If you were not yet convinced that MLB is messing with the baseball, what happened to Frank Schwindel in Tuesday’s 5-4 Cubs loss to the Padres ought to do that convincing.
Setting the stage: The Cubs have already scored a run off Padres closer Taylor Rogers in the top of the ninth — the first run he’d allowed this season — and nearly scored a second, tying the game, when Rogers threw a pitch way outside to Patrick Wisdom. Padres catcher Austin Nola did a great job of snagging that ball. Wisdom was eventually hit by a pitch, loading the bases with two out.