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If you could play any position as a Cub at Wrigley Field for one game what would it be and why?

This is simple for me. I grew up watching Ryne Sandberg patrol 2nd base. The so called worst groomed and toughest 2nd base to play in the MLB at the time. I remember tuning in every day during his NL record breaking 123 game errorless streak on the edge of me bean bag every time a ball came his way. I'd for sure want to stand the same ground Ryno rocked.

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Which position would you play?
1st Base
13 votes
2nd Base
20 votes
Short Stop
9 votes
3rd Base
17 votes
Left Field
6 votes
Center Field
9 votes
Right Field
16 votes
Pitcher
25 votes
Catcher
10 votes

125 votes | Poll has closed

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3B

Hot Corner.
Ron Santo.
Stan Hack.
Right by the dugout.
Close to the fans.

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...

by LPLancer23 on Mar 17, 2008 10:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Cant argue with that.

Right by the dugout is tough to beat..

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

im with youse guys

that unmistakable buzz of the hot smash coming at ya
the defender of the bunt
the dodge of the bat head
the last base before home
it don't get any better than that

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on Mar 17, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I guess like that

are they getting rid of the barack obama avatar for those of us who are too lame to get our own?

by TC Cubby on Mar 18, 2008 7:48 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

not likely

The only reason I don't have my own avatar is because my account is still messed up, and I can't edit my profile or anything. Believe me, I hate the generic sports fan guy's face too.

by bluebythebook on Mar 18, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Obama

I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who noticed that. He bears a striking resemblance to our great state's junior senator.

Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager

by northsider on Mar 18, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

my thoughts

right on the button

Go CuBs!!!!!!!!!!

by tbizzle83 on Mar 18, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I voted for shortstop

but would just as soon take the ball as the starting pitcher.

Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager

by northsider on Mar 17, 2008 10:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

haha

All my Wrigley memories of SS is Dunston firing balls into the stands over Grace's head. hahaa

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I also

remember Dunston, but for some reason when i think of a Cubs shortstop, Rey Sanchez always comes to mind, so i had to vote for Grace's position at first, lol

"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar tissue" - George F. Will

by tizzle on Mar 17, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He was an improvement

over the guy I first saw, Roy Smalley.

If you like Selig's handling of the steroid issue, you'll love his choice for next Cub owner.

by tharr on Mar 18, 2008 6:33 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dunston

I've read some hilarious passages about that, from - I believe - Sandberg's autobiography "Second to Home". Sandberg and Gracie both liked to razz Dunston about it. Rightly so!

Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager

by northsider on Mar 18, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The reason I went with shortstop

was so I wouldn't have to bat 9th.

Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager

by northsider on Mar 18, 2008 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good thing then

you're not a Cards fan.

If you like Selig's handling of the steroid issue, you'll love his choice for next Cub owner.

by tharr on Mar 18, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

voted for left

But, honestly, I'll take anywhere they want to put me.

by bluebythebook on Mar 17, 2008 10:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

First base

because even though I'd rather play left field, my arm's not what it used to be and I do have good hands and can flash the leather. I would love to make a dazzling short hop catch from The Riot to end the game with the potential winning run on third.

"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse

by BigJohnAZ on Mar 17, 2008 11:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher.....

Everyday as a kid, through Little League all the way through college, my dream was to pitch on the mound at Wrigley Field!! It is something I have always envisioned.
As a high school senior, I was granted the opprotunity to pitch at the old Busch Stadium. My high school at the time was doing this trip every couple of years and we played and exhibition against another team from nearby. It was truly a great experience and something I will never forget, even if it was Busch. It was right prior to the Major League game too, so some of the player from the Cards and Marlins came into the dugouts and hung out for a bit while we were finishing up.....

All things great in 2008!!

by By Santo's Grace on Mar 17, 2008 11:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wow

Thats a truely awesome experience. I would have been a nervous wreck playing in front of major leaguers.

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

unreal....

It was something I will obviously never forget....

All things great in 2008!!

by By Santo's Grace on Mar 17, 2008 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher

I would just want to see if I could get any major league hitters out.

by rambler19 on Mar 17, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

.

I'll bet you could.

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know

Seems like if you make a mistake, they're going to hit it pretty hard somewhere. Of course, "somewhere" could be a missile right at the left fielder.

by rambler19 on Mar 17, 2008 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

or right at the fans sitting in the new bullpen seats down the left field line.

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 11:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Scoreboard Guy

n/t

"Everything that rises must converge"

by jpalaska on Mar 17, 2008 11:14 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

would be my second choice for sure

I'm drunk......and it shows.....

by Keystone80435 on Mar 17, 2008 11:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher.

No doubt.

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

by Al on Mar 18, 2008 12:27 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Right field and wearing #21, but...

...definitely NOT because of Sammy Sosa.

Rather, it'd be my way of connecting and paying tribute to another right fielder who wore #21 and graced Wrigley Field on occasion. That would be my baseball (and real life) hero - Roberto Clemente.

Of course, knowing that the Hawk played out there a few years doesn't hurt either...

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

by ballhawk on Mar 18, 2008 12:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Right field

I would love to be in right field. iIt provides a great view of the entire field. And, although his final days were a mess, Sammy was a big part of my becoming a fan. His enthusiasm was infectious and those dingers!

by sdurst on Mar 18, 2008 7:44 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Catcher

The game is right there in front of you....you're in on every pitch......nothiing happens until you're ready and the whole game flows through you.

by MOCubsfan on Mar 18, 2008 1:45 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Catcher

I'm with you MOCubsfan... be in on every pitch

by Steves Stoners on Mar 18, 2008 2:49 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

1st base

Over 3/4ths of all games I've ever played in organized ball was at first base. It's natural for me being a southpaw.

by blackhawk24 on Mar 18, 2008 5:51 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I remember

playing little league in the Back of the Yards group. I always wanted to pitch although I played SS and 3B. Finally my manager put me in and the first batter I faced was the other manager's son.

First pitch I dropped him. But I K'd the next 3 batters who bailed out on every pitch I threw for fear of their life.

If you like Selig's handling of the steroid issue, you'll love his choice for next Cub owner.

by tharr on Mar 18, 2008 6:39 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

3B

That is the only place I likely wouldn't get totally humiliated at. I played 3B in high school and later in college before, transferring to 1B. we had a young stud at 3B and our 1B was a senior, so if I were to get any playing time, I was going to have to relocate. I would love to play third at Wrigley.

"Oh, I get a little tired now and then, but knowing my lifestyle, that's only natural." -- Harry Caray

by Cribbs463 on Mar 18, 2008 7:20 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pinch Hitter

I can't run, I can't catch, I got no glove. I'd like to be the Lenny Harris of the team. Hang around until I'm useless, then continue to hang around a little longer. Put me in for one AB per game or as an emergency (dire emergency) substitute.

If I have to have a position listed (to make the people at Topps and Vineline happy), I'd do 1st base. It looks like it's one of the easier positions out there.

by Rev Gunia on Mar 18, 2008 7:44 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Center Field

...put me in, coach! It would be awesome to run around and dive for some sinking liners on that turf. True hops, and no scraped knees like the softball fields I'm on now.

Best of all, you can visit right and left fields quite often...

by jcg996 on Mar 18, 2008 7:58 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher

Would like to see if this broken down old lefty could still get somebody out .... but I'd still do it in a second even knowing in advance that it would result in massive embarrassment. Definitively worth it for the chance to wear the uniform for real just once!

Why pitch? Well, it's still only about 70% of the game ....

If It Takes Forever ....

by wrigley1 on Mar 18, 2008 8:01 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Pitcher

How great must it feel to have Chicago's finest going crazy for you because you're mowing down Cardinal hitters left and right? Get chills just thinking about it.

by McRipper on Mar 18, 2008 8:34 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Re: Cardinals

This is a great point. I think it goes without saying most of us would choose the Cardinals as the opponent?

Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager

by northsider on Mar 18, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

3rd Base

Only because Ron Santo is my favorite Cub even though I never got to see him play due to the fact he retired before I was even born. Although the thought of playing Center Field, running out into that green heaven like Sammy used to do, the thought alone gives me goosebumbs.

by ryanbrixenivy on Mar 18, 2008 8:48 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

as a little kid

being a lefty all my coaches always said they needed to teach me to pitch. Sadly, that never happened. I played a little first base and a ton of outfield when I was younger but I think I'd really like to pitch. I'd have to reclaim my number from Rich Hill but I'm sure he'd understand.

---formerly known on BCB, WCG, and BAB simply as mike.
AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Mar 18, 2008 8:49 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Have to go with 2B

I'd love to play catcher or one of the OF spots, but I've never had the arm for it. Second was always my spot from little league through high school. There is nothing like turning a double play and doing it at Wrigley would be heaven.

My drunk is drunker than your drunk.

by ArkansasCubFan on Mar 18, 2008 9:14 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

My best year or two...

...in Little League was playing first base, so I grew up picturing myself playing there for the Cubs. (I also fantasized about playing shortstop a lot, too. What can I say? I had an active imagination.)

As an adult, though, I definitely identify most with pitchers. I can't recall the writer, but some literary scribe out there once likened pitchers to writers, weaving the story of the game with every pitch thrown. (I'm not sure what that makes catchers -- editors?) And that's where I'd like to be: On the mound, spinning one ripping yarn after another.

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Chicago Cubs starting outfield: Soriano-Pie-Fukudome. Let it be.

by dat cubfan daver on Mar 18, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Left

I've always loved playing left field, because you get so many chances to catch a ball out there. It's a position I played on my high school team and still play in 12 inch softball.

At Wrigley, the fans in the left field bleachers are a special bunch and develop close relationships with the Cubs left fielder (especially the case with Gary Matthews). I'd relish waving to those fans and talking to them.

I still remember sitting in the LF bleachers back in the early 90s, when Bonds was playing for Pittsburgh, and the left field fans ragged him the entire game. Around the eighth inning, he finally put his hand behind his back and gave the entire LF bleachers the middle finger.

"Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Give everybody two bags of peanuts and a frosty malt, And I'll be ready to die." -Steve Goodman

by danimal15 on Mar 18, 2008 10:09 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Bullpen catcher

You get to be there every day, travel with the team, watch most of the games from on the field...It'd be ridiculous. Plus, you could never be the goat and you'd have an anonymity when you wanted it. Just let some balls slip past you when warming up a pitcher in the 8th inning of any playoff game in which the Cubs are losing and the other team is batting.

Seriously though I'd like to play outfield. There's something about being out there on so much grass. Soriano looks like he has a blast out there, and so have so many others.

by montanacubby on Mar 18, 2008 10:15 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Used Infield Rake

because I'd get to be there.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on Mar 18, 2008 11:50 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Without a doubt third.

Conventional thinking doesn't put a lefty at third but I love playing there.

from one '08 to another...it's gotta happen...

by neverAcquiesce on Mar 18, 2008 1:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Catcher

Why? No pressure whatsoever to perform. :)

Actually I would want to be the left or right fielder...except for the fact that I have no depth perception.

Fun thread!

Dave

by Dave in the basement on Mar 18, 2008 6:58 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The Hot Corner

You can't beat playing the same position as the great Ron Santo.

The 100th time has GOT to be a charm...

by cubswgnrocks on Mar 18, 2008 7:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OK so I realized

I would do anything to play anything at Wrigley...thing is Im lefty so I would probably think first base or corner OF.

Honestly though when talking to my GF about this....she my love or hate this site because I talk about it so much.....I came up with the answer HITTER. I would love to take an at -bat at Wrigley.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 18, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Random QUESTION

And I know Al know this. Theres the gentleman names RAMBO, long dark hair not very athletic but has a nose for the ball----he ends up getting a lot of balls----anyyways Im sure Al knows who he is but RAMBO ARE YOU A BCB MEMEBER

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 18, 2008 8:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I know Rambo

and I haven't seen any posts on BCB that would lead me to believe he's here. But it's possible that he's in alter-ego mode in the offseason a la Bruce Wayne, and thus I wouldn't recognize him.

I'm sure I'll see him when the season starts. Any message you want to pass along?

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

by ballhawk on Mar 19, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

None

Just seems that he has become part of the bleachers...in a non-woo-woo way. On that note I have bleacher box tickets for Wednesday game and have never sat there, should be interesting. 100s on Monday.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 19, 2008 5:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

"...he has become part of the bleachers."

lol - that's funny. If you've seen him in there during batting practice, you'd know how true of a statement that is. CSI Chicago would have a field day collecting all sorts of skin and hair matter from the bleachers after he's done diving around. The man has no fear...

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

by ballhawk on Mar 19, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thats exactly what I am referring to

His pregame and batting practice 'abilities'

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 19, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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