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July 2009
TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans
Comcast Sports Chicago daily listings
http://csnchicago.com/pages/tvlisting
July 2009 Cubs game schedule including which channel they'll air on that day.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=7&y=2009
Shows that may interest Chicago Cubs fans...
Great American Road Trip
Next episode: Pilot
Tue 7/7 7:00 PM NBC 1 hour TV-PG
The contestants start their journey at Wrigley Field
http://www.nbc.com/great-american-road-trip/
MLB Baseball
2004: Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants
Fri, Jul 3, 9:00p - 11:00p [Closed Captioned]
ESPN CLASSIC
2009 | 120 mins
From Aug. 7, 2004.
14.4% of the way through $30 million, the Cubs are turning against Milton Bradley (.237/.355/.379 through 70 team games). In the sixth inning of today’s win, Lou Piniella told him to take his uniform off and go home after Bradley starting throwing water around in the dugout after Bradley made his third out of the game. Piniella says he will start Bradley tomorrow, but Alfonso Soriano—at least—says that if Bradley does not care about the team, he can stay home:
We may no longer be able to hang our hat on the fact that the greatest player in Chicago Cubs history never actually tested postiive for performance enhancing drugs. The New York Times reported today:
Quote:
Sammy Sosa ... is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year.
....
The lawyers who had knowledge of Sosa’s inclusion on the 2003 list did not know the substance for which Sosa tested positive. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified as discussing material that is sealed by a court order.
This is not exactly definitive.
The movie "Finding Buck McHenry" which includes Ernie Banks as an actor is available to view via Comcast's On Demand section in "Kids > Free Movies > at no additional charge.
Finding Buck McHenry
$0.00 | Available until Sat, Jul 4
On Demand
TVPG | 94 mins
FIND IT: Kids > Free Movies > Finding Buck McHenry
Quote:
A young baseball card fanatic invites a long lost baseball star to coach his team and teach a new generation how to play this great American pastime.
Ernie Banks statue at Wrigley Field
www.chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2009/05/ernie-banks-statue-at-wrigley-field.html
Ernie, Billy, Ryno and Ron
www.chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2005/08/ernie-billy-ryno-and-ron.html
The MLB network is airing highlights from old All Star Games including the one at Comiskey in 1983 that I attended with a friend.
I'll have to watch it closely to see if we show up anywhere in it.
I remember photographing the marching band and later some old timer baseball players on a golf cart. I wonder who they were...
Hope I can find those pictures some day.
If you were in that Marching Band, write to me in case I find those pictures.
I'd love to view more photos from this game. If you know of a site with more pics from the 1983 MLB All Star Game at Comiskey, please let me know!
The Tivo listings state:
All-Star Game Highlights: 1983
Fri 6/12 12:00 PM MLBN
30 minutes
Info regarding that game...
May 2009 - TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans
Source: Tivo listings at:
http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-tco/index.do
Baseball's Secret Formula
Baseball teams use sabermetrics to build their franchises..
Tue 5/19 7:00 AM
SCIENCE CHANNEL
1 hour
TV-G Special, Documentary, Science, Science and Nature
Cathedrals of the Game
Next episode: Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown..
Fri 5/22 12:30 PM
MLBN
30 minutes
No rating
Baseball, Sports Non-Event, TV Show, Sports, TV Shows
How It's Made
Next episode: Baseball gloves; medical electrodes
Baseball gloves; medical electrodes; Stetson hats..
Mon 5/25 6:30 AM
SCIENCE CHANNEL
30 minutes
TV-G Science, TV Show, Science and Nature, TV Shows
MTV Cribs
ABC TV is airing a tv show tonight titled:
"Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist"
ET Online wrote about this program. Here is the Wrigley related part:
MICHAEL J. FOX: OPTIMIST AT WRIGLEY FIELD
Quote:
"I proposed doing a special where we just travel around, talk to people about optimism, go to places where optimism thrives and look at it from every different angle. It's brought us to Chicago, the home of the Cubs -- and the most optimistic fans in the world."
Chicago native Bonnie Hunt joins Michael for the Chicago leg of the special,...
Which famous #31 jersey wearer did Lou Piniella manage ?
UIS class may be required to watch World Series
The course is “The History of Baseball in the United States.” It begins with the fall semester, which qualifies it as a Fall Classic, just like the World Series.
Read entire article at:
www.sj-r.com/bakke/x126913438/Dave-Bakke-UIS-class-may-be-required-to-watch-World-Series
Hope the class lectures are downloadable!
http://www.uis.edu/
I was watching the Cubs game at a local Mexican restaurant and saw the now famous cat at Wrigley 2009 moment.
Yep, I was yelling at the tv (you can't take me anywhere) when the groundskeeper lifted the cat by the tail.
Helpful hints for the future (because this will probably happen again)
1. Oven mitts are great for dealing with angry cats. Since those wouldn't be easy to find, a towel or two would have been very useful to pick up the cat.
2. Always treat animals at Wrigley with the greatest of kindness. You don't want to start an urban legend.
BTW, has anyone timed the cat's running pace for speed and compared it to a Cub player's running speed? Might be a fun comparison.
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