Cubs-Mets (August 5, 2005)

Wondering why the entire Red Sox-Twins series was previwed in just one post? The reason is that TheBostonInsider will be away in New York this weekend for a trip to Shea Stadium to watch the Chicago Cubs play the New York Mets on Friday night. Starting for the Cubs on Friday will be Rich Hill (0-0, 3.78). It will be quite an experience to see Hill on the mound live in a big league game for me. We were on the same Little League team together, played high school basketball together and drank about 1,000 beers in his garage together. Rich will be pitching against another Massachusetts lefty, future Hall-0f-Famer Tom Glavine (7-9, 4.50). (As a side to the Hill-Glavine match-up, would it kill a local writer to do a feature on this game? There in nary a mention in either the Globe or Herald today. How many times have two Massachusetts natives pitched against each other in a major league game? Couldn't Steve Buckley get off the trail of Jon Papelbon's kid brothers playing in the NECBL to write this story?)