Gameday Open Thread
Game 158 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (4 of 4)
Submitted by Cubnut on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 5:26pmGame 157 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (3 of 4)
Submitted by Cubnut on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 5:09pmGame Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview
| SP | Carlos Zambrano | SP | *Oliver Perez |
| 14-6, 3.77, 128 K, 68 BB, 184 IP | 10-7, 4.10, 168 K, 97 BB, 184.1 IP | ||
| LF | Alfonso Soriano | SS | #Jose Reyes |
| SS | Ryan Theriot | LF | *Daniel Murphy |
| 1B | Derrek Lee | 3B | David Wright |
| 3B | Aramis Ramirez | CF | #Carlos Beltran |
| RF | Mark DeRosa | 1B | *Carlos Delgado |
| CF | Reed Johnson | RF | *Ryan Church |
| 2B | Ronny Cedeno | C | *Brian Schneider |
| C | Henry Blanco | 2B | #Argenis Reyes |
| P | #Carlos Zambrano | P | *Oliver Perez |
After a lifetime spent listening to ballgames on the radio, I have come to associate certain parks with a certain tone, a certain pitch in the crowd sound. Obviously, my ear is well attuned to the way that Wrigley Field crowds come across on-air. Same with Dodger Stadium, Fenway Park, and the Metrodome. (Loved hearing all those Twins fans Tuesday night!)
Shea Stadium is another one of those parks. Unlike what you hear over the radio from those other parks, however, the crowd sound that goes out over the airwaves from a raucous Shea isn't one of collective joy. It's much more coarse, much more dangerous, a wild, unruly roar—like the sound of inmates rooting on two guys aiming to shank each other in the middle of the yard.
