cubs are winning, so who can blame Ross here? Suzuki will have time to figure things out, but ultimately, Chicago would rather see him in the lineup than sitting on the bench trying to figure out his swing mechanics.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.459	6	12	1.593	2

2024 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.459	6	12	1.593	2

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