On Aug. 15, one of Montreal’s oldest broadcaster and one of its newest took to the field at Côte des Neiges’s Nelson Mandela Park to play a friendly game of softball. On Tuesday, the fun continues as CBC takes on Global Montreal on the same field.
To get you in the spirit, here’s what happened last month between CBC and City.
(Note: Some captions may be made up.)
Steve Rukavina isn’t afraid of City.
Thursday evening will see an epic media battle for the ages.
Or not.
Staff of City Montreal have accepted a challenge to play a softball game against the CBC Montreal all-stars, who are still recovering from a 10-0 humiliation at the hands of the Jewish General memory clinic last month.
The game begins at 7pm at Nelson Mandela Park in Côte des Neiges, corner of Westbury and Barclay Aves., near the Plamondon metro station.
There’s no money on the line, just pride. They’ll be passing the hat to support the NDG Food Depot.
But the trash talking has already begun
On Tuesday night, staff from CBC Montreal played the Trailmakers of the Jewish General Hospital’s memory clinic in a charity softball game in front of at least five spectators at Hampstead Park.
The game was an embarrassment for the CBC Montreal team, which failed to score a single run and lost the game 10-0. But they had fun. And I got some pictures. So here they are: