Game 9---Padres 10 Cubs 5

Product---Jumbo hot dogs
Temperature---43 degrees, overcast

Before you judge the statement you are going to read, please read the explanation that follows. At first glance this will seem absurd, but it all makes sense in the end.

The Chicago Cubs season is like a James Bond movie.

Cubs- Season starts with hope, promise and anticipation. This year’s the year we win it all.
007- Movie starts with action, excitement and thrills. This is the movie where we finally stop the Germans (or the Cubans, or Russians, or any other former communist nation).

Cubs- Around May, something goes wrong. Either a pitcher gets hurt, a hitter goes in to a deep slump, or the bullpen begins getting their brains beaten in. (Or in this seasons case, all three)
007- About a half hour into the movie, something goes wrong. Bond’s nemesis either gets their hands on some type of nuclear weapon or dangerous warfare machine.

Cubs- We recover from the struggles and make a late season push. Either that or we win the season series from the White Sox to obtain Chi Town bragging rights.
007- Q hooks Bond up with some crazy gadget, and he infiltrates the enemy’s headquarters and finds out all the necessary information to stop the plan to take over the world.

Cubs- In the end, we just fall short. We had a nice run, but wait till next year.
007- Though everything was executed perfectly, Bond somehow falls short and has to change his plan of attack.

Cubs- In the off-season, we make a bunch of moves that, on paper, make the North Siders one of the top teams in the league. All we have to do is execute on the field.
007- Does something to ensure the world’s safety, and gets the girl in the yet. But for all the hard work Bond has done, there is always more to do (in the next movie).

And by the way, if you think that this has nothing to do with the release of the trailer for the new Bond movie, you’re mistaken.
(http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/casinoroyale.html)

Observations:
Of all the songs the Cubs could have played today for when the team runs out on the field to start the game, they chose ‘Beautiful Day’ by U2. May I suggest what appears to be Jacque Jones’ theme song, ‘Imaginary Player’ by Jay-Z…Losing twelve out of fourteen games + crappy weather + west coast team with no star players = Not a sellout and fans eager to leave when the game gets out of hand. I was never too good at math, but I know that adds up to not a lot of sells for us vendors…I did by far my low for the season on jumbos, $109.50. I was five hot dogs short of three loads ($58 in commission) and did all right on tips ($51.5)…John Mabary should be forced to either switch numbers or not be allowed to play first base. There will only be one #17 first basemen for the Cubs, and that’s Mark Grace. And judging by Mabry’s .220 average and three R’sBI, he isn’t fooling anybody with his Grace imitation...Three errors in one game is bad. Three errors in one inning is just horrible. My eight-year-old cousin’s T-Ball team fields better then that...Hopefully the weather improves for tomorrow, because walking around in drizzle all afternoon is not my idea of fun.