Picture Gallery > Lovable Losers Literary Revue IV - July 8, 2008
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Ted Norstrom
Ted Norstrom sings "Just one Bad Century" from his CD, "Achieve It, Believe It: Music for Cubs Fans."
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Robert Goldsborough
Robert Goldsborough reads an excerpt from "Three Strikes You're Dead," his "Snap" Malek murder mystery set against the backdrop of the 1938 World Series between the Yankees and the Cubs. The Bronx Bombers swept the Dizzy Dean-led Cubbies in four games.
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Michael Diedrich and Kyle McCarthy
"Ballhawks" director Michael Diedrich and writer Kyle McCarthy discuss their documentary, 4 1/2 years in the making, about the men who chase down balls that sail onto Waveland and Sheffield. Diedrich self-deprecatingly recalled a remark from a fan in the bleachers: "The only thing sadder than ballhawks is guys making a film about them."
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Moe Mullins and Rich Buhrke
"Ballhawks" director Michael Diedrich jokingly calls ballhawkers Moe Mullins (front) and Rich Buhrke, who collectively have seven decades experience outside Wrigley Field and thousand and thousands (and thousands) of balls, the "Jurassic ballhawks." But he also admiringly describes them as "the Ernie Banks and Ron Santo of ballhawks."
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Sid Yiddish
Regular Loser Sid Yiddish reads his poem about the boys in the broadcast booth, "When Color Meant Color."