45-year-old Rich Hill returns to the mound for the Royals

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes relived veteran left-hander Rich Hill's start against the White Sox from May 2006 as he was set to return to the mound Tuesday evening at Wrigley Field.

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0:00.0	Our buddy, Rex Huddler, is in town.
0:01.8	Hey, man, Rich Hill is coming up. Rich Hill is going to be there. He's 45 years old. He might even pitch in this series. Can you imagine playing at 45 in MLB? What do you think of it, Rex? Oh, I see him. He's playing catch out there, and it's beautiful. Was he a cubby, too? What? It's his 14, 15 teams he's played fifth. Yep, I don't know how many.
0:01.7	I think he's tied Jackson. Edwin Jackson? I'm not sure. The last name is Jackson of the most teams ever played for. But anyway, yeah, we haven't opened tomorrow. They don't know if they've announced it yet, but he's here. He probably might be our star. Rich Hill. Back in baseball.
0:40.2	Dick Mountain just wants
0:41.3	to pitch. Dick Mountain? Dick Mountain?
0:43.3	You better believe it.
0:47.0	Yeah.
0:51.9	Dick Mountain is going
0:53.3	to the bump against Matthew Boy tonight.
0:57.5	The whole thing is pretty crazy.
1:00.4	By the way, the Cubs will line up like this.
1:03.6	Horner will bat lead off and play second.
1:06.8	Tucker is in right, batting second.
1:09.2	Suzuki is your DH, which is great news.
1:12.7	I'll get to that in a minute.
1:14.4	Carson Kelly will catch.
1:16.4	Pete Crow Armstrong will bat fifth and play center field.
1:20.6	Dan's with Swanson.
1:22.3	We'll play shortstop.
1:23.7	Ian Hap is in left.
1:25.6	And then Justin Turner at first and Matt Shaw at third base.
1:30.1	Michael Bush gets the night off, at least for the start against Dick Hill. Say it back at
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