May 18-19, 2016 – In 11 big league seasons between 1986 and 1996, Sacramento native Chris Bosio, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound right-hander, posted a 94-93 record with a 3.96 ERA in 309 games. With the Milwaukee Brewers for the first seven years, he won 14 or more games three times, was named their Most Valuable Pitcher in 1989 when his 2.95 ERA was the sixth-best in the AL and had a career-high 16 wins in 1992. He then went to the Seattle Mariners as a free agent in 1993 and soon made his mark there, pitching a no-hitter against the Red Sox on April 22, retiring 27 straight after walking the first two batters. Limited by injuries, in four seasons with Seattle he had a 27-32 record with a 4.43 ERA.

An intense, fierce competitor on the mound, Bosio developed into a highly regarded pitching coach. In addition to various stints in the minors, he coached for Tampa Bay (2003) and Milwaukee (2009) before serving as the Chicago Cubs pitching coach from 2012 to 1017. When the Cubs ended their 108-year World Series drought in 2016, Bosio was credited with developing or fine-tuning several of their pitchers, including Jake Arrieta, the 2015 Cy Young Award winner, and Kyle Hendricks, who had the lowest ERA in the majors in 2016. In 2018 he was hired as the pitching coach by the Detroit Tigers, but was terminated in mid-season for allegedly making “insensitive comments” to a team employee.

Bosio reminisces about caring for his siblings when his mother was ill, his success as a young athlete, throwing a no-hitter while sick with the flu, and his philosophy of coaching.