CHICAGO — The game will be remembered for two plays at home plate, both of which went against the Detroit Tigers, the most memorable provided by Javier Baez, who turned in perhaps the best head-first slide you will see all season.
But the circumstances which surrounded those two plays — the one where Baez scored and the one where Jose Iglesias was thrown out later as the tying run — highlighted the Tigers’ quick trip to the not-so-friendly confines of Wrigley Field.
The Tigers lost both games to the Chicago Cubs this week, which is not surprising: They are what the Cubs were five years ago, a rebuilding team, on any given day appearing to spin their wheels.