Baseball in the Daytime: 8-05-08

It's Tuesday, not Friday, yet we've got a loner in the BitD department today, and it does involve the Cubbies. This is reminiscent of childhood, when you'd come home from morning playing outside, have a bologna and cheese, and flip on the WGNs for some Cubs baseball. Mostly because it was the only thing on, but hey -- I'm still fond of the memories. Details on the contest after the jizzy.

Houston @ Chicago, 1:05 (Central): Things got a little stormy at Wrigley last night, as a near-three-hour delay and tornado warnings sent Cubs fans packing. In slightly less scary conditions, Dan Harden takes the mound today for the home squad. He'll bring his 6-2 record and 2.04 E.R.A. to the hill, and his counterpart will be Wandy Rodriguez. The visiting lefty is 6-3 with a 3.61, while his club sits a dozen back from the division leading Chicago team. I'm certain this game will be viewable on WGN, but DirecTV will also carry the tilt. The 'Stros feed is on 722, while the Chicago version's one channel higher. XM broadcasts it on the 183. So don your throwbacks, carry compact storm shelters just in case, and take me out to the ball game.