I pitty the fool who missed this interview

Thought of the Day

Monday night's Cubs game was one of the worst I've ever worked for in terms of vending in my nearly six full seasons at Wrigley Field. Because the Cubs were traveling from San Diego, the Memorial Day game was actually a Memorial Night game, starting at 7:05. Night games are usually worse for vendors than day ones; night games at the caboose of a three-day weekend that signal the start of summer turns out are the worst. Nobody was eating, nobody was drinking, and who could blame them? All the fans had probably been maxing for 72 straight hours on hot dogs that cost less than $4 and beer cheaper than six and a quarter, I know I had.

The game did have one very memorable aspect to it though. After singing (more like yelling) 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame', actor/wrestler/icon/Chicago-native Mr. T had the normal post-stretch chat with announcers Len Kasper and Bob Brenley. Some highlights:

-Mr. T explaining how he booed the Pittsburgh Pirates players from his seat behind home plate, accompanied by Pirate sound effects.
-Mr. T explaining to Bob how he got kicked of college, the reasons being that he got straight A's, was Class President and missed his Momma. (It made even less sense when he said it)
-Mr. T laughing at the Pirates bullpen catcher who got hit with a foul ball (more Pirate sound effects)
-Len trying to be funny when Carlos Zambrano was pinch-hitting, connecting Mr. T, the A-Team and Big Z. Mr. T thought this was the funniest thing ever, and said he loves watching the team on channel 9 in Los Angeles.
-Bob congratulating Mr. T for having three kids, not realizing that the kids were all in their 30's or 40's.
-As Len tried to go to commercial and say goodbye to their guest, Mr. T cut him off to see that he will behave himself so that he doesn't disappoint Len and Bob. Brenley's facial reaction was priceless.