"Discuss amongst yourselves" - Shameless Al & BCB Praise

This really is the best baseball site on the web.

I agree whole heartedly. This is a great place to hang out with fellow Cub fans. For the most part, everyone hear is knowledgeable about their team and it’s exciting to see what everyone has to say about the Cubs. Tons of differing opinions (read my tag line) and some excellent discussions. I’ve notice that the amount of comments in the game threads have doubled since last year. That alone tells you how great BCB is doing. Thanks, Al, Mike and David for your hard work. It is greatly appreciated by all.

there aren’t an overabundance of Cubs fans around. However, even those that pledge allegiance to the Cardinals (they serve fries at my local fast food joint) or the Braves (nice enough to pick up trash on the side of the road dressed in these snazzy orange outfits) tell me to ‘enjoy every minute of this season as it’s looking to be special’. I tell them that I am trying to let every game soak in, every comeback, every fantastic play, every heartbreaking loss. BCB is my way to keep up. BCB is my ONLY way to keep up. Don’t know what I’d do without my morning coffee and review of threads.

I don’t post much….if I’m ever lucky enough to catch a game on the TV I’d rather watch and enjoy vs keep up with 1200 frantic “ARAM!!’ posts. But the game summaries are precious to me. Thanks Al.

I am always using what I’ve read on here to discuss with people. I always just say Cubbie Blue website….and then if they are Cub fans I try to get them to come here. I’m sure my dad still doesn’t quiet understand what the heck I’m talking about!

It is funny that you post this as last night I was just saying to my husband that this is the best website for cub fans. I find out most news, information, and “gossip” before I do anywhere else. I am a member of other forums for teachers, pets, etc and this is by far the most comprehensive group of people around.

As you all know, this is a labor of love. Glad to have met so many great people through this site, either here online or at the ballpark.

And what a great year to share together. Go Cubs!

Really enjoy everyday information, knowledge and laughter at this site. Hats off Toonmike, Holy and Al for all the effort.
Let us all continue this great ride.

Greatest website on the internet bar none.

I love this site. I “retired” from discussion board groups years ago. This was was just too enticing to pass up. It’s like a Ryan’s Buffet bar… yummy yummy yummy. I haven’t once regretted coming out of “retirement” since joining. This is a great web site, with great people, devoted to a great team. Good times my friends!

Good times! Cheers!

I’ve been comming here for two years, i love being able to talk my Cubbies”. I can vent if need be or throw out my chest with pride.These are good times my friend’s, but less all remember”it’s how you finish, not how you start”..live and well in Texas

This is the only site that guarantees at least one genuine LOL per day and more often than not several, with a whopping belly laugh at least once a week. Go Cubs! Go BCB!

maybe we can save the whales, restore the economy, and bring world peace

It’s too addicting. I find myself coming back throughout the day for updated cub news. I wish the reading wasn’t so damn good and the product wasn’t the best team in baseball right now because I can’t lick this addiction. Thanks for hooking us on this great 365 day per year site Al.

Good Cubs blogs are hard to find.

Al you and I have had our problems in the past and it was my fault but you were patient with me and I am very grateful for that. Can’t wait to meet you in person when I’m in the bleachers when the evil south side denizens invade our park.

One of the things I look forward to as part of the day we win the pennant and then the series is how much fun we’re going to have. I’m tempted to pack the wireless laptop into the car that night so I can get on on the way home if it’s at home and we drive (we get a parking spot if my wheelchair bound uncle goes with us the el is hard for him to manage)

I predict we’ll be here at least 24 hours straight after the last pitch.

This is also the most age diverse group I have seen of Cubs net groups. And more women fans than I’ve seen elsewhere.

Al runs a good ship. It’s not easy at times and I certainly have not made it easy on him at times.

And definitely the most active interesting in game discussion.

And the conversation can veer but it tends to be adult in nature. I don’t mean adult as in x rated adult as in grownups talking.

made me think of this Toby Keith song. I changed some of the words but it’s how I feel about this blog and I’m sure all of us feel this way.

I Love This Blog

We got winners, we got losers
Chain smokers and boozers
And we got yuppies, we got bikers
We got thirsty hitchhikers
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog

We got cowboys, we got truckers
Broken-hearted fools and suckers
And we got hustlers, we got fighters
Early birds and all-nighters
And the veterans