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As we finish up the 2009 season this weekend, we just wanted to thank  
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!):

Technical Director

Another cold day at the ballpark.  Overcast skies...might have some  
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.

Great to see Ryan Dempster complete Tuesday night's game as he dealt a  
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.

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