CINCINNATI – It will either go down in history as the answer to a trivia question years from now when somebody looks at Javy Baez’s career splits.
Or go down in history as the start of something.
“It wasn’t to make a farce of the game; he can legitimately do that,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said after the 2018 National League MVP runnerup turned around to bat left-handed in a game Thursday night for the first time in his career.
With two out in the ninth inning of a 12-5 Cubs victory over the Cincinnati Reds, Baez faced Reds catcher Kyle Farmer, who was employed to get the final four outs of the game.