Tuesday, May 15, 2007
DEAR CHICAGO. [5-14-07]
PRE-GAME:
TBF and I eat Chicago-style hot dogs (minus celery salt and technicolor relishes) at the Diamond Club. (Amongst other things.)
SECOND INNING:
“This is how we lose baseball games to teams we shouldn’t lose to.”
—MG
THIRD INNING:
top 5 songs about Chicago:
5) The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
4) My Kind of Town - Sinatra
3) Please Come To Chicago - Graham Nash
2) Dear Chicago - Ryan Adams
1) Sweet Home Chicago - Various
FOURTH INNING:
FIFTH INNING:
“You’re hitting the PITCHER? What are you DOING? Wait, he can’t hear me from here.”
“As though it would make a difference if he could.”
“WHERE’S THE PINCH HITTER? BOOOOOOO!”
“Who are you booing?” [TBF never boos. Never.]
“Willie!”
SIXTH INNING:
SEVENTH INNING:
“Can I sing “buy me some penis and crack” during ‘Take Me Out To The Ballgame’?”
“No.”
“But it’s the Cubs!”
“You can sing that version at Wrigley Field, when Eddie Vedder is there singing it that way too.”
“Grump.”
NINTH INNING:
