Good Cub fans will remember the old Grand Slam Game on WGN radio broadcasts. Cub hits a grand slam, you get a thousand bucks. Cub hits one in the 7th inning and you get $7,000.
Only, the Cubs hit so few grand slams that they changed the game a couple of years ago to the Back to Back Jacks contest. Through Friday the Cubs were tied for dead last in the majors in homers, and 45 Jacks in 60 games doesn't make the odds very good for that either.
Michael Barrett hit a grand slam in the seventh inning tonight in Cincinnati off of Esteban Yan, so when Phil Nevin followed Barrett with "only" a single, tonight's lucky caller was left with a consolation prize.
At least Pat Hughes gives you a fighting chance with their attendance game, and they changed that too. Callers don't have to guess on a guess anymore, it's all on Hughes' often uncanny talent at such an odd skill.
Think about it, Cub fans. If you're the kind of fan who calls in for radio contests, would you really want to lose your eligibility for awhile to take a shot on something so few "lucky" callers win?
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