After some fond remembrances of Andy’s time as an official scorer in the Midwest League, he and Mike D. spin the wheel of crap and it lands on…well, a year they can’t do because of their only rule, so they spin again and get the Don Zimmer/Jim Essian juggernaut 1991 Cubs. Re-live Dave Smith’s season crippling early blowouts, a wild game against the Reds that featured two iconic moments, two Andre Dawson lead changing grand slams in three days, more Erik Pappas talk than you ever wanted and a look at Essian’s bullpen usage one day in St. Louis that still doesn’t make any sense 30 years later.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-08-9103170917-story.html
Looks like Essian left in Laddie Renfroe when he had Slocumb and Scanlan available in the bullpen.