Cubs 6, Giants 5: I Saw It and I Still Almost Don’t Believe It.

I saw it last night, and I still almost do not believe it.  Obviously, I could not listen to the national broadcasters; I never do, especially when the Cubs are not going well.  And on “the hometown call” (i.e., WSCR). Pat and Ron the 2nd were constantly talking about the Giants’ winning streak in elimination games, too, so I couldn’t listen to them anymore, either.  There was only one thing to do: I turned the radio off, turned the sound on the TV down, and I watched.  Just like at a game.  There was baseball.  Why did I need commentary?  (I did turn the sound up for the commercials during the pitching changes, but that was just to pass the time.)  I watched, without distraction, and saw a comeback to remember forever in the top of the ninth. 

I didn’t watch the bottom of the ninth on TV, however.  Ever since Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams, I haven’t watched the last half inning on TV if the Cubs are up.  Back in 1989, it seemed if I watched Mitch on TV, the Cubs lost.  So I stopped watching the last half inning when we are ahead.  Therefore, I turned the radio back on in the bottom of the ninth last night and “watched” on the radio – and promptly ran into the den, where the TV is, as soon as Chapman struck out the third batter.  Fortunately, the delay between the radio and the TV meant that I got there just as the batter was striking out – on TV.

I thought I would post this both because it was a great game and to let you know why I have not been blogging all that much lately.  It’s because I have had better things to do than pay attention to the presidential election from he**.

Here it is: