The Cubs’ walk-off win over the Padres should have been the only thing anyone was talking about Monday night. Instead, a mess of beer cans and at least one beer bat ended up on the Wrigley Field outfield grass, turning a celebration into a display of awful judgment.
Chicago finished off San Diego when Mason Miller was tagged, with a little help from the wind that carried Seiya Suzuki’s fly ball into the ivy in left field and let Pete Crow-Armstrong score the winning run in the ninth. It was the Cubs’ 10th walk-off victory of the season, the most in MLB. But while Suzuki’s teammates gathered around him near the middle of the diamond, some fans chose to throw items onto the field.
That behavior drew plenty of outrage, and for good reason. It wasn’t just a stray piece of trash or two, either. By the look of it, there were multiple people involved, and Cubs fans even caught some of them red-handed.
One photo in particular stood out for how perfectly it fit the stereotype of a suburban kid rolling into Chicago and acting like a dumbass.
There are plenty of ways to celebrate a walk-off win without being a clown. Doing this at any ballpark is bad enough.
Doing it while wearing Cubs gear at Wrigley after a win is even worse. It was disrespectful, stupid, and exactly the kind of behavior that makes everyone else look bad.
The fans who called it out had the right idea. This kind of garbage doesn’t belong at Wrigley Field or anywhere else.
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