Chiefs ready for a major experience
"Playing in front of (30,000) will be amazing," Chiefs shortstop Nate Samson said. "It’s going to be a lot of fun with that big of a crowd being into it."Wrigley to be Cougars' confines tonight
Not all of Jamie Richmond’s friends understand just how darn cool this is.
When the Toronto native takes the mound tonight as the Cougars starting pitcher, it won’t be in Peoria or Geneva or any other Midwest League outpost.
It’ll be in Chicago, at Wrigley Field, where the Cougars will face Peoria in what is believed will be the first minor-league game played at the Cubs’ famed ballpark.
“Yeah, I’m pretty lucky. Just getting this start and having the chance to pitch off a mound where so many legends have pitched, that’s quite an opportunity,” Richmond said Monday from Dayton, Ohio, where the Cougars wrapped up a three-game series with the Dragons.
Cougars, Chiefs excited to play at Wrigley
"I know as a team, we watch the Cubs games on TV every chance we get, which is every game at home," said Peoria manager and Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg. "Sometimes for these young guys, a place like that seems a million miles away. Now they get to play a game there and experience that. It's a chance of a lifetime."
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