On Thursday, the Chicago Cubs are turning to Jameson Taillon for their biggest start of the season. The Padres are countering with former Cub Yu Darvish.

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish's son Shoei publicly asked Emily to their school's homecoming dance in a classic way. Darvish's son reshared a post of Emily Kovarik on his Instagram story.

The Chicago Cubs have seen all that they have wanted from the San Diego Padres' celebrated bullpen. Thursday afternoon, however, the Cubs will see a familiar face in Yu Darvish as they play the Padres in a decisive winner-take-all Game 3 of their National League wild-card series in Chicago.

Nick Pivetta arrived at Wrigley Field on Monday morning, climbed a set of stairs and walked along an aisle in the lower seating bowl. When he reached a spot behind home plate, a dozen rows from the field,

Darvish (5-5) allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings to earn the win Friday over the Diamondbacks.

Coming into this year, most expected Michael King to be the ace of the San Diego Padres staff. Veteran Yu Darvish and flamethrowing Dylan Cease were the other