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Article: But Keough feels chances improved after good outing // Ruthven bleak on future
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 11, 1986
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MESA, Ariz. Baseball is a funny game. It can be cruel or kind.
And the older a player gets, the more he realizes it.
Dick Ruthven and Matt Keough, who are a combined 64 years of age
with 19 years in the big leagues, find themselves making comebacks
from injuries and fighting for the same spot on the Cubs.
They have different outlooks on the future. Ruthven knows what
fans in Wrigley Field think of him; Keough is hoping to make an
impression.
"The fans think I stink. They wonder what I'm doing on the
Cubs," said Ruthven, who has handled fifth starter and long relief
chores the last two years.
The fans are wondering even more after Ruthven's first spring
outing against Milwaukee: ...