News channel 8 today. Thank you for joining us. I know the cubs fans are still in bed trying to figure out if this is reality for dream. Lets see what it looks like outside your window. I just posted an article where it shows the 3rd baseman during to the first baseman for the last i out. He was grinning from ear to ear. 67 avondale. It is mild as out of bed after that late game. Heres what it will look like right around 8 00 this morning the sun is coming up with it thin layer of clouds. Temperatures are above average than we warmup to 70 around 11 30. We wont see a lot of raindrops falling but i do have it at a 10 percent rain chance with a high of 84 degrees. I will show you one cooler air does make it here. The curses lifted right after hollowing for the cubs. Tracklist take a look at traffic. We actually have a great drive a. This is a skyway bridge. It is only going to take you about 6 minutes to cross the water portion. Lets take a look at travel times. Great drive in bradenton.
Good morning, thank you for joining us. Lets head over to leigh spann for a little bit of weather. It hasnt been too bad for this morning. We have patchy cloud cover but it is quite one. We have already made it to 76. There is a light breeze not quite as strong as the breezes of the last few days but you can notice patchy clouds, not the same amount of rain as i was watching yesterday. Yesterday we saw steady stream of small showers making their way into the east coast. Rain chance but most of us will stay dry. It is early 77 in tampa and brooks city. The afternoon high, 84 degrees above the average of 81. The cold front arrives late tomorrow with only a 10 percent chance of rain. We are cooler and breezy or cooler and breezy for saturday. We will have your exact numbers coming up. Cubs are World Series Champions in 2016. Can we stop and take this in. Incredible stuff. 108 years without a championship ended with an amazing game 7. We hope you watched it because it was one for the ages.
Sinkhole. Steve andrews is giving a voice to the voiceless and taking the powerful to task. Now, a target 8 investigation. She died in june, so why is she still eligible to vote in this election . A man isnt getting the answers he expected from the hillsborough supervisor of elections. He discovered his deceased neighbor is l response startled him so he contacted target 8 reporter Steve Andrews to get some answers and some answers that make sense. Reporter when someone dies, there is a system set up that is supposed to remove them from the Voter Registration but you and i both know that is that supposed to doesnt mean it gets done. Everyone is making jokes. Dead people voting is a hot topic on the web. Ray thomas got a little hot under the collar recently when colleen quirk, a neighbor who died in june. He discovered she is al little she is eligible to vote. According to ray, what really got to him is a conversation he had with the hillsborough supervisor of Elections Office. She said
Joe napoli hitless tonight. Strike one. The velocity has been maintained by lester. John hes done a great job mixing it up. He started out with two steamers and curveballs. Now hes been able to throw the fourseamer more consistent. Joe in 2014, Madison Bumgarner threw 170 pitches to win game for a five inning save in a onerun game 7. Lester. So impressive. 90 pitches to win game five. Two days off, and hes thrown 50 the 12. 22. John at this point, its all a dry land. You would never throw this much on your side day. He knows whats at stake. Trying to grind each pitch out. Mentally get locked in and it takes longer to accomplish but as long as you keep getting out, its worth it. Four strikeout for jon lester. We havent seen that pitch a strike most of the night. Here is jose ramirez. The epstein is the president , head of baseball operations for the cubs. Took over in the fall of 2011 and he told cubs fans i have a plan but you are going to have to be patient. How often is it that a pla
That is hardhit that right at kipnis. No throw. One out, one on. John heyward can get down the line but he squared that ball up. Another hanger. Get the out at second. I think terry is going to have a double switch situation coming up. Joe an inning and two thirds for cody allen. John or he might be asking separate note, came firing out from behind the left field wall. They are going to give this a look. Now the grounds crew is stationed behind the tarp. What do you think of the slide . John well. Joe thats whats being challenged by Terry Francona. Speetwo lindor is in front of the bag. You are supposed to slide into the bag without deviating. The question is going to be, see the ball and how far he goes when he gets ready to throw. They are going to see if his slide deviates from the bag or if its straight on. That angle doesnt tell us a lot. This might be better. Looks like hes going to the ba bag. Joe they have called the runner at second out and the is going to get an explanation.