Incensed Cubs Fan Demands That Gary Pressy Play His Organ
I was only partially joking last week when I tweeted last week that Cubs fans would be up in arms about the replacement of Gary Pressy’s organ with Salt-N-Pepa’s “Push It.” I wish I could tell you that Cubs fans surprised me and didn’t bitch about the piped-in music. And I hope when I see the Pacific Ocean, it’s as blue as it is in my dreams. Alas, it is not to be. I was listening to George Ofman after yesterday’s Cub victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim when some guy called in and had a conversation very close to this one:
CALLER: Yeah, I just wanted to say that I was at the game Tuesday night, and my fiancee asked me why they weren’t playing the organ, and I had no answer, and the whole night was ruined for us.
OFMAN: Well, if you were at Tuesday’s game, the product on the field should have ruined the experience for you, not the organ.
CALLER: Well, yeah, they played terribly, but we were looking forward to [SOME GENERIC NONSENSE ABOUT THE MAJESTY OF WRIGLEY FIELD], and the night was totally ruined because we didn’t get to hear the organ.
OFMAN: Now, when you say, “totally ruined,” you don’t actually mean that it meant that much to you, do you?
CALLER: Yes.
OFMAN: Okay, thanks for the call.
Sure enough, there is also a question in this week’s Muskbox about the organ. I will get to the Musk later this week, but how do we live in a world where this is this a real concern for people? This guy was still so upset about the organ not being played on Tuesday night that he felt compelled to call in after a Cub win on Sunday afternoon to complain about it.
My only complaint about the Wrigley Field organ is that it didn’t drown out Joe Mantegna when he sang the 7th Inning Stretch for the ten thousandth time.
This season is terrible enough to watch, Cubs fans. Please stop making it more terrible.
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BigFlax
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CactusMcHarris
I actually still watch the games and I was so blinded by the suck that I didn’t even notice the music. But really, “push it”? They should let us pick the songs. Mikey F- Short Short Man.
the team sucks this year. Why else would we go but to hear the organ.
Heres what the walk up music should br
Xavier Nady- Kenny Chesney(Young)- Xavier wishes he was young so he had a fresh arm, and he loves the tight jean wearing Kenny
Geo Soto-Afroman(Cuz I got high) Cant u imagine Soto walking up to the plate with a blunt?
Carlos Zambrano-Ricky Martin(La vida loca) Carlos is crazy.
Marlon Byrd-Steve Miller(Fly like an eagle)-For all those diving catches the Byrdman has made
Ryan Theriot-Backstreet Boys(Quit playing games) Yea the women would go crazy over him walking up to this song, plus cant u see Theriot breaking off a dance move walking to the plate?
Mike Fotenot-(Im a little teapot)- Hes short. Nuff said
Aramis Ramirez-(The sound of cocks fighting)
Not been to Wrigley this year, but it seems Papa Drayton has gone all traditional and installed an organ in the camera well just next to the Astros dugout and has dispensed with the song clips as the batters walked to the plate. It’s improved the atmosphere — but considering how bad the Cubs are the Astros are even worse.
I was at the game Tuesday night, and it was totally ruined because that stupid f’ing brass band played a sandwich around people getting their photo taken with Ronny Woo Woo right in front of me. Oh, that, and the five unearned runs.
Don’t you guys have anything better to do than play with your organs?
Oh No!!! You do NOT want to play “I’m a Little Teapot” for Mike Fontenot. Look at that You Tube video of him and Koyie Hill at the 2009 Cubs Convention, and listen to Hill describe the little trick Mikey does to show off. OK, ” this is my handle” would probably be his generous nose, but when you get to “this is my spout”, you don’t want him, to be in front of 38,000 people when he acts it out.
http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100623&content_id=11487048&vkey=pr_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
Look, they’re trying to find new talent…
You know what the Mexicans say about the Pacific? They say it has no memory. That’s where I want to live the rest of my life; a warm place with no memory. So I’ll never have to think about the fucking Cubs again.
JerBear,
Are you going to turn into Mr. Limpett?
When do we get another Muskbox? It’s the only thing about this team I find amusing.