A minor point about the game last night: everyone is getting on Jeff Baker’s case for trying to stretch a single into a double “in an eight-run game.” Why, exactly, does it matter how big the lead was at that point? It was only the 5th inning, and the Cubs had a long way to come back. No one would argue that it’s a whole lot easier to score from second than from first, and if you chip away a run here and there, you never know what might happen. You don’t have to get them all back in one chunk. I really can’t wrap my head around the criticism, and I’d love to be set straight.