I'm on a plane with Kerry Wood Aboard in NYC

by imknowdummy on Nov 19, 2008 4:08 PM CST Comment 74 comments

One question - Yankees or Mets?

Please don't go Kerry. I keep envisioning a senario where all other teams try to low-ball him. He returns to Jim Hendry before spring training and asks Jim to give him a fair offer for next year. Jim does, Kerry signs and closes. He returns to the All-Star game but doesn't pitch this time, enjoying the rest.

Cubs win the Central again, Kerry closes games 1 and 3 of the divison series. Closes games 2, 4 and 5 of the championship series to put the Cubs back into the World Series!

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Tell him that we all love him and are all pulling for him (unless he joins the Mets)

He’s a class act, and it’s sad that he has to go to NYC to look for a job.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on Nov 19, 2008 4:10 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Is it me...

…or have there been a lot of weird fanposts today?

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 19, 2008 4:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Just guessin' it's because of you. ;)

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 19, 2008 4:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I resent that

I restrained myself from my fanposts about how Fuld was the solution for RF and Maddux would be coming back.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 19, 2008 4:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

There really has...

I’m going to get things back on track by starting tomorrow morning off with a Jake Peavy trade possibilities FanPost.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Nov 19, 2008 8:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't a Brian Roberts post be more pertinent?

{/sarcasm}

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Nov 19, 2008 8:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Who?

Never heard of either of ’em.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 19, 2008 10:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

How about Jake "The Snake" Roberts?

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Nov 20, 2008 2:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Remember

when Earthquake squashed Damien? I loved the old days WWF wrestling.

by McRipper on Nov 21, 2008 2:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Can you drug him or something

to keep him AWAY from here ?

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 19, 2008 4:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

For real?

Tell him he’s was the face of the team.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 19, 2008 4:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

In the spirit of today's weirdness

If he doesn’t return to the Cubs, it helps my Strat-O-Matic team if he goes to the Mets . .. I have the Mets and Wood is on my roster.

I realize no one cares, but I’m kind of jittery today and the typing helps.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Nov 19, 2008 4:16 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Who knows why he is going to NY...

If you get a chance, tell him it’s ok to come back to us!

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Nov 19, 2008 4:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Whatever you do...

…don’t make any sudden moves. There could be an Air Marshal on board and you might get capped.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 19, 2008 4:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You forgot to remind about the snakes.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 19, 2008 4:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wait, is this like a psychological profile question?

Some sort of hypothetical “what would you do in this situation” scenario?

Or are you really on a plane with Kerry Wood?

"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Nov 19, 2008 4:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Dude, I just dropped acid...

…and I’m on the same metaphysical plane as Kerry Wood. I feel a little angry but also kinda hopeful and excited. I also have a really hot wife and I feel like I could throw a baseball about 95 mph. This is sooooooooooo groovy.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 19, 2008 4:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm freakin out man

"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion

by DTJchris on Nov 19, 2008 5:15 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Did you just eat a whole bag of shrooms?

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Nov 19, 2008 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You have a really hot wife?

Or you are the really hot wife? His other ~~wife?~~

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Nov 19, 2008 7:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh my God, you're right! I'm KOW!!!

Do not take the brown acid! Repeat, do not take the brown acid!

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 12:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I WAS really on a plane with Kerry Wood

Yesterday

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance 1B/Manager 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs

by imknowdummy on Nov 20, 2008 12:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Soooooo...did you try to talk with him?

Who was he with? Did he look happy? Sad? Angry? Could you overhear anything he was saying? Give us some details, please.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I didn't bother him

as I am definately one to respect celebrities while in public. I saw him when I boarded the plane and walked past him. He was seated in first class. Didn’t think to look who he was with. I probably stared just a bit too long and noticed he might have caught on that I knew who he was. Still has the beard and I have no idea if he was happy, sad, angry or (enter your emotion here)

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance 1B/Manager 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs

by imknowdummy on Nov 20, 2008 12:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Fair enough.

Well, as brushes with greatness go, that’s pretty cool.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 12:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Weird

He was on the radio from Arizona in Texas.

It's a boy. My new nephew William Oliver born 11/14/2008 256 am. Thank you to all who offered best wishes when I mentioned it a few times over this summer and fall.

That's not my nephew in the picture. Don't have one to upload yet.

by cubstoseriesby100 on Nov 20, 2008 1:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hm, the plot thickens.

Are you SURE it was Kerry Wood, imknowdummy?

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 1:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, so not that I feel I need to prove myself

cause if you don’t believe me then what do I care…. BUT I was on a DELTA flight landing in JFK and Kerry was sitting in the first row of first class.

I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t mistake someone else for Kerry Wood.

I am done proving my point.. Next time i’ll ask to take a picture so people will believe… This post was only intended to stir up conversation about where Kerry might sign his next contract…. GEEZ!

