Friday night, the Cubs trailed the Dodgers 5-3 in the ninth inning. With one out, Jason Heyward reached on an error that put him on second base.
That’s right, Jansen intentionally balked, to put Heyward on third base. Why did he do that?
Jansen said his intentional balk was executed to prevent sign stealing and was the idea of bench coach Bob Geren.
“The way the game was going, we definitely want to tighten up the signs, not that the Cubs are stealing signs or anything,” explained Jansen.