Posted by edsortails on 11/4/2016 10:02:00 AM (view original):
The rain delay itself saved the season for the Cubs....over crediting Heyward is just knee jerk need to create a hero
I think the Cubs were basically a defeated team going into the rain delay. The weight of 100+ years of billy goats, Bull Durhams, and Bartmans had finally crashed down on them (even though they were still tied). Heyward reminded them that they were the best team in baseball with the most talent. The whole team got energy from his "speech".
Put it this way.... if he went back to the clubhouse and CRIED (like ******* girlfriend-beater Chapman) instead of rallying the troops, they would've slinked back on the field like beaten dogs, and probably lost.
It needed to be done. He was the only one to step up. That's what a "hero" does.