It feels like forever since we’ve seen a good Joe Maddon-endorsed theme road trip, but the Cubs busted their first of the season out tonight.
The team is headed out west to take on the Dodgers in Los Angeles and then the Padres in San Diego, the latter being home to Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 news team from ‘Anchorman.’ Thus, the theme for the trip is the movie … ? Or the characters? Or the ’70s in general? Just ‘Sex Panther’ cologne?
Whatever the case, the Cubs look humorous, and the team put together a video of the start of the trip:
Stay classy. pic.twitter.com/TE4FC2kSiZ
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 26, 2017
Pedro Strop’s shoes, for the win.
It had to be a lot more fun to do this coming off of a win today, and a 3-1 series win over the Giants. These theme trips always land a little more thinly when the Cubs just lost a heartbreaker.
And some more shots of the team, with obligatory ‘Anchorman’ quips:
We’re kind of a big deal. pic.twitter.com/E3Lmf8FBMc
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 25, 2017
WHAMMY! pic.twitter.com/sI76tXhBF0
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 25, 2017
No touching of the hair or face. pic.twitter.com/EQ7BOpkENG
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 25, 2017
Rizzo working the fro pic.twitter.com/kzLVNijt2Y
— Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) May 25, 2017
We look good, we look very good! pic.twitter.com/Vk22JckhYy
— Anthony Rizzo (@ARizzo44) May 25, 2017