How’s the old saying go: Ain’t that a BABIP? No, that’s not it. Life’s a BABIP, then you die? Son of a BABIP? No, that doesn’t sound exactly right, but I do know that I’ve used something along those lines to curse the misfortunes of a couple Cubs players in particular this season.
In his first at-bat of Tuesday night’s 2-1 win over the Cardinals, Jason Heyward laced a ball right back up the middle at 92 mph. It was the type of hit you’d expect to end up in center for a clean single, but shortstop Ruben Tejada got enough of it to knock it down and make the toss to Kolten Wong to force Dexter Fowler at second base.