Bubba Chandler is Thinking Small Now

The Pirates right-hander, just-promoted to Double-A Altoona, discusses his future as a pitcher

Howard Megdal is a writer at Baseball Prospectus and other places, Founder/Editor of The IX Women’s Sports Newsletter and The Next Women’s Basketball Newsroom, Author of The Cardinals Way, The Baseball Talmud and many other books.

Bubba Chandler’s parents, Reuben and Bobbie, had waited years for the chance to take an Alaskan cruise. So even though they o…