You know all that aggressive baserunning we were all crowing about Tuesday night? Well, even the sex appeal of the a nice pair of steals can fade quickly when the results are less than pretty. Anthony Rizzo attempting to stretch a single into a double and then a later caught stealing were the baserunning equivalent of two fried eggs hanging on a nail.
Perhaps he’d been spending too much time acting like Tony Manero at the team’s post-win disco celebrations, though I can’t imagine the 30-minute dance parties are really all that draining. Truth be told, I think the latest of Joe Maddon’s wacky ideas to generate camaraderie is actually pretty cool.