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So during the 5th inning of the Cubs/Pirates 15 inning affair on Wednesday, the little lady gave me some alarming news. Her best gal pal had fallen ill and wasn’t able to go with her to a Bon Jovi concert they had tickets for that night. Now here’s the thing, I’m not in the business of going to Bon Jovi concerts. As a matter of fact, neither is the misses exactly, but apparently she and her friend wanted to “laugh and rock out” to the music they loved when they were younger. (As a side note, I’m starting to think she’s lying to me about her age.)

Not wanting her to lose out on the experience/coupled with the fact that Wood just gave up a game tying HR, I caved and we hopped on the metro down to Staples. (Think el to United Center.) What happened next? Well I’ll tell you, Bon Jovi and an old looking guy I’m told is Richie Sambora proceeded to rock my face off. I soon looked like this:

Ok, not really, but it was a lot more fun than I expected. Now, you’re probably wondering, what does this have to do with the Cubs? Well it’s pretty simple. Those games against the Pirates were so boring, I feel lucky I got to miss 6 innings of one at a Bon Jovi concert. Thanks for the sweep, but I’m begging you Cubs, no more marathon games in front of 5 thousand fans, please. Games like that are bad medicine. Whoa oh oh.

Just wanted to clarify something from today’s Cubscast. Look, I’m not techno-snob, honest. I think the average person should have any computer monitor they like— 27 inch flat screens aren’t my bag at all. But you would think Mountain Dew would want Chuck Norris to rock a bit more modern of a system. Is that monitor good enough for you or me? Of course. But we’re talking about Chuck freak’n Norris here.

As we mentioned on today’s show, Cubscast will not have a booth in the exhibit hall at this year’s Cubs Convention in Chicago, but Sheps and I will be attending and covering the convention, attempting to interview a few players, etc. on Friday and Saturday.

We also are looking forward to meeting up with any listeners that would like to join us on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby restaurant/bar area near the corner of Michigan Ave and Balbo. Sheps will be autographing photos of his kidney stone, and we’ll be doing a few other fun things.

Here are a few sessions of note for this weekend’s Cubs Convention:

Friday, January 18
5:00-5:30 pm Opening Ceremonies

Saturday, January 19
9:00-10:00 am Meet Baseball Management
11:30 am-12:30 pm Lou and his Crew
1:30-2:30 pm Storytelling with Cubs Legends

Sunday, January 20
10:30-11:30 am Down on the Farm
10:00 am-1230 pm Baseball Hall of Fame Exhibit

For more information, visit the Cubscast message board and check out StevethePirate’s amazing rundown of what to expect at the convention if you’re attending for the first time, as well as the full schedule of sessions posted by Herby.

See you in Chicago this weekend!