Today’s Reflections
For Colin Rea, Friday evening was a rough one — but he had it better than most. Rea’s quality start over six innings saw him scatter five hits and a walk and strike out six. His one mistake was a three-run home run to Ryan Jeffers.
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After Drew Pomeranz had a poor outing, the three following relievers punched through 2.2 innings of scoreless ball. But the game was over after that home run as the Cubs managed only six hits, two by Nico Hoerner, and included a double by Seiya Suzuki. Michael Busch’s first-inning RBI single was the only non-wild pitch aided run the Cubs could muster.
The reunion of the 2016 Cubs made for a wonderful Saturday and the Champions Gate is another fine addition to Gallagher Way.
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Friday’s Game Stories:
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Trade, Injuries and Minors Talk:
Cubs’ Reunion:
Food For Thought:
Hubert Charles Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his “wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions” as a member of Howlin’ Wolf’s band. Sumlin was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and raised in Hughes, Arkansas. He got his first guitar when he was eight years old. As a boy, he met Howlin’ Wolf by sneaking into a performance.
In Chicago, Wolf hired the guitarist Jody Williams, but in 1954 he invited Sumlin to move to Chicago to play second guitar in his band. Williams left the band in 1955, leaving Sumlin as the primary guitarist, a position he held almost continuously for the remainder of Wolf’s career. Upon Wolf’s death in 1976, Sumlin continued playing with several other members of Wolf’s band, as the Wolf Gang, until about 1980. He also recorded under his own name, beginning with a session from a tour of Europe with Wolf in 1964. His last solo album was About Them Shoes, released in 2004 by Tone-Cool Records.
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