A beautiful night at the ballpark
I just got home from cheering on the Cubs as they beat the Mariners 3-2. It was a gorgeous night at Wrigley, although more brisk than expected as the wind was blowing in at quite a good clip. That same wind kept a fly ball crushed by Soriano in the park. Marshall threw an awesome game and came away with the much needed 1-run victory.
The key hit of the night was by Fontenot, who had two RBIs. As I said in yesterday’s post, this kid is going to make it impossible for them to send him down. Unfortunately, Matt Murton was sent to Triple A Iowa today. I think the Cubs needed another arm and Murton needs the at-bats he wasn’t getting here. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of the red head.
I’m headed out of town for the next few days, so there might not be any posts until we’re well into the Padres series this weekend. Stay tuned.
Chad Said,
June 14, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
Thought you might like this about Ichiro’s impression of Wrigley Field.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/319793_mbok14.html
(scroll most of the way down)
His reaction to the drinking in the bleachers:
“Before the game started, the fans were nice and polite, and that was nice,” Ichiro said. “But after the game started and they started drinking beer, lots of beer, their personality changed.
“And that was fun for me to see.”