The White Sox role into Wrigley this afternoon for the final three games of the BP Crosstown Cup. As I mentioned this morning,due to the rules regarding a tied series, the Cubs must sweep to bring the Cup to the North Side.
Today Randy Wells (1-2, 6.25) will take the mound for the North Siders. For the Sox, it will be Edwin Jackson (4-6, 4.13).
Today’s lineup for the Cubs is as follows:
- Fukudome RF
- Barney 2B
- Castro SS
- Ramirez 3B
- Peña 1B
- Soriano LF
- Johnson CF
- Soto C
- Wells P
Thanks to everyone who submitted their favorite Cubs moment of all-time. I hope everyone has a much fun reading through them all as I did. From the Ryne Sandberg Game to Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, it was great to re-live those memories through your points different points of view.
However, the winner is . . . . Â .
Bob In Madison!!!
I couldn’t resist a story that includes Steve Stone throwing a complete game. Â Heh. Bob, please shoot me an email to Julie (at) AerysSports (dot) com so I can get your $50 BP card. Congratulations!
First pitch today is at 1:20 pm CT on WGN. Â Keep your eyes peeled for our next BP card giveaway, which will come during today’s game.
Good luck and Go Cubs!
Congratulations Bob!
Go Bob!
I just saw Bruce Miles say it’s 69 degrees at Wrigley. Wasn’t it supposed to be 175 or something today?
It’s 175 degrees here in Pasadena, CA- I lost internet access for a few hours due to the heat…
Thanks everyone. And thanks for tolerating my soppy childhood memories
Getting ready to give away our next $50 BP Card here in a bit.
Every time Randy Wells is on the mound I get nervous and have the urge to punch him in the eyeball…….
This is a natural feeling.
so there’s no medication for it? and no cure?
More cowbell.
okay kids–to win the next $50 BP Gift Card, tell me one thing that makes baseball in Chicago in the summer special to you. Post your answers in the comments here, and I’ll pick a winner tomorrow morning.
Go.
Baseball in the summer in Chicago is special to me because it brings my whole family together. In college, a roommate from the far northwest suburbs and I would meet at Wrigley as a means to re-connect during our summer breaks – I lived on the North Shore. This began my love for the Cubs. These were the summers of Ryne Sandberg and Jody Davis (Jo-dee, Jo-dee Davis, catcher for the Cubs). And then Greg Maddux came – swoon – I was going to marry that man!
Fast forward and my family is scattered on the north shore and northwest suburbs.
There are 15 of us all together. My parents “winter†in Phoenix from October to May, and the 7 grandkids participate in numerous sports and activities. We can rarely all get together. But, once a year all 15 of us will take the El down to Wrigley for a game. We have been doing this for the last 20 years or so.
We get to the bleachers early and watch batting practice and eat peanuts. We take goofy pictures and try to catch the home run balls. We teach the kids how to keep score. We play the $1 cup game (does it have a name?) where you put a dollar in the cup and pass it along with each at bat. When someone gets a hit, if you are holding the cup, you get what’s in it. We eat hot dogs and nachos and ice cream and drink lots of beer. We get sun-burned and sweaty, and laugh at the drunks. We talk about friends and sports and school and work. Just a nice summer day with brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces and nephews.
The kids are growing up…the oldest is 17. I hope that we can continue this tradition of gathering among the ivy to watch our Cubs. We will add a member here or there to be sure, but the family nucleus will be together. Summer baseball to me is so special because it is a means to re-connect with those I don’t see enough of. To talk of a common love of baseball with my 12 year old nephew. To have a somewhat civil conversation with my brother. To just be a family, and watch some baseball.
I’d throw my two cents in but I think Karen said it better than I could. Also, I’ve already won, so I don’t want to be greedy…
this is not a contest piece, obviously. I’ve got to get this in before it happens so I can say later, SEE!. no one seems to want to take charge in this division. once again we are 1 game behind single digits in the GB dept. ALL we need is a nice streak and get this stat down to 6 or 7(maybe 5) and who’s to say what? a decade or so ago I saw the dodgers(GAG) eliminate such a lead in less than 2 weeks(I don’t think I was that drunk, but…). cub baseball brings out hope eternal in me and when they are playing all is well with the world. we win. YEAH!. we lose. DAMMIT. we get them tomorrow. julie(LYH)
So I take it Randy Wells did not create any future Cubs memories?
See previous post re: lack of LOHO access.
After a long, cold winter,the one thing my family most looked forward to was summer and Chicago baseball. I grew up with 3 sisters and a Father who loved the Chicago White Sox.My favorite childhood memories are of sitting at Comiskey Park with my Dad and watching the Sox play. He couldn’t afford to take all 3 girls at once, so when it was ‘our’ turn to go see a game with Dad, it made it so much more special.Sitting in the warm sunshine, listening to the crack of the bat, the cheer of the crowd, and trying to catch a foul ball. If I close my eyes, I’m right back there with him. When I had my son, I wanted to make summers just as special for him. I am thankful that before my Dad passed that we were able to go see a game together-just the 3 of us. I passed along the love of summer baseball(and the Cubbies) to my son, and I hope that my son will continue the tradition with his children.My Dad used to say that baseball is a true reflection of life. You always get out of it what your put in. That’s what I think about as I take my seat at Wrigley and hope that I will get to see the W flag flying and hear Go Cubs Go ring in my ear!