If you watch or listen to enough baseball, you can start to think you’ve seen everything.
You haven’t. Sorry. Baseball is too weird for anyone to see it all.
For example, take last night. When Andrew Ely, infielder for South Bend (who is having a nice season), woke up yesterday morning, he had never in his baseball career scored on a balk. He’s 23. He’s been playing baseball for a long time. Then again, I’ve been listening to a baseball for a longer time and I don’t recall ever actually listening to a game where a runner scored on a balk. It isn’t a common play.[adinserter block=”1″]
In the first inning of yesterday’s game, Ely scored on a balk.
That’s not the weird part.
The weird part is that he did it again in the ninth.
Ely says he had never scored on a balk in his career..does it in the 1st and 9th innings tonight. @SBCubs #Cubs
— SouthBend Cubs Radio (@SBCubsRadio) May 24, 2016
I don’t recall any player scoring on a balk twice in the same game before, and apparently it hasn’t happened in the minor leagues since … well, April 10 to be exact. So not only did Ely score on a balk twice in the same game, that is already the second time this season that someone has accomplished that.
Thanks to @MiLB – @SBCubs Andrew Ely scored on two balks tonight…also happened April 10, Wes Rogers of Asheville vs @TheRomeBraves #Cubs
— SouthBend Cubs Radio (@SBCubsRadio) May 24, 2016
Like I said, baseball is too weird for anyone to see it all.
Triple A: Iowa Cubs
El Paso 6, Iowa 1
If you’re looking for a Cubs team that can’t buy a win, I think I found them for you.
Double A: Tennessee Smokies
Tennessee 3, Biloxi 2, 12 innings.
Extra inning walk off wins are fun.
High A: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Myrtle Beach 3, Lynchburg 1
This game was largely about the pitching.
Low A: South Bend Cubs
South Bend 6, Lake County 3
And with that the Cubs completed the sweep of a good team on the road.
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