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How did you hear about BCB?

I've always wondered how people make there way over to BCB.  How did everyone get here?  Was it from word of mouth, google, article on another website?  How long have you been posting here?  I bring this up because lately i've seen a lot of new people starting to post, which is great because I think Al does a wonderful job with this site and seeing more and more people on the site means its paying off (although I'd bet he'd still enjoy this without the numerous people on here everyday). 

For me, I stumbled across this website at the early part of last season randomly.  I had googled a stat about the Cubs and saw a link to a fanpost for bleedcubbieblue.  I have to say the site name was pretty intriguing.  I signed up and signed in, and like many others I'm sure, sent Al an email asking "why can't I post after I've signed up!!"  ...24 hour wait period.... hmmmph

That being said, i am Interested to hear how you all found this place.

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How did you hear about BCB?
  • DailyKos
  • Al’s old blog site
  • Google
  • Link from another Cubs site
  • Received a BCB card from Al
  • Usenet newsgroup
  • Link from another website
  • Something else not listed above

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Google too

Been posting for a while dont know how long though. I think I have about 2400 posts. It gets me through work….............thanks AL

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on May 13, 2008 1:31 PM CDT   0 recs

Google also

Can’t remember what I was looking up, but I stumbled on the Top 100 Cub list and went from there. Was in the 2007 – 2008 offseason.

by Shanghai Badger on May 13, 2008 1:35 PM CDT   0 recs

Google

It was around the time of naming the top 100 cubs b/c I remember telling some of my friends about the list on the new site I found.

by Madison Cub Fan on May 13, 2008 10:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm a member of DailyKos

and they are the same team that developed this ubersite SBNation. When Kos announced, I found BCB.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 1:38 PM CDT   0 recs

Me too

Kos and BCB rock!

I want my Macias!

by wombat on May 13, 2008 2:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I barely read

Kos anymore; I’m too busy protesting the Edmonds deal. :P

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 2:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

From Al's old blog

I came over when the site opened… think I posted the first diary, too.

by gjdow on May 13, 2008 1:38 PM CDT   0 recs

Very cool!

n/t

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on May 13, 2008 1:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's right.

He did do that.

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 2:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I've been reading

Since BCB’s inception. In fact, I used to read Al’s old site, “And Another Thing,” regularly starting in 2004. I honestly don’t remember how I found it. I think it was from a link someone posted at another blog or something.

by SuperContext on May 13, 2008 1:39 PM CDT   0 recs

i believe i found it

through a link on the The Cub Reporter’s blogroll. i believe i found TCR with a google search for “cubs blog” after i read about the “blog” phenomenon in 2005. crazy kids.

game over! - ARAM FOR MVP on May 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (down 3-0 to the Reds in the 1ST INNING)

by joeschmitt on May 13, 2008 1:42 PM CDT   0 recs

little known fact

“blog” is short for “web log”, “web” being a shortened version of “Interwebs”

game over! - ARAM FOR MVP on May 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (down 3-0 to the Reds in the 1ST INNING)

by joeschmitt on May 13, 2008 1:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

it's a series

of toobs.

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 1:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Who knew.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2008 2:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

from sempert

"I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me." Frank Costello

by kalamazoo_cubs_fan on May 13, 2008 1:42 PM CDT   0 recs

Somewhere's around late '05, early '06...

...it occured to me that, if I was sitting around obsessing about the Cubs all day, a few other people might be doing the same thing. I was also starting to grasp the concept of a “blog” around then, so I thought, “What the hell, let’s see if there’s a Cubs blog out there.” (Notice my use of the singular there. Silly, eh?)

I did a search for “Cubs blog” and eventually found my way to this Web site, which is a sort of clearinghouse for Cubs-related blogs. I tried a few of the sites listed there, but BCB was really the only one that stuck. I guess I just liked Al’s balance of optimism, experience and knowledgability. And, even then, I didn’t work up the courage to start posting until sometime deep into the ‘06-’07 off-season.