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance 1B/Manager 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs

by imknowdummy on Nov 20, 2008 3:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't feel slighted.

I doubt most that posted had any question you did see him.

As for his contract, I’m guessing he realizes this is the last big one and he will do what Hendry forcefully suggested. Go big.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 20, 2008 3:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ha, I actually believe you.

I’ll take your word over KOW’s.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 4:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ick

Aren’t the Delta flights to JFK on the crappy “fake” Delta commuter airline with the worst on time record in the industry. I fly
NYC-Chicago a lot and you could not PAY me to take Delta aka Comair. I am shocked anyone would when both American
and United have good service though a lot fewer flights than before.

As I posted back in July I had Jason Marquis and his family on my American Fight back to NYC and I also felt very odd and
probably stared a bit too much but I agree you should really not bother athletes unless they are “at work”.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 20, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Was it a flight FROM Arizona by any chance?

You never mentioned where it originated.

My next sig line quote will also be from Lou Piniella, and the first word will be either "Look", or "Listen", followed by a comma.

by JohnM on Nov 21, 2008 2:02 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm skeptical,

we need pictures for proof!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Nov 19, 2008 4:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is why we BCB needs mobile uploads

So we could see a creepy picture of him eating his in flight meal

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Nov 19, 2008 4:58 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

FWIW....

Kerry didn’t pitch in the All-Star game this part year. =]

by EJThunder on Nov 19, 2008 5:02 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I think that if Kerry signed with the Mets

it would literally kill Ron Santo.

by ScottT on Nov 19, 2008 5:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

You might just be right.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 19, 2008 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it would.

by sue369 on Nov 19, 2008 5:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hendry must NOT let this happen

Sign him NOW!

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 19, 2008 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Chill, Jessica.

I bet he signs with the Rangers.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Nov 19, 2008 6:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Um I was kidding

but I know it is hard to tell.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 19, 2008 6:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

are you kidding now too?

To see your idol player whom you have grown up watching be cast aside by his loyal organization can make even a grown man choke up...We'll miss you #34!

by Chanman25 on Nov 19, 2008 6:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You'll never know

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Nov 19, 2008 6:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

funny you say that, I saw Peavy today on an airplane travelling to Chicago

sure It was from my house, but I am damn sure he was on it. I waved to him and he waved back. Weird since he took a route from SD to DC to Chicago…

To see your idol player whom you have grown up watching be cast aside by his loyal organization can make even a grown man choke up...We'll miss you #34!

by Chanman25 on Nov 19, 2008 6:48 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Can you also see Russia from your house?

I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com

by digitalbenjamin on Nov 20, 2008 8:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You betcha.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 12:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's pretty mavericky.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 20, 2008 2:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

and turkey slaughtery.

by Emelie on Nov 21, 2008 10:36 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

HAHA!!!

I saw that last night. She knew what was going on too.

by sue369 on Nov 21, 2008 1:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Chop Chop

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Nov 21, 2008 2:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I saw Pete Rose in the Cincy airport 6 years ago

On his way to Milwaukee to met with Bud about reinstatement, he was being cheered as he walked through the concourse.

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Nov 19, 2008 7:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I once...

saw Andre Dawson at O’Hare on my way to Atlanta. I’m not sure what he’s doing now, but this was back when he was a coach on the Marlins staff. I said Hi, didn’t ask for an autograph but he was pretty cool about it. Saddest part was seeing him walk away. I’d always heard that Montreal killed his knees but you can totally see it in his walk.

by CubFan81 on Nov 19, 2008 7:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was on a flight from NYC to Chicago once...

… with Billy Williams. Too shy to say hi to him, I did notice his Hall of Fame ring on his finger — damn nice looking ring.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 19, 2008 10:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I saw that guy who is the voice for all the NFL films in an airport bar in Minot, ND once

and I had lunch with the host of Sabado Gigante once in Santiago, Chile
and Brooke Shields tried to pick me up on a cruise ship during Desert Storm in Barhain, and her mom was hitting on my best friend, sick

Tommie Agee was out.
"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was once good, and it could be good again." TM

by Weeghman Park on Nov 19, 2008 7:36 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I had dinner with Pat Richter in Shanghai

And I once accidentally kicked Jim Frey’s drink over.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Nov 19, 2008 7:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I am guilty...

of watching Sabado gigante during long spells of boredom with minimal comprehension.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Nov 19, 2008 8:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I had watched it just to look at the girls he always has on the show..

so I knew who he was already and he was very gracious. I don’t understand anything on the show either but I love it.

Tommie Agee was out.
"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was once good, and it could be good again." TM

by Weeghman Park on Nov 23, 2008 10:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I once had dinner with Angelina Jolie

She wanted to order Domino’s. I told her she didn’t get any of the Worf-love unless we got Godfather’s. She caved. Chick loves her onion and pepperoni pizza with extra garlic powder added.

