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

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.

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

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

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.

...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.

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.

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

I lurked for a long time too.

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:(

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

When this site won for the best blog site.

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!

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.

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

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?

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

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

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 ….

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.

even before Al HAD a blog. Al posted there , then he had the blog but the yahoo group
like most was ruined by a combination of unfiltered crap and crazy people.
It is still around with some my old friends but I don’t go much

on MLB Trade Rumors back in the winter of 05. Posted a lot more back then.

I was sick and looking around the net for a new Cubs group and found this site and remembered it being mentioned elsewhere.

I also found the Trixie sites while sick.

And for that matter I found my favorite Another World site while sick.

Let’s see my favorite Cubs site, my favorite Another World site and the Trixie group. Maybe I need to get sick more often.

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2007/07/cubs-blog-week-.html“

I had no idea BCB and/or my old site had been linked in so many places.

In any case, thanks to all of you. It’s because of you that this is the great site that it is.

here in Memphis told me about the site. He’s a season ticket holder (lots of friends/family in the Chicago area) and knew I was a big fan. Don’t know how he found it.

you’re linked on my web page (in my signature) too.

or maybe another cubs site…not sure, since 2006…

Very happy with the Sportsblogs, Inc. network so far, though still waiting on a newcomer to take down the Illiniboard

which I heard about from Al on alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs when some folks here used to post on usenet.

I’d like to get as many peoples takes on this matter as possible. Thanks guys/gals!

Back in ‘05, just googled “best cubs blog” and well the rest is history. Thank’s Al and all of the outstanding posters on this site for making it my #1 destination.

..Then early last season, I mention my find (BCB) to some friends who I have sitting with in the RF bleachers for years and they said “Oh that’s Al’s site, would you like to meet Al?” and of course I did. I was promptly walked over to LF for a proper introduction!

Al, my pre game visits have usually been a little short in duration, if you have and extra spot, my goal is to spend at least one game sitting with you and your crew this summer…