The Chicago Cubs manager is a little concerned about the Wrigley Field infield, and he thinks the legendary rock group might have played a role. “I don’t know if they were out there taking ground balls before the game, or if they had 9-inch heels or spike …” “Since the AC/DC concert, we’ve had a little bit of trouble”, Maddon tells the Chicago Tribune. Maddon says AC/DC left the Wrigley Field infield in shambles following its concert at the Friendly Confines last week.
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Maddon said in the first four games of the homestand, he’s already seen unusual hops at third and now second.
Some players have complained about the playing surface and Maddon blames the conditions for a potentially costly error by Starlin Castro at second base Monday night. I didn’t see one bad hop all year.
Castro’s comments would seem more accurate considering a seating chart for the concert shows the infield wasn’t used for seating, while the outfield held the stage, 24 seating sections and the pit. “We’ve just got to get that ironed out”.
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“It’s not even”, Casto said. Castro’s error might have shook them all night long, but they still scored a touch too much for the Brewers thanks to some heatseekers off the bats of the big guns in their lineup. “That was a weird hop”. But the Cubs have a.982 fielding percentage (only five MLB teams are worse) and have committed 104 errors, tied for the fifth-worst mark in baseball this year.
