MESA, Ariz – Japanese star Seiya Suzuki was concerned about the cold in Chicago. But the Cubs had the whole lockout to prepare for his questions.
When the topic came up in a meeting Monday at Hayama, a Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles, Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer brought to the table a set of charts that compared the summer months in Chicago to Hiroshima and the city of at least one other team that was pursuing Suzuki in free agency.
