As the first pitch approached for Wednesday's Game 4, a mist settled over Wrigley Field as the outfield flags whipped in toward home plate.
A few hours earlier, Cubs manager Joe Maddon discussed the conditions and the difficulty batters would have hitting home runs, going so far as to call this version of Wrigley a “pitcher's paradise.”
If that's true, Cubs closer Wade Davis' idea of a vacation is questionable at best, as he surrendered a grand slam to Michael Taylor in the eighth inning that sealed the Cubs' 5-0 loss to the Washington Nationals and assured us of a Game 5 on Thursday night in Washington D.