If you ever wondered whatever became of me

May 8th, 2008 at 07:16pm Tony Garcia

So I was thinking about bringing a sign to Monday’s Cubs-Reds game at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park for Reds announcer Marty Brennaman, seeing as how he holds such a high opinion about the Cubs faithful.

Unfortunately, the only message that kept coming into my head was similar to the advice Vice President Dick Cheney had for Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy.

Still, Marty couldn’t be too upset that the Cubs helped bring 69,860 to the 6-year-old park, a good chunk wearing blue.

Compare that with the Reds’ home games from April 21-23, with the Dodgers and Astros, and remarkably similar mid-70s weather, drew only 45,226.

And another thing: The Cubs fans cheered for their team; the Reds fans, probably embarrassed that they were getting outcheered in their own park, tried to shout down the Cubs fans rather than attempt to cheer louder for their own team. I think it’s a little backward.

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