Ha ha…just checked my profile and I have 6,034 comments. Maybe I should shutup and get back to work.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2008 1:45 PM CDT   0 recs

similar to my experience

i had been checking out blogs for news and politics for a number of years without ever even thinking of a cubs blog, and i am much more into the cubs than news or politics. kinda weird.

game over! - ARAM FOR MVP on May 5, 2008 7:32 PM EDT (down 3-0 to the Reds in the 1ST INNING)

by joeschmitt on May 13, 2008 1:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I joined

a little over a year ago, and I have 3300 comments… :P

2008: The year we put it all together.

by drewishdrewid on May 13, 2008 1:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You sha'nt catch me!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

This past offseason

I’d been on the Bears blog Windy City Gridiron for awhile and saw that there was a Cubs blog too and was happier than a pig in shit. I never was a fan of blogs because most of the time, people on them are full of shit. Well, there are a couple people like that here, but I really enjoy most people’s input on here. Thanks Al and whoever else deserves credit for this blog.

So nobody has to see the scroll bar on my posts!!!!

by McRipper on May 13, 2008 1:49 PM CDT   0 recs

Somebody posted a link for it on the Cubs.com forum

and once I visited BCB, I never went back to that hell-hole!

by Itchy on May 13, 2008 1:49 PM CDT   0 recs

Google

I lurked for a long time too.

"When you have a fat friend there are no see-saws, only catapults." --Demetri Martin

by Reddevil on May 13, 2008 1:53 PM CDT   0 recs

I also lurked for a long time.

but I started off every morning reading it. I would read it before I’d head to bed. Now Im so addicted that when I am home during the day I check then also

by Madison Cub Fan on May 13, 2008 10:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

During the offseason

in 06 I just wanted some news, and I stumbled across this. At first, I was skeptical, but then I realized everyone was just like me. And the information was much more credible than MLBTR and MLB4U.

Thanks Al….this site is great! My girlfriend thinks I have a problem though:(

by walsh2317 on May 13, 2008 1:53 PM CDT   0 recs

Ditto Google

I’ve been a casual Cubs fan for about 15 years. This year I decided to devote some serious attention to the team. Googled “cubs” last fall and this site came up tops on the list. Also, the Tribune magazine ran a piece on Al and BCB. I lurked for a few months then figured wotthehell and dove in. It’s good to see such great women here and also another free jazz fan!

by Emelie on May 13, 2008 1:54 PM CDT   0 recs

newsgroups

Migrated here from Al’s old blog, which I’d reached by clicking his sig in his posts at alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs.

Rich

by rgonzale on May 13, 2008 1:58 PM CDT   0 recs

Same here

I started reading the newsgroup in 1996.

by salparadise23 on May 13, 2008 3:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I started reading newsgroups in 1993

But I did not subscribe to alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs until 2003. I followed the link from Al’s posts to And Another Thing! and came here when it started.

"Is there anything he can't do?" ~Len Kasper, 4/5/08, on Kosuke Fukudome

by JohnM on May 13, 2008 3:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ditto for me

started in the newsgroups around 1995 and also found Al’s old blog…. What a difference 13 years can make.

by LT on May 13, 2008 9:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was going to do a poll on this sometime later this summer.

I’m attaching a poll to this post. Watch for it to appear shortly.

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 2:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Thanks!

n/t

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on May 13, 2008 2:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, that's strange.

I created a poll, but I don’t see it here. Lemme see what’s up with that.

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 2:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Not happening?

I can edit it on my end if you shoot me a message with criteria your looking for.

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on May 13, 2008 2:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Here are the choices:

DailyKos, Al’s old blog, Google, link from another Cubs site, got a BCB card from Al, Usenet newsgroup, link from another site, something else not listed above.

Thanks!

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 3:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Done

n/t

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on May 13, 2008 3:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks.

Odd. I should be able to add a poll, but in any case, glad you did.

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 3:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No problem at all

n/t

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on May 13, 2008 3:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Word o' mouth

I work with a rabid Mariners fan (I know, redundant—he’d have to be rabid to be a Mariners fan…but I digress). He told me about Lookout Landing and, by extension, SBNation and my new home away from home here. I’ve been a member here and posting on and off for about a year and a half now.

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on May 13, 2008 2:10 PM CDT   0 recs

Word o' mouth

I work with a rabid Mariners fan (I know, redundant—he’d have to be rabid to be a Mariners fan…but I digress). He told me about Lookout Landing and, by extension, SBNation and my new home away from home here. I’ve been a member here and posting on and off for about a year and a half now.

Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.

by snowyman28 on May 13, 2008 2:10 PM CDT   0 recs

I was in the AF

when I joined as well. There’s no WGN 720 or Score in Wichita KS.

by walsh2317 on May 13, 2008 2:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Watching a game in Hilton Head

A fellow BCB’s told me about the site in 05

by parrotinct on May 13, 2008 2:11 PM CDT   0 recs

It Mrcubsfan's fault

that I’m here. He found it a couple of months after it started, and we signed up. I mostly just read, but post once in a while. Best source of Cubs info that there is.

Cubs Win!! Cubs Win!

by Ihatethecards on May 13, 2008 2:22 PM CDT   0 recs

Deadspin link

I got here originally via a link from Deadspin.

by sammysosasboombox on May 13, 2008 2:25 PM CDT   0 recs

Personally recruited

Mr. Towers, tear down this wall (er, I mean give us back Greg Maddux) !

by MDBNIU on May 13, 2008 2:26 PM CDT   0 recs

By whom?

Not me.

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

by Al on May 13, 2008 3:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I don't know...let me see here...could it be...

SATAN?!

Nanika Ga Okoru!

Oh, and remember, folks: Alfonso Soriano is NOT batting leadoff. He's batting first.

by dat cubfan daver on May 13, 2008 3:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I got here from a link on the Sport Illustrated Cubs team page

I think it was during the 2005-2006 offseason. Prior to checking in here daily, my main source of Cubs news was cubs.com, SI and ESPN. Now this is the first place I go for the game recap if I missed and also to get the scoop on news and rumors. Now I even go to the other SB nation sites to get information about players on my fantasy teams.

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on May 13, 2008 2:27 PM CDT   0 recs

A friend from VEB told me about BCB

I use it every night to follow the game from work its better than gameday.

A ugly win is better than a pretty loss-Lou

by NIUcubbie on May 13, 2008 2:29 PM CDT   0 recs

news groups

I’ve known Al’s name since way back in the late 90s when I first checked out the Cubs newsgroup. I visited the old blog a few times and just migrated here as one of the main Cubs blogs on the net.

by jeff_pico on May 13, 2008 2:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Also from the newsgroup

Alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs… to And Another Thing… to BCB. Also some time in the old infamous fan club touting a certain former Cubs bullpen coach.

by dmlichte on May 13, 2008 2:43 PM CDT   0 recs

Link from another Cubs blog

I started with the blog thing this past offseason looking for rumor updates faster than the trib, etc. could provide them. I think the prospect of signing Dome is what got me started. I linked to BCB after spending time on another blog and after reading the intelligent posts here vs. many inept ones at the other sites, I was hooked and haven’t left since.

"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome

by gwood on May 13, 2008 2:50 PM CDT   0 recs

Google Like Others

I typed in “Cubs blog” and BCB came up. BCB is a G-rated blog compared to the overwhelming majority of other blogs I’ve seen.

by memphiscub on May 13, 2008 2:59 PM CDT   0 recs

G Rated and highly respected for that

some others are out of control

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip

by Hammer on May 13, 2008 3:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

brewcrewball is blocked by my employers internet filter

probably for the best

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on May 13, 2008 3:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hmmm, have to ask

work at Best Buy?

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 3:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No

I work at a museum in Chicago

"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella

by El Borto on May 13, 2008 10:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Google Like Others

I typed “Cubs blog”, and BCB came up. BCB is a G-rated blog compared to most other blogs I’ve seen.

by memphiscub on May 13, 2008 3:01 PM CDT   0 recs

Google

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on May 13, 2008 3:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Pffft, all of the noobs searching on google, I can't believe it

... So anyways, I found it while searching on Yahoo…

.... Edit #6: We're gonna go 156 and 6 this year, I can feel it!!!

by Beaushek on May 13, 2008 3:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Well....let's see....

One day, while at work, I was sitting at my PC and I opened IE. While surfing the WWW, I searched for blogs related to MLB and found BCB.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on May 13, 2008 3:05 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubs Blog Army

They had links to various stories here almost everyday, as well as several other cubs blogs, but this one seemed to be the most active and most enjoyable, which it has been so far, I love the interactive aspect of it, and the SB nation switch has been great too.

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 May 13, 2008 3:20 PM CDT   0 recs

You should add...

“I can’t remember” to the poll… cause dang it… I for the life of me can’t.

I haz show: http://hotbeans.wordpress.com

by digitalbenjamin on May 13, 2008 3:28 PM CDT   0 recs

Other sites

I went around from site to site, using cubs.com and baseball.com blogs. They were getting to be awful boards, so when I saw that someone sent me a message saying there is a Cubs blog called “BCB” I went to it. I read it for about six months before joining in August of 06

2008 Cubs: Why Beat A Team in Regulation, when you can beat them in extras?

by Chanman25 on May 13, 2008 3:30 PM CDT   0 recs

Money magazine

is where I think I first read about BCB. They sometimes have articles about websites. I started reading BCB just around the time Al was asking for help on writing articles for the top 100 Cubs players (fall of 2006, I believe). I was very interested in seeing how this would turn out and was very impressed with the effort that went into it by all who were involved. Been here ever since and really enjoy the humor and information that is posted here.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson

by tucsoncubsfan on May 13, 2008 3:40 PM CDT   0 recs

Cubscast

When this site won for the best blog site.

by wrigleyrocker12 on May 13, 2008 3:46 PM CDT   0 recs

Google

And then I found myself coming here all the time to read about all of the Top 100 Cubs, so I figured I might as well join…glad I did!

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball"

by Bump Bailey on May 13, 2008 3:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Stumbled

a couple of years ago during holiday season. Been here ever since, a must read every day I can. Nice to talk with Al too during spring training and Chicago trips.

This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).

by mrcubsfan on May 13, 2008 4:04 PM CDT   0 recs

Yahoo home page

BCB was listed as a recommended site on my Yahoo home page sometime in 2005, and I’ve been totally addicted ever since!

by bjs on May 13, 2008 4:11 PM CDT   0 recs

I think that's how

I got here in July of 2005. We got what was at the time SBC Yahoo DSL now ATT Yahoo, On the home page, it has a sports box. I was browsing through available feeds and found BCB. Sure glad I did!

Geovany Soto you're my Hero

by love the ivy on May 13, 2008 5:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I First Encountered Al

long ago on the rec.sports.baseball.chicagocubs usenet newsgroup. From there I followed him to his old blog, “And Another Thing.”

I am not as prolific a poster as many, but I never fail to check BCB several times each day. If it ever went away I think I might need professional counseling to get over it. Am I addicted?

And so it goes.

by Luigi on May 13, 2008 4:20 PM CDT   0 recs

One of the poll options

shouldve been “from a friend”. I wouldnt fit that, but Im sure quite a few people would.

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

by LPLancer23 on May 13, 2008 4:52 PM CDT   0 recs

I was on a

Bulls blog and saw the link to here and clicked on it.

by sue369 on May 13, 2008 6:14 PM CDT   0 recs

We're one of the same, Sue.

I can attribute to being on this blog because of Ben Wallace. The summer he signed with the Bulls, I really felt the need to talk about it online, and stumbled upon Blogabull. I saw there was a Cubs site from SBN as well, and have been here since.

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on May 14, 2008 10:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I just wish I knew how to link

Like this

"I think Hendry still has a few years to serve on his 'grand larceny' sentence before he can shop in Pittsburgh again" - ballhawk

by NittanyCub on May 14, 2008 10:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Google? I don't recall ...

It’s been too long … been here since June of 2006, when the Cubs were tanking and it looked like Woody’s career was over. Glad to see how many things have changed … for the better. I got through my husband’s and brother’s deaths, thanks to this place—kept me sane.

I loved the humour of this site; everyone seemed to hate on the same players I did-Neifi!-and … Dusty. Ack! Now the only person on the team I kinda don’t like is Soriano—but he’s just Fonzie being Fonzie …. hop, hop, hop. A couple of weeks ago, I thought all 10,000 of those damn bobbleheads they’re giving away tonight would end up, tossed from all recipients, in left field ….

GEAUX THERIOT!

by Little Rock Ryno Fan on May 13, 2008 6:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Chicago Sun Times

There was an article about blog sites taking over newspaper territory.

They mentioned some of the top blog sites for all different sorts of sports. Then under “Cubs” it only had bleedcubbieblue.com

I ran home and looked it up, and it was exactly what i was always looking for.

My 08 Cubs record 4-0
My 08 W.Sox record 0-2 (I havent seen a sox win in 3 years)
Updated April 26th

by Rudey on May 13, 2008 6:33 PM CDT   0 recs