Cubs fans ask me all the time how the idea of John Baker Day came to be. Well, have you ever had a drunken night at the longest Cubs game in team history (by time), that culminated in three straight years of raising thousands of dollars for charity with a former Cubs player?
You probably answered no.
As would have I the morning of July 30, 2014 with a still-too-drunk-to-be-hungover feeling as I picked up a guitar to write a song about my sordid experience the night before. That song was called “The Night the Backup Catcher Got the Win,” since re-recorded with John’s brother Will on trombone and re-titled “The Ballad of John Baker.