CHARRRGE!

A drunk and disgruntled fan charged the mound at Wrigley Field Monday night, trying to get a piece of Chicago Cubs pitcher Bobby Howry.



Dey love to fight dere in da Windy City, eh Bob? Polish sausage...Ditka... If they're not fighting one another or taking it out on the media at the post-game conference (see also: Lou McBoozy Piniella), the fans go apeshit on their own players. I love that team, that park, and those fans. We're seeing nearly 100 years of frustration finally boiling over. Didn't Milton Bradley just get released by the A's? They should pick him up. Barry Bonds trade rumors? Bring him to town! I'm sure Jose Guillen could be picked up from the floundering Mariners. Maybe Earl Weaver could serve as bench coach. Let's dig up Billy Martin's bones and see how far we can push the envelope. The funniest part of Monday's fan "interaction" is that I saw this clip on the TV at the gym last night--with the sound turned off. I saw a guy in a white shirt (and not Colorado black and purple) rush the mound and for a few minutes I thought perhaps the Cubs became the first team in history to charge the mound to get at one of their own. There's still a lot of season left though, so let's not rule it out yet.

P.S. Props to Comcast for actually broadcasting the guy running on the field! Forget all those people with their "concerns" that broadcasting fans running on the field "encourages" others to follow suit. Those people are dumb!