#cubs lose

               My love of baseball extends to big time rooting for the San Francisco Giants, the World Series champions of 2010 and 2012. But the 2013 season has been full of disappointment and, of course, too many losses for the Giants. As a zealous fan…

Big Z ejected, walks out

Gives up 8 runs on 8 hits

On Waveland Avenue, Buhrke got into position. Foiled on the other homers, he guessed that Schmidt would pull Sutter to left-center and stationed himself at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore. When Schmidt connected on a flat, full-count splitter, Buhrke picked up its flight and dashed off.

“I’m not fast anymore, but I got a pretty good jump on that ball,” Buhrke said. “He hit the ball a good half-block down, and I had to run toward center field. It landed in the street and took a humungous bounce into an alley. It went down about two houses, and I tracked it down in the alley. It was an amazing shot; it was really hit.”