Against the Mets on June 3, Javier Baez electrified baseball with his steal of home. Essentially a high school-level play, its very element of surprise proved key and helped break a 0-0 tie.
Cubs Insider detailed the live broadcast coverage of the play as called by Keith Hernandez and other announcers. Now flash forward one month to yesterday when Javy did it again. That element of surprise, however, is gone.
In fact, as soon as Addison Russell walked in the 4th inning, both Tigers and Cubs TV crews note Baez’s last steal of home.