My story is just as believable as the original poster’s.

The worst beer I had was pretty good.

by Worf on Nov 19, 2008 8:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Plus, I'm pretty sure she's a vegetarian.

"I see I'm not the only one around here who can't hold his water." - Last words of the leaky pipe in the visiting team dugout, Dodger Stadium, October 4, 2008.

by dat cubfan daver on Nov 20, 2008 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

only time i don't want to see him with

is st. louis … and yet, i can see that one happening. I could even live with Wood in Milwaukee. St. Louis – nothing personal against them, but that would really hurt.

by toonsterwu on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

If anyone's going to pay top dollar for the mad skillz of one Kerry Wood..

It’ll be the Mets. They have the hitting for sure, and I know nobody has forgotten how horrific the bullpen for the Mets was last year

"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher

by Musicdude10 on Nov 20, 2008 2:43 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Hee hee

Hee hee.

Jessica you didn’t post your ideaof bringing Maddux back and putting Fuld in as right fielder.

But your idea to have Fuld be the pitching coach and put Maddux in right field really spooked me.

It's a boy. My new nephew William Oliver born 11/14/2008 256 am. Thank you to all who offered best wishes when I mentioned it a few times over this summer and fall.

That's not my nephew in the picture. Don't have one to upload yet.

by cubstoseriesby100 on Nov 20, 2008 6:47 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Fun

One fun off season after the moves are over boring day topic could be goofiest things you’ve ever seen posted on the net Cubs related or other.

I saw something that takes not the cake but the whole bakery.

On a Bears fansite someone went into a diatribe over the Bears and how he knew football inside and out followed the team religiously blah blah blah and how he knew more than anyone else and the first thing the bears needed to do?

Fire ready for this

JIM HENDRY!

This guy follows the team religiously and thinks the Bears need to fire the Cubs GM?

Poor Hendry he gets flak from us enough and now the Bears should fire him?

I actually think the Bears need to clone the Cubs front office and inject them with the same amount of football abilities as they have in baseball and bring them aboard.

It's a boy. My new nephew William Oliver born 11/14/2008 256 am. Thank you to all who offered best wishes when I mentioned it a few times over this summer and fall.

That's not my nephew in the picture. Don't have one to upload yet.

by cubstoseriesby100 on Nov 20, 2008 7:01 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Just because he's going to NY

doesn’t mean Kerry Wood is visiting a NY team.

GM’s might be living there in the off season. Maybe he’s visiting family or friends. And maybe this post is BS?

Plus I could be wrong but don’t GM’s go out of their way to visit the players, not vice versa?

by ak123 on Nov 20, 2008 7:42 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

No, actually..

… if Wood were serious about investigating a certain team, I’m sure he’d go visiting.

GM’s don’t have the time to fly all over the country chasing after players. That’s what cellphones are for.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 20, 2008 9:04 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe he just...

Wanted to go see the Broadway rendition of Dirty Dancing…

At least… that’s what I’m going to think, since it’s better than thinking he’s visiting the Mets.

by hmlee on Nov 20, 2008 11:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Players usually go to the cities they are considering.

That would be doubled since the Mets are opening a new yard and they would want to use it as a “recruiting tool”. Also, players (especially pitchers or players coming off a serious injury) usually take at least a screening physical with team doctors before discussions get serious.

Oftentimes, someone from the front office will take the player around and show him the fancy neighborhoods the current players live in.

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Nov 20, 2008 11:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well regardless

I don’t buy into this rumor that someone saw him on a plane to NY.

by ak123 on Nov 20, 2008 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not asking you to "buy into it"

doesn’t change the fact that he was aboard the same flight I was on destined for NYC.

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance 1B/Manager 1908 World Champion Chicago Cubs

by imknowdummy on Nov 20, 2008 12:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I assume you are in NYC now.

Make sure you check your return flight.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Nov 20, 2008 1:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Someone call all the realtors in NYC and ask them if they showed Kerry any houses last week.

Tommie Agee was out.
"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that was once good, and it could be good again." TM

by Weeghman Park on Nov 23, 2008 10:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I met...

Carlos Marmol and Geo in my lobby this season…

Okay, so there was no form of transportation involved there… but Marmol signed my hat! And it’s on my wall!

by hmlee on Nov 20, 2008 11:56 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Wow.

Had Marmol sign it, but didnt get Geo to sign anything?

by Madison Cub Fan on Nov 21, 2008 3:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was in the airport

In Charlotte a couple of years ago, at about 7:30 AM, and I saw Chip Caray standing in over by the next gate, talking on his cell phone. Until you see him in person, you don’r realize how tall that man really is!

"I lof to hit de home ron!"

by Tekboy on Nov 20, 2008 7:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs