i've noticed that his voice is definitely aging, but does he have health concerns that I'm not aware of? pat hughes becoming the radio PBP coincided with the start of my real cubs fandom (in a following every game sense), i feel like he's a major part of my summer childhood.
bumpkins refer to any part of a big city as downtown, i've learned over the years this is true Around the NYC area people say "going into the city" but I always heard suburban chicagoans say "going downtown" no matter where they were going inside the city limits. chicago suburbanites say going into the city
i'd be surprised if he didn't get the call in september... there's the potential upside of incremental improvement over castro's offensive production and then you have the ability to move baez all over the infield- we know maddon's affinity for javy's defense. also gives the opportunity to give guys like bryant and russell a day or two off during the stretch run, to the extent it makes sense.
No, I'm talking about years past when this forum and the Cubs were good or decent. These full season other game threads have been a more recent (maybe last 4-5 years?) thing...I'll check. I think if we made one every day there would be more activity. It would be nice to limit all the "[expletive] The Giants just scored to make it 2-0" posts to a daily Other Games thread. having single day threads might make more sense if when later in the season there's some very aggressive scoreboard watching.