Category: Red Wings
Posted by Dave Dye (The Detroit News) on Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:10 PMGood voice, bad arm
OK, I have to admit, I was ready to use the old "Don't give up your day job" when Chris Chelios got ready to sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at Wrigley Field.
But he actually sounded pretty darn good.
WGN also showed a replay of him throwing out the first pitch at today's Cubs' game.
That didn't go quite as well.
His first pitch went over the catcher's head to the backstop. Chelios found another ball and tried it again. This one was also high but was caught with a long reach.
The Cubs' broadcasters interviewed him on TV during the bottom of the seventh.
Chelios said he found himself trying to envision what it's going to be like New Year's Day to be playing the Blackhawks out on the field at Wrigley.
"It's a long ways away, but I'm excited about it," Chelios said.
Asked how much the Cup weighs, Chelios said, "37 pounds. You add liquid to it, it's another 2 or 3 pounds."
Chelios said his 17- and 19-year-old sons joined him for the first time for his well-documented workouts this summer.
As for where the Cup is headed next, Chelios said he will go across town to the old Comiskey Park for the White Sox-Rays game tonight.
