2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 20

Denis Poroy-Imagn ImagesI’ve never spent any time thinking about who the Murphy fellow was or why he was destined to bring frustration to people for all of time. I decided I’d wait up for the Tuesday night game to end in order to get this written before the quick turnaround day game after night game. So, of course, the game went extra innings. Murphy, right?

Murphy visited the Cubs on Tuesday night too. With Manny Machado at the plate, the Cubs dropped not one (Kyle Tucker) but two (Gage Workman) foul pops. On the one hand, neither one of those pop ups was particularly routine. In both situations, multiple Cubs chased after drifting pop ups. In both situations the fielder got his glove on…