Mark Grote

That's a great example.

And the cycle last night, the leadoff homer, you guys had to know.

Was it already being discussed after he gets the triple in the third inning?

Because then you know he's capable of getting the last two.

And did he pull up at second base and not try for the triple on that third at-bat?

So you guys were, you guys were giving him crap.

You know he was pulling off, and that's okay.

I got no problem with it.

We got to see a cycle last night.

There haven't been many cycles in Cubs history.

Talking to Cubs starting left fielder Ian Happ here on Rahimi Harrison-Grody along with Marshall Harris.

I am Mark Grody.

A couple of inside baseball things.

One sort of subtle thing from last night's game that I noted, and I want to see if it was worth my noting.

After the leadoff home run in the first inning by Pete Crow Armstrong,

Comes to the dugout, you guys are all high-fiving him.

And then I see the camera showing you sitting down and kind of what looks to be having a serious conversation with PCA.

Then you come up to the plate against old Michael Lorenzen.

You drive the ball to the 368-foot marker in left-center field.

Were you getting a scouting report at that point?