CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs hitters really mean no offense to their closer, Hector Rondon. They simply want to add runs and win baseball games without a nail-biting ninth inning. In that vein, they play a game catcher David Ross brought to the team.
"When you're on the bench and you're up three runs, two runs, whatever, we have a game we call Screw the Closer," Ross explained, laughing. "We want to score more so he doesn't get the save."
Of course, the game is in jest. The Cubs are perfectly fine with Rondon getting a save, but they like adding on to the huge run differential that has defined their season so far.