This has nothing to do with the Cubs, but it was too weird/good for me to pass up.
Billy Burns had been having a pretty good season thus far in Oakland. In fact, he was leading all rookies in hits (92), multi-hit games (29), and steals (20) as of last night. Friday’s game against the Giants started out like any other, and Burns even recorded his 18th RBI when he grounded out to score Sam Fuld in the 4th inning.
But it was what happened earlier in that at-bat that made his effort tough to watch. You know that scoreboard game where there are 3 cups and a ball goes into one of them, then they move the cups around and you’re supposed to figure out under which cup the ball resides?