OK so the reason we got the tickets for this date was because of the slim possibility that Barry Bonds would break the home run record while at Wrigley. Unfortunately he's only at 751 which is still 4 short of 755 and it looks like the Giants are going to rig it so he breaks the record in San Francisco which makes sense because it's literally the only stadium on earth he won't get booed in when he breaks it. But that doesn't mean we can't boo the shit out of him when he's in Chicago right?
Wrong. Bonds got benched today because he has "tired legs". Which is really because he said that it was "a fucking embarassment" that he was wearing that uniform the way he was playing. Also, the drunk fans in the bleachers would boo and heckle him to no end, NOT ME THOUGH BECAUSE I NO LONGER HECKLE AT GAMES BECAUSE JESUS HAS SHOWN ME THE LIGHT. Instead we got "Franzia" Frandsen in left. Who? Whatever.
Obviously I picked the Sunset Blush.
Still, this was a ridiculously fun game. It was a huge pitchers duel for sure with barely any scoring, only home runs from Felipe Lopez of the Giants and backup catcher Koyie Hill of the Cubs until the Giants went ahead 2-1 after a Soriano error. But the Cubs fought back hard and in the 8th inning Aramis Ramirez hit a thrilling 2 run double right by us to put the Cubs ahead 3-2 for good. After this happened the Cubs fans in the bleachers started throwing cups on to the field for no apparent reason. We'll let ESPN, who televised the game, give their account of the cup throwing:
"After Ramirez's double off Randy Messenger cleared the bases, fans began throwing garbage over the outfield fences from several directions in a strange response to their team taking the lead. The grounds crew scurried out to clean up the mess."
HA! I have no idea why the hell that happened either. Anyway, awesome game, Cubs are RED HOT now.
Final Score Cubs 3 - Giants 2
Cubs record in 2007 when I am in attendance: 4-3
Starting Pitchers:
Cubs - Rich Hill (6-6, 3.70 ERA)
Giants - Tim Lincecum
Singer of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame": NASCAR Driver Juan Montoya. Hooray.
1 comment:
So a long time off caught ur article my dad was who started the cup tossing . Drunk upset bonds sat and yeah lol cheers
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