Cubs 9, Royals 4: Words of Wisdom

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY SportsHey, look! The Cubs beat the Royals 9-4 Saturday evening mainly on the strength of Patrick Wisdom’s pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning, and in so doing scored as many runs in this game as they had in all seven previous games since the All-Star break combined.

And I know this is supposed to be a happy recap and oh yes, it will be, but this game was also infuriating because you saw within: Timely hitting, good defense and good relief pitching and that raises the question: Why can’t this group of players do this all the time?

We’re probably never going to get an answer to that question, are we.

Instead, let’s look back at this well-played Cubs game, because,…