For those in the area, plan your trip to see the Peoria Chiefs this year. The Chiefs, who are the Chicago Cubs single A affiliate, have already come out with the promotion schedule including all-you-can-eat hot dog nights (I know a few people who could give them a run for their money), free Joe Girardi t-shirts, and the headliner, in my opinion:
“Hall of Famer Bruce Sutter headlines the special guests at O’Brien Field this season as the VIP guest for the annual Legends at the Ballpark night with IPMR on Saturday June 14. Sutter was a closer for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves amassing 300 saves from 1976-1988 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. He and Chiefs Manager Ryne Sandberg had a memorable matchup in July 1984 when Sandberg tied the game twice with homers off Sutter on national TV at Wrigley Field.”
I think most Cubs fans who were around back then remember that game.
I planned to go see the Chiefs after having team broadcaster Nathan Baliva on our podcast last year but just never got around to it. I’ll have to make good on that this year. The Chiefs home season starts April 7 and single game tickets go on sale Monday.