It was Notre Dame weekend at Wrigley Field, or so they thought.
It started Friday, with former Fighting Irish receiver-turned middle reliever Jeff Samardzija making his major league debut for the Chicago Cubs, pitching two innings in the North Siders' 3-2 loss to the dreaded Florida Marlins.
On Saturday, Crewcut Charlie Weis arrived on the scene and his son, Crewcut Jr., threw out the ceremonial first pitch on his 15th birthday. Then the big guy made his way upstairs to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch.
Things didn't go as planned, as the Wrigley faithful let Weis have it. This account on All Headline News said: "Weis appeared to be a bit shook up by the reaction, singing way off-key, but eventually settled down to finish the fabled song."
Michael Rothstein of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette received a text message from a friend at the game: "At Wrigley. They just BOOED THE [naughty word] out of Charlie Weis."
Fortunately, the weekend wasn't a total loss. Samardzija pitched two innings Sunday in the Cubs' 9-6 victory.
Thanks to Awful Announcing.
6 comments:
Wrigley is usually filled with Big Ten frat dudes, getting wasted. Wasn't surprised at all.
Tony Romo got booed at Wrigley, too. So have many other people. Big deal.
Samardzija also got the save on Sunday.
ummm...the video had notta sound of any booing...but, whatever, the fat man is in the booth singing and then singing all the way to the bank afterwards...can them cubby fans sing that song?
we've been too busy singing "Go Cubs Go" this year...
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that Norte Dame football has become a joke under Weiss.
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