Kyle Schwarber isn’t in the Cubs lineup again today, and I don’t like it. My colleague (and friend) Joe’s got a lot of reasonable takes about it—things based on numbers and all that—but one he hasn’t considered is that putting Kyle Schwarber in the lineup with the wind blowing out constitutes a public health hazard.
Think of it this way: Kyle Schwarber crushes the ball. Baseballs can really hurt people. There are no nets in front of the bleachers at Wrigley, or in front of the rooftops across Sheffield, or in front of sailboats on Lake Michigan, or in front of the city of Toronto, or in front of Tehran (where we do not need Kyle Schwarber needlessly provoking conflict by accidentally assassinating an ayatollah).
This might go beyond Joe Maddon, or Jed Hoyer, or Theo Epstein. It might even go beyond Tom Ricketts. This could very well be a move requested by the Pentagon.
It’s just a possibility. But keep it in mind.
