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Kyle Koster

Cubs Answer Announcers' Call to Turn 6-4-3, Earn Free Cheese Sticks for Iowa Bar

Colin Rea walks off the mound unaware of what he did for his hometown. | Marquee Sports Network screengrab

Sports announcers have become increasingly enamored with trying to predict what's going to happen next in the game they are calling because it's undeniably worth it if they turn out to look like geniuses. Sometimes, though, that foresight can have financial—and delicious—consequences.

One of the feel-good moments of the MLB season occurred in the fifth inning of Wednesday night's Brewers-Cubs game when Marquee broadcasters Boog Sciambi and Jim DeShaies vowed to buy mozzarella sicks for a bar in Iowa if they turned a 6-4-3.

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