Podcast: Season Recap
Thanks For The Memories
all the Cub fans out there who make this job and this experience so
incredible.
And also a huge thanks to our entire WGN Sports crew, headed by our
Executive Producer Bob Vorwald, Producer Marc Brady, Director Skip
Ellison and Associate Producer Doug Stanton. It's a team effort and
it's an honor every day bringing Cubs baseball into your livingroom.
Here is the rest of our wonderful crew (kudos to all!):
No BB Stretch King
rain, but hopefully not after last night's game was canceled after a
lengthy delay in the 4th. The biggest loss last night though was Bob
Brenly NOT singing the stretch. I was crushed. He had a whole new
presentation ready to go, which included a cowbell (a really nice
touch if you ask me) and some other things which I don't want to
divulge because he may try them next time and we want them to be a
surprise. I can tell you there's a good chance he will ask the roller
derby girls who sang with Drew Barrymore to return and do the backup
harmonies.
You Complete Me
5-hit shutout. For the Cubs, it's their second complete game shutout
over the last 4 games--Carlos Zambrano threw a 2-hitter @ San
Francisco on Friday. What I think you're seeing is the result of the
Cubs watching the starters' pitch counts early in the season, allowing
them to stretch it out here late. Also, in the case of most of the
starters, some DL time has kept down their innings as well. It's a
shame this team isn't going to the post-season considering how strong
the pitching has been lately. I feel like the rotation and the pen
are collectively in their best stretch of the season, which has
diminished the concern over the offense a little bit. I don't
anticipate the Cubs making any sort of major moves with the pitching
staff over the winter, which will allow Jim Hendry to focus almost
exclusively on improving the offense.
The Baseball Project Joins The Bash
We have great news. The Baseball Project (a power pop supergroup
featuring Steve Wynn, Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck from R.E.M. and Linda
Pitmon) is confirmed for our 4th Annual Len & Bob Bash for Chicago
Cubs Charities, presented by Bud Light, at the House of Blues Chicago
on January 14, 2010 to kick off Cubs Convention weekend (it's the 25th
Annual Convention by the way).
The Project is a perfect fit for the show--not only are they an
amazingly talented and tight band, but all their songs are about
baseball. I saw them recently in Chicago and was invited onstage to
introduce their song about Harvey Haddix and they told me to have fun
with it, so I did. There's a line that goes, "Luis Aparicio and
Nellie Fox made the Sox go-go" in my favorite tune, "Past Time." So I
changed it and instead sang, "The Cubs had Billy, Ernie, Fergie and a
guy named Santo."
I think they appreciated the effort and after some email exchanges, we
were able to book them for the show. Thanks to Jef Schmidt from Bud
Light for locking them in and, AS ALWAYS, for making this event happen
in the first place.
We will have more info on the other band on the bill coming up, so
keep checking the blog for more info.
In the meantime, enjoy TBP's performance of "Past Time" on David
Letterman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZbearvNxRI

