[NU Sports] The Burtons...

[Sportsbiz]

Another Cubbie note of interest:

Crewcut Charlie Weis was the 7th inning stretch singer the day before Fitz
and was soundly booed by the Wrigley faithful.  I guess all the losses are
starting to tarnish the Genuis' golden image.

http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080726/BLOGS02/143944705

Mark





On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Tom Maycock <tkmaycock at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the updates--looking forward to reading the story on the
> Burtons.
>
> One other bit of NU news: Pat Fitzgerald was the 7th inning stretch singer
> at the Cubs game yesterday. I missed most of his singing, but caught is
> on-air time with the TV broadcaster during the bottom half of the inning.
>
> Pat did a great job, and got a lot of air time thanks to a long half inning
> featuring a lot of Cubs offense.
>
> And in the "small world" department:
>
> A couple friends were at the Cubs game, and took the train up to Evanston
> to meet my wife and I for dinner after the game. They ended up sitting next
> to Jerry Brown on the train, and had a good chat about NU football. Sounds
> like Jerry is excited about the season, and is especially glad to have a
> healthy Sutton back this year.
>
> Just as they were telling us the story about chatting with Brown, Pat and
> his family walked into the same restaurant for dinner.
>
> I'm officially in "excited about NU footbal '08" mode now.
>
> Tom
>
>
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