Even the Cubs' ground crew is bush-league. [View all]

[KamaAina]

The difference is, their screw-up actually won a game for the beleaguered North Siders. Against the Giants, of course.

http://blog.sfgate.com/giants/2014/08/20/details-of-sf-giants-protest-rules-were-not-properly-applied/

The Giants formally filed a protest with Major League Baseball this morning, citing Rule 4.12 (a)(3) and claiming the Cubs’ grounds crew didn’t do what umpires requested Tuesday night at Wrigley Field....

Baer wouldn’t provide specifics of the protest, but the issue concerning the Giants is that the umpires directed the grounds crew to cover the field – and the grounds crew didn’t comply.

The crew brought the tarp onto the infield crookedly, and the weight of the water from the rainstorm prematurely ended their efforts to cover it fully. As a result, areas around the plate and on the left side of the infield were exposed to more rain.

When the tarp was removed after the rain stopped, the infield was covered in water. After a 4-hour, 34-minute delay, umpire crew chief Hunter Wendelstedt deemed the field unplayable and called the game, giving the Cubs a 2-0 victory even though just 4 ½ innings were played.

Hoo boy. If they end up losing the division, or being shut out of $elig's goofy play-in game , by one game...