The Chicago Cubs added yet another signature play to their morbid postseason history when reliever Trevor Cahill bounced in a curveball which escaped catcher.
It happened in the sixth inning, and while the Mets scored two more runs in the seventh who knows what direction the game goes if not for the third consecutive curveball thrown in the dirt which Montero had to block. He didn’t block it, as Yoenis Cespedes waltzed home to break a 2-2 tie. The play might not be in the “Bartman” category, but it was bad enough.
“It’s not a bad pitch,” Montero said after the 5-2 loss. “It seems so easy from the outside. ‘You have to block that ball.’ Yeah I know I have to block it. It’s not as easy as it looks.
“It hurts. How many blocks did I have previous to that? That one got by and it really, really bothered me. I can’t change that. It’s over. I have to move on.”


