John Baker Gets The Win For The Cubs In 16

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Big deal, you say...???

John Baker is a Cubs catcher brought on to pitch the 16th inning last night at Wrigley and he did this...


It was the longest-timed game for both teams at 6 hours and 27 minutes. Baker admitted he hadn't pitched since the Cape Cod League, so we're probably talking at least a dozen years ago.

Frankly, the HQ blames Colin Cowherd since he was the one who sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." We don't know what we would blame him for, but we'll blame him just because.

Chad Butera Hits 94 On The Gun

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Last night, the Marlins were rolling on the Dodgers and with the game way out of hand the home team decided to put in catcher Chad Butera to pitch the ninth.

He has done it before for the Twins, so it wasn't all that unfamiliar.

The only thing that could make this better was Vin Scully calling it...

Oh, wait...