Chicago Cubs fans would love to see Alfonso Soriano traded out of The Chi. But curb your enthusiasm for it actually happening- who’s going to take that albatross of a contract off their hands? It didn’t stop comedian/sitcom star Jeff Garlin from expressing his hopes that the Cubbies can unload the most overpaid player in MLB.
Garlin was the guest brought in to sing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at yesterday’s Cubs game versus the Detroit Tigers and after his rendition, joined the Cubs broadcast booth for the bottom half of the 7th inning. The Cubs announcer duo of Len Kasper and Bob Brenly react as you might expect when the topic of trading Soriano comes up.
There’s some uncomfortable silence for a few seconds before Garlin nervously laughs, apologizes and switches the topic. Garlin also finished his singing of the stretch by shouting “Lemme tell ya: you Tigers fans suck!” at the crowd. Detroit fans comprised about the three-quarters of the Wrigley crowd; which was surprising.
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