By Tobias Carroll It’s been an interesting couple of weeks when it comes to the Chicago Cubs and remarkably slow pitches. Last month, shortstop Andrelton Simmons filled in on the mound and set a Major League Baseball record for the slowest pitch ever to result in a swinging strike — one that crossed the plate at just 44.9 miles per hour. When the Cubs played the Yankees on Sunday, another Cubs player also set a record for a slow pitch. This one didn’t work out for the Cubs, unfortunately. In the eighth inning, Frank Schwindel pitched at 35.1 miles per hour to the Yankees’ Kyle Higashioka — who…