Cubs vs Astros April 5, 2008

Ahhhhhhhh yes kids, baseball has started up again and we have tickets to a billion games this year and already I have visited the friendly confines. This means it's time for the first Cubbies update of the year! We decided to mix things up a bit this year. Instead of just having bleacher seats we're gonna mix it up and have half the games in the stands. There are a couple reasons for this mostly, that on weeknights, it's hard to get from my work at TACO BELL to the bleachers in time to get seats and it would just be nice to get beer service at the seat for once.

So today we had Roy Oswalt vs Jason Marquis on an absolutely gorgeous spring day, the first nice day I can remember since september. The Cubs got off to a bit of a rough start and were losing 5-3 going into the 7th until the Cubs went on a rampage scoring 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Fukudome continues to be amazing as he hit the go ahead double. He has already become a hero in the city and deservedly so, the guy is hitting .500!! He hears chants of Fu-ku-do-me at every game now and Cubs fans are even saying it correctly. This is of course tragically different from when they had the Japanese "It's Gonna Happen" signs that translated to "It's an accident" causing him to probably think we hated him.

One topic of conversation during the game was, if any of us were entered into the Cubs lineup for a full year, what would are batting average be, inspired by Soriano's bad average so far. I maintain that I would have a .000 average. I wouldn't get one hit. I honestly don't see any scenario where I could get a hit even with a full year of coaching. This is why I play golf, the ball doesn't move. My friends seem to think they could bat like .002 or something. I completely disagree, these guys are just way too good. I bet I could only make contact like 1 out of every 15 games. The only scenario I can envision getting a hit is if LaTroy Hawkins is pitching.



Final Score: Cubs 9 - Astros 7

Cubs record in 2008 when I am in attendance: 1-0

Starting Pitchers:
Cubs - Jason Marquis
Astros - Roy Oswalt

Singer of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame": Ron Santo (also, I was on TV during the singing!!)