Since the title alone should bring fans by the dozens, I’m going to avoid trying too hard on this post. By that I mean not breaking down Saturday’s pivotal play in all it’s minutia, relying instead on either links or videos to fill in any necessary details. The big home run by Javy Báez in the 8th inning of the series-clinching win over the Cardinals was notable for several reasons, not the least of which was the non-play that made it possible.
With the score knotted at 5-5 and the Cubs desperate for just about anything since the Taylor Davis grand slam — it’s weird to put those words together and have them make sense in something other than gratuitous fanfic — four innings earlier.