Marquee Sports Network announcers Jon "Boog" Sciambi and Jim DeShaies promised free mozzarella sticks to everyone at The Corner Taproom in Iowa if the Cubs turned a 6-4-3 double play in the fifth inning. Milwaukee catcher William Contreras hit a ground ball to shortstop Dansby Swanson, who fed Nico Hoerner and completed the double play to first. The broadcasters honored the wager and the mozzarella sticks were delivered to patrons by the top of the seventh inning. The Corner Taproom staff and patrons reacted with surprise and excitement after analyst Elise Menaker confirmed the broadcast's commitment.
Sometimes a two-set Venn diagram collapses into one circle -- like Wednesday, when Chicago Cubs fans in Iowa and free mozzarella sticks completely overlapped during the game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The complimentary cheese treat came courtesy of Marquee Sports Network announcers Jon "Boog" Sciambi and Jim DeShaies, who promised everyone at a bar free cheese sticks if the Cubs executed a 6-4-3 double play in the fifth inning of Wednesday's Brewers-Cubs game.
"I mentioned somewhat flippantly yesterday that I feel like, at least once a game, William Contreras hits a ground ball to shortstop," Deshaies said. "This would be an ideal time for that to happen." "If he hits a ground ball to short to start the 6-4-3 ... will you buy mozzie sticks for everybody at The Corner Taproom?" Sciambi asked, to which Deshaies replied, "Absolutely."
The wager wasn't just a bit for the broadcast. According to The Corner Taproom general manager Zach Nothdorf, the mozzarella sticks were delivered to patrons by the top of the seventh inning. "I don't think anybody really believed it. At least until [Marquee Sports Network analyst] Elise Menaker called," Nothdorf told ESPN. "Even I didn't really believe it until I talked to her and then I got off the phone and I went and told everybody the news and everybody just kind of erupted. They were all pretty pumped."
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