The Chicago Cubs took down the San Diego Padres 5-4 in 10 innings on Friday night at Petco Park, and the winning run was a wacky one.
All-Star selection and fun-haver Javy Baez stole his 18th base, and the throw from San Diego catcher Austin Hedges went into center field. Baez headed to third base… and then center fielder Manuel Margot bobbled the ball. The Padres’ miscues on the play led the speedy Baez to come all the way around and score the go-ahead run:
Javy makes it happen. #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/VUwOMThUL1
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 14, 2018
The play is much, much better with the Yakety Sax treatment, of course. Thanks to friend of the program Randall Sanders, a must-follow on Twitter:
Hello, everyone. @TheBlogfines suggested I make this and I generally listen to what he says, so… enjoy. #ElMago pic.twitter.com/ahaJtDkd9W
— Randall J. Sanders (@RandallJSanders) July 14, 2018
Baez also showed off his defensive skills with this ridiculous play in the first inning:
Pick an adjective. pic.twitter.com/8aKeDIQQt8
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 14, 2018
Oh, and Javy doesn’t know who The Beatles are.
Having already compared Javy to Manny, Mays and Roberto Alomar, Maddon has now moved on to which of The Beatles Javy is most like. Asked if he knows who The Beatles are, Javy responds, "Who?" Said he's terrible with names, but will take the comparison.
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) July 14, 2018
Joe compared Javy to the Beatles tonight — couldn't decide which one.
"Who," Baez said?
The Beatles.
"Maybe if I see them. I'm terrible at names."
Told that's Maddon's latest comp, Baez said:
"That means I'm doing something good."
But you don't know who they are.
"No."
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubMLB) July 14, 2018
That’s okay, Javy. Keep up the fun baseballing.
