The Green Grass of Wrigley Field (as the Cubs Keep Their Winning Ways)
Wrigley Field on a sunny Summer afternoon…
Few things in life provide such a rare pleasure. And with the Chicago Cubs tearing up the national league with a major league-leading 42 wins, the Friendly Confines have rarely been friendlier real estate to this life-long Cubs fan.
Early on Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano was tagged for a two-run shot to left. But given the offensive firepower surrounding him and with the wind whipping the left field flags like mad, this deficit seemed puny and easy to overcome.
Except it wasn’t.
Inning after inning the northside nine put up goose egg after miserable goose egg. In days of old (going back an entire century) Cubs fans would have anticipated the worst. An “L” for loss would be lifted atop the center field score board and that would be that, a simple single pockmark in a season rife with the rough terrain of far too many pockmarks.
But this team has proven to be different. And this day would be proof of this difference.
After several false starts, the Cubs finally gained a little traction in the 7th inning and halved the Atlanta Braves lead to 2-1. Given the fact that the Cubs have been scoring runs in droves, one run should be a gimme.
Turns out the gimme waited until the bottom of the 9th to show up. That’s when Jim Edmonds poked a line drive homer to the basket in left to tie the score. Ah, the universe felt as if it was coming back to a charitable disposition. Except that in this instance charity wasn’t given - it was taken. And the final collection waited until the 11th inning to bear its lovely toothy smile.
To set the table of the 11th inning picture the bases loaded with Cubs and no outs. Great position for pinch hitter Reed Johnson to be in as he took his place at the plate. He waited for the delivery of the first pitch from the brand new reliever when instead of getting a hit to win the game he was simply hit to win the game.
Kind of anticlimactic, yes, but nonetheless Johnson was hit by the first pitch, forcing in the winning run and the Cubs improved their major’s leading victory total to 43.
And we raised our voices as if in unison we 41,000+ faithful on hand to mark this latest entry in what we hope is a storybook season for this team we call our own.
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