What You Need to Know: Conditions were favorable for the long ball today at Wrigley Field, with the heat index over 100 degrees and the wind blowing out hard all game. The Cubs obliged, launching four home runs en route to a 10-6 win over Minnesota. Jason Heyward, Ben Zobrist and Kyle Schwarber all went […]
Day: June 29, 2018
Looking At Javier Báez’s Increasing Oppo Tendencies
Before I turned off Wednesday night’s game in a struggling-Kyle-Hendricks-induced rage, Ron Coomer made a very interesting point. It came in the first inning, when Javier Báez laced a double that preceded the Willson Contreras home run off of Alex Wood. The double went to center field on a 2-0 count. It was just a small part […]