Game Reports
Here's the first of what I hope to be several reports on games we have all seen:
So: 12 of us saw a 9-3 Cubs win and, improbably, saw Rich Hill masterfully
earn his first major league victory, pitched 8 innings dominating the
Diamondbacks just as if he were still pitching in the minor leagues he has
dominated. New ss Izturis looks healthy enough, two hits, smooth
defensive plays, nifty double play. Probably the hottest baseball game any
of us has ever experienced, one of the hottest days in Chicago history,
over 100, something like 110 on the heat index. We were Gian and Franco
Pagnucci (Franco seeing his first game in 30 yrs, the last game at
Wrigley, which hasn't changed much in those years!), John O'Connor, Andrew
McCuaig, Guy Thorvaldsen, Vicki Chou, Steve Tozer, Tara and David
Schaafsma, Amber McNeil, Todd DeStigter and Todd Wolbers. Homers from
Murton, Barrett, Marmirez. Way fun. Earlier, some of us read and shared
poetry at the Goose Island pub, which was also a lot of fun.
It was Seventies Night at Wrigley. David Cassidy of the Partridge Family sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (and very well, actually!).
So: 12 of us saw a 9-3 Cubs win and, improbably, saw Rich Hill masterfully
earn his first major league victory, pitched 8 innings dominating the
Diamondbacks just as if he were still pitching in the minor leagues he has
dominated. New ss Izturis looks healthy enough, two hits, smooth
defensive plays, nifty double play. Probably the hottest baseball game any
of us has ever experienced, one of the hottest days in Chicago history,
over 100, something like 110 on the heat index. We were Gian and Franco
Pagnucci (Franco seeing his first game in 30 yrs, the last game at
Wrigley, which hasn't changed much in those years!), John O'Connor, Andrew
McCuaig, Guy Thorvaldsen, Vicki Chou, Steve Tozer, Tara and David
Schaafsma, Amber McNeil, Todd DeStigter and Todd Wolbers. Homers from
Murton, Barrett, Marmirez. Way fun. Earlier, some of us read and shared
poetry at the Goose Island pub, which was also a lot of fun.
It was Seventies Night at Wrigley. David Cassidy of the Partridge Family sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (and very well, actually!).
posted by David Schaafsma @ 2:02 PM
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At 11:44 AM,
David Schaafsma said…
Todd Wolbers and I saw the Beloit Snappers annihilate (did sports reporting for high school paper) the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 14-4 on Saturday, August 5 in Appleton, WI with 6,993 customers, most of the seats bought by Saturn for some kind of promotional. Beloit led 7-0 in the third, had a total of 20 hits, Beloit's Todd Lis was a double short of hitting for the cycle, that kind of game. We got grass seats for $5, or I did, a guy gave Todd one (see $63 for Cubs-Diamondbacks August 1) but since it was so lopsided, we watched some, and sometimes just walked around, sat in different seats, went one inning to the stadium bar (the Leinie Lodge). "Game" highlights: one guy was hit in the chest by a screaming foul liner, and this is the best: Jerry Reinsdorf (yes, of Chicago White Sox and Bulls fame) was being inducted into the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Hall of Fame, and he mad a speech on the field. Todd made me get his autograph and ask him what his history with the TRs involved. I did this; when I asked Jerry what his history with the TRs was, he said "None at all." I had this confirmed by the Sun Times when I got home, where Jerry says he has no idea why he was inducted, no connection at all. :)
We had a good time, a few beers, liked the kind of goofy party atmosphere, the corny sound effects. . . (like a crashed window when the foul balls go out) and when a ball went over the fence (by Beloit, usually) you could see a huge stand of pines towering beyond the fence. My favorite poetic moment was watching two sand hill cranes flying by, with a plane overhead, and above that, the moon, while the fourth TR pitcher floundered.
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