Cubby-Blue

Sammy Sosa's corked bat revisited.

The words are small in this drawing.
Here's basically what it says: "This one time my brother Grog called and said that Brett Farve got his hand stuck in a defensive lineman's facemask and ripped off his pinky.
And I fell for it.
So when he called to say that Sammy got caught with a corked bat I didn't believe it. But there he is on the front page of the Tribune next to a story about Martha Stewart facing criminal charges.
Cubs beat Tampa Bay 3-2, and they're still a game up on Houston, in first place.
It's June 4th.
But I suspect this bat thing will be, um, not a small distraction."

And it turned out it wasn't a small distraction, in fact it was 7 games.

  

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The Perfect Margarita

This really is a great margarita, and the best way ever to fake a little summer. 
A third fresh squeezed lime juice, a third triple sec, a third tequila. 
(And don't forget the sea salt.)
Simple. 
You can drop in a little orange juice, too, but never put anything pink in there. 

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What it takes to be a Cubs fan.

For some reason, this painting needs no real embellishing, or even a story - I'm sure you all know this one.

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If the Cubs ever give up 9 runs in an inning, beat the radio.

 On Memorial Day in 2003, the Cubs got spanked by the Pirates 10 to nothin.

Kerry Wood got the start and gave up one earned run through seven innings, but then Phil Norton, Juan Cruz, and Antonio Alfonseca gave up 9 runs in the last couple innings.
But the Cubs were 28-22, in first place, so it wasn't too bad.
Sammy Sosa was out with an injured big toe, and in a short time he'd come back and get caught with a corked bat.
As I recall, I smoked some ribs that day.
They were pretty good.

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Cell Phone Stupidity at Wrigley Field

This painting is absolutely true - it happened right behind me.
I don't have a problem with cell phones at Wrigley.
You might really need to make a call.
But when you call someone else in the stands to talk about nothing while the game's going on well, you might as well go ahead and dance when they play "YMCA".

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