A Burnitz Story...

With the Hot Stove seeming to have cooled off for now, I've been wracking my brain trying to think of something Cubs related to write about. I guess I'll relate a quick story about the play of our new right fielder. Last year, I was at the May 7th Cubs/Rockies game, which included several notable events, including Shawn Estes triumphant return to Wrigley and Carlos Zambrano throwing a two hit, complete game shut out(his stuff was filthy that day, and both hits were cheapies) out en route to an 11-0 Cubs victory. But in the bottom of the 2nd inning, with two on and two out, Corey Patterson strode to the plate and crushed a ball that was ticketed for the left centerfield gap. Burnitz took off, and running faster than I thought possible (for him) and made what would have been a terrific catch, except that as the ball entered his glove, he smashed face first into the equipment door that's embedded in the wall and dropped the ball, giving Patterson a two run double (he loafed around first as he thought Jeromy made the catch). Burnitz was down, but he ended up staying in the game (he was removed after it got out of hand). So what does this teach us? Burnitz gave it all on that play, and just as he was about to succeed, failure intervened in the most painful way possible. Yet, he got up, and came back for more.

I guess what I'm saying is maybe Jeromy and Cubs fans have something in common besides male pattern baldness.