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* Speaker Welch threw out the first pitch at Sunday’s Cubs game…
This looks like it was suppose to be a fastball inside.đ pic.twitter.com/bYrzSsJ8mu
— Speaker Emanuel âChrisâ Welch (@RepChrisWelch) May 10, 2021
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, May 10, 21 @ 2:45 am
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Comment by Rich Miller Monday, May 10, 21 @ 3:14 am
I would hate to be the play-by-play announcer if he pitched a complete game.
Comment by very old soil Monday, May 10, 21 @ 6:01 am
Iâm Speaker or the House, not the Chairman of the Board
Comment by Bronx Bomber Monday, May 10, 21 @ 6:49 am
Cubs game? The new Speaker sure is different.
Comment by Keyrock Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:03 am
Names should never… ever… have names in the back of home jerseys
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:13 am
âMeh. Rizzo has thrown innings… send him to the bullpenâ
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:17 am
Family was at the Blackhawks game at the UC. Great to get out, and see the hawks win.
Comment by PublicServant Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:41 am
Cubs sign Welch to shore up bullpen.
Comment by PublicServant Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:44 am
So Welch isn’t enough? Gotta include his title? S/
Comment by Bruce( no not him) Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:57 am
* baseball mitt not included
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:05 am
Hey JB letâs see what you do with this heater of a map.
Comment by Frank talks Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:08 am
Looks like the Cubs are attempting to shore up their pitching. The Professor had a bad day so bring in the Speaker? Need to go with peformance over promise.
Comment by Nearly Normal Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:13 am
That’s a bit too inside baseball for me.
Comment by Skeptic Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:18 am
Now can you throw in an Edge credit for us as well?
Comment by Frank talks Monday, May 10, 21 @ 8:33 am
“Um, when I said ‘pitch your idea’, that’s not what I meant.”
Comment by Skeptic Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:05 am
He has decent extension lets see what the follow through looks like. No watches on the throwing hand ?
Comment by NorthsideNoMore Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:15 am
First time Umpires ever checked the ball on an honorary first pitch.
Don’t remember MJM ever doing this first pitch thing. Maybe they thought the ball looked too much like an apple.
Comment by A Guy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:18 am
If Maxwell hits my slider I let him into the map room and he wonât even have to go through the long tunnel
Comment by Frank talks Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:18 am
The new Speaker is a polar opposite to the previous one. Social media and PR magnet and compared to a no cell phone, no computer, no email and no public outreach guy.
Comment by Frumpy White Guy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:23 am
Juuuuust a little bit outside.
Comment by ddp76 Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:29 am
At first, it appeared that the Speaker went with a fastball straight down the middle. However, it turned out to be a mean slider that curved way left.
Comment by fs Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:34 am
“I still have to prove how woke I am by wearing a mask.” Trolls gonna troll I guess. That’s why we can’t have nice things.
Comment by Skeptic Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:40 am
I see your six feet and raise you 54 feet and 6 inches.
Comment by City Zen Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:42 am
=== yet I still have to prove how woke I am===
Prolly couldnât explain what âwokeâ means if you let them look it up on OAN… pathetic is gonna be pathetic.
âCaption?â
âYou try to follow through with a pitch with all those letters on your back.â
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:42 am
Wouldn’t “WELCH” have been sufficient on the back of the jersey instead of “SPEAKERWELCH”?
Comment by Anon Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:49 am
Internal conversations:
‘Brushing back Durkin with some heat’
or
‘Don’t Fauci it’
Comment by zatoichi Monday, May 10, 21 @ 9:59 am
>This looks like it was suppose to be a fastball inside.
Enough about the remap. Tell us about the pitch.
Comment by Earnest Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:03 am
Serious question: Is there a reason when he is described in written media it is almost always Emanuel “Chris” Welsh? Along with his other Speaker title I should think either Emanuel or Chris would be sufficient to not have him confused with any other Welsh. You know who else in Chicago had their street nicknames in media quotes? Tony “Big Tuna” Accardo and George Clarence “Bugs” Moran.
Comment by Responsa Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:09 am
A ball? I have 73 votes that says it was a strike. Call the roll.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:12 am
Yeah, I know –Welch. Not Welsh.
Comment by Responsa Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:13 am
=== Chicago had their street nicknames in media quotes? Tony âBig Tunaâ Accardo and George Clarence âBugsâ Moran.===
So a nickname makes one a criminal?
In some families, as an example, there may be one or more âJohnâ names, so heaven forbid we have nicknames or use second names and acknowledge a birth name?
This seems like a âfirst world problemâ…
Comment by Oswego Willy Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:13 am
Politics is like church. Many attend, few understand.
A tip of the cap to Leo Durocher.
Comment by AlfondoGonz Monday, May 10, 21 @ 10:19 am
In my family, everyone has a nickname. In fact, they don’t even know what their birth name is because no one calls them by their birth name.
Comment by Mama Monday, May 10, 21 @ 11:14 am
Speaker Welch should have pitched the first few innings instead of Kyle Hendricks!
Comment by Denny's Grand Slam Monday, May 10, 21 @ 12:15 pm
Aahh, batta, batta, batta, swing and a miss.
Comment by Huh? Monday, May 10, 21 @ 5:26 pm
“Well folks, we thought he would throw a fastball, but it looks like it’s going to be a curve out of the zone.”
Comment by Coco Monday, May 10, 21 @ 7:07 pm