{"id":72743,"date":"2025-06-02T04:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/72743\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:23:11","slug":"cubs-host-wnba-legend-candace-parker-vs-reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/72743\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs host WNBA legend Candace Parker vs. Reds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Cubs host WNBA legend Candace Parker vs. Reds<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Cubs have been the dominant team in the National League Central Division through the first two months of the 2025 season. Prior to the Cubs\u2019 series-ending Sunday afternoon game against the Cincinnati Reds, manager Craig Counsell and Chicago\u2019s North Side team welcomed WNBA basketball legend<\/a> Candace Parker<\/a> to Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n

Parker helped lead the Chicago Sky<\/a> to the 2021 WNBA championship.<\/p>\n

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Parker was one of the league\u2019s greatest players and a legend for the Sky. She won two MVP awards and three championships. She earned 10 All-WNBA<\/a> selections and made seven All-Star teams. Parker recently retired after a 16-year career.<\/p>\n

Parker threw out the opening pitch in the game, and it was a notable effort. While most celebrity first pitches come from a few feet in front of the mound, Parker confidently went to the pitching rubber. She had a baseball in her hand and a confident smile on her face. Parker actually was a step behind the pitching slab when she unleashed a confident fastball that had no issues reaching home plate with significant velocity.<\/p>\n

Parker threw the ball as if she could have played competitive baseball or softball if she had chose to go in that direction. She celebrated the honorary pitch by pointing to the Cubs logo on her uniform shirt and wearing a huge smile.<\/p>\n

Sky will recognize Parker with a jersey retirement\"Mandatory<\/p>\n

Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Chicago sports legend had a dynamic career in the WNBA and the Sky will retire her jersey at an August 25 home game at Wintrust Arena.<\/p>\n

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She only played two of her seasons with her hometown team, but both years were significant.<\/p>\n

Parker led the Sky to the 2021 WNBA championship and a magnificent 26-10 regular season in 2022. Parker averaged 13.2 points and 8.5 rebounds during those two season and she was selected to the All-Star Game in both seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandace has left an indelible mark on women\u2019s basketball at every level and has inspired countless players and fans through her outstanding leadership and basketball talent on and off the court,\u201d said Adam Fox<\/a>, the Sky\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cWe are honored to retire her jersey and celebrate her incredible legacy as a Chicago Sky player.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Cubs host WNBA legend Candace Parker vs. Reds appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Chicago Cubs have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,18740,138,24,12126,4245,161,10498,4,14596,536,10391,18760,18761],"class_list":{"0":"post-72743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-candace-parker","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-cubs","12":"tag-chicago-sky","13":"tag-chicagocubs","14":"tag-cubs","15":"tag-mandatory-credit","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-national-league-central-division","18":"tag-reds","19":"tag-wnba","20":"tag-wnba-basketball","21":"tag-wnba-championship"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114611867086979830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}