A reunion at Wrigley Field: Reds at Cubs

The Cincinnati Reds featured some infamous names from the Cubs’ 2003 playoff run – Paul Bako, Corey Patterson and new manager Dusty Baker. Baker was returning to Wrigley Field for the first time since the Cubs decided not to renew his contract after the 2006 season. I have always thought that Dusty just won too early in his tenure with the Cubs. If he had one or two losing seasons before guiding the Cubs to the NLCS, he would still be managing the team.

Alfonso Soriano injured himself in the top of 1st inning. He was probably playing tribute to Baker. It seemed like Cubs’ players were always hurting themselves when Baker was around.

Last night was also Jackie Robinson night. Baker, Ken Griffey Jr. (who hit his 595th career home run), Derrek Lee, Daryle Ward, hitting coach Gerald Perry and bullpen coach Lester Strode all wore No. 42 in tribute to Jackie Robinson.

Before the game, we went to the same dive bar on the corner of Sheridan and Byron that I wrote about on Sat, 4/5.