Played hooky from work today to watch the Cubs get decimated by the Pirates in freezing weather. I was wearing full winter regalia--leg warmers and all--and sitting under a warm blanket, but even so 4 hours later I'm still cold.
On the upside, Bill Murray threw out the first pitch (over the net and into the stands behind home plate) and sang "take me out to the ball game", which was great. he also walked about 20 feet in front and a half-level above us as he was escorted from a luxury box to the press booth to sing. He smiled (!) and waved at us. 2 innings later a similar appearance by Governor Blagojevich (presumably avoiding the cold weather) drew a less enthusiastic greeting from the crowd.

I think the cold would have been more bearable if the Cubs hadn't been so awful. Not that the Pirates were so great either--they had 5 errors and left 16 men on base. Course, they also scored 13 runs and had 16 hits, to the cubs 2 runs on 3 hits.

The family sitting next to us left after the 2nd. It was that cold.
- posted by Heidi @ 7:45 PM