It's almost poetic that the player in the cover image for this article, Christian Franklin, who is a former prospect of the Chicago Cubs, is one of the main featured players ot my article for today. Over the weekend, The Washington Nationals won a series over the Cubs on the road in Wrigley field in shocking fashion, and Sunday's comeback victory was an instant classic.
The game itself was pretty quiet until the 9th inning, when Robert Hassell III led off with a homer to make the score 3-2 Cubs, before Josh Bell delivered the dramatic moment that shifted the game permanently.