“Being the first spring outing, just really getting the rhythm down, not being too quick to the plate,” Hendricks said. “Make sure you get the sign, take a deep breath and focus on executing the pitch. Early in spring, sometimes you’ll want to do too much, try to make the ball move or try to do something out of the norm that you’re not used to. So it was more just staying under control.”
For Kyle Hendricks and the Chicago Cubs, playing in front of fans in the Cactus League opener ‘felt like a real baseball game’
