Carlos Marmol (49) -Suicide bomber
I'll tell you what happened. A suicide bomber identified as Carlos Marmol walked onto the field at Atlanta Stadium in the 9th inning of a Cubs-Braves game and blew himself and his team up. Ho hum. What else is new, right?
Here is what happened according to police reports-and your humble correspondent, who was watching the game on TV from the 6th inning on.
The Cubs were leading 5-1 behind the stellar pitching of Carlos Villanueva. In the 7th inning, the Cubs were threatening to ice the game with runners on first and third with no outs. Alas, they failed to score.
In the 8th inning, the Cubs had the bases loaded with no outs. Alas, they again failed to score. In the bottom of the 8th, the Braves scored three runs to make the game 5-4. At this point, all the warning signs were there. Cubs "closer" Carlos Marmol was warming up in the bullpen. Just like Hillary Clinton when she was getting all those memos and e-mails from Benghazi warning of impending disaster, Cubs' manager Dale Sveum was receiving hundreds of tweets, e-mails, phone calls and memos warning him of impending disaster. Just like Hillary Clinton, he chose to ignore them and tempt fate yet again.
A side note: As previously reported, your correspondent was undercover in Mesa this spring gathering intelligence on the Cubs. With my own eyes, I saw Marmol lumbering across the field on his way to the terrorist safe house (code name "bullpen") to the hoots of Cub fans. It seemed to me at the time that Marmol had put on considerable weight in the off-season.
Little did I know it was a suicide belt.
As reinforcements Shawn Camp and James Russell warmed up in the bullpen chomping at the bit for the call that never came (just like Benghazi), the suicide bomber carried out his mission with precision. A home run to BJ Upton followed by a home run to Upton's brother Justin, and it was over as Braves fans danced in the streets.
Or maybe it was Justin who hit the first homer and his brother BJ hit the game winner.
"What difference at this point does it matter?"
Who was it that said, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat their mistakes,"?
I think they are now going to replace Marmol as the "closer" pitcher. I, for one, don't think they gave him a chance. His ERA was only 27.
ReplyDeleteThe Cub fans have not suffered enough yet.
It's the Cubs! Did you expect anything better?
ReplyDeleteNo. After the 8th inning, I told my son that Marmol would blow it in the 9th. I knew.
ReplyDeleteYou mean, if the Cubs do not learn from their history, they can never win the World Series?
ReplyDeleteFindalis, where's your sense of civic pride?!?
Civic Pride? For overpaid men playing a children's game?
ReplyDeleteAnd playing it like children no less.
ReplyDeleteHey, they won the opening game.
ReplyDelete(I haven't checked the standings since).
Check the standings Mr Cub fan
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