Game #45 – Cubs vs. Brewers

Game #45 – Cubs vs. Brewers

Sunday, September 8, 2013
Heather, Wigs, Kevin & Julie

Opening Day for Football Season (well, at least for us Bears and 49er fans)!!! So we started at Bernie’s to watch the first half of Bears game. I got there at Noon after my pedicure, and where is everyone?? Heather/Wigs came in a few minutes later and then finally Kevin (who was home prepping the house for the new TV’s – yes we are finally getting a tv with a screen bigger than 32”). Bartender Randy was telling us about the jersey giveaway to people who bought buckets of Bud Light during Bears game. Cool – we can switch to Bud. Turns out there were only 3 buckets bought that day, so we assumed our chances of getting the Peppers jersey was good. Nope, we didn’t get it. Go figure.

At halftime, we headed into the game. It was a nice day, a little cloudy and the game was not crowded at all! Time to buy the 50/50 ticket! Scott Baker, who has been on the DL all year was making his debut. He actually looked really good for the 5 innings he was in (55 pitches). Here’s what annoys me: we signed him for a one-year $5.5 million contract and he was on the DL all year. Great investment. He underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2012, so I’m not really sure what happened. He only made 8 starts in the minors before today’s game.

As for the rest of the game… Yawn. JR Lake hit another homer for our only run, and he had 2 of the Cubs 3 hits. Cubs bullpen blew another save (26 on the year if you’re counting; record is 29 set in 2000, so we have a chance to make a run for that this year too!).

Wigs & Kevin left to go watch the 49ers game, while Heather and I stuck it out to see if I won the 50/50. Nope, didn’t win that either. Ah well.  Back to Bernie's to watch some football! 

Recap:

Cubs Lose 8-3

My season record: Visitors 29, Cubs 16

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