MESA, Arizona — If you look solely at Cole Hamels’ numbers from the Cubs’ 4-4 tie with the Dodgers Wednesday night, you might not think he had a good outing.
I would beg to differ. A minor weather system went through the Phoenix area Wednesday night, and during the game it produced a wind sustained at 16 miles per hour, with higher gusts. All of this wind was blowing out at Sloan Park, and the two baseballs served up by Hamels that left the yard (a leadoff homer by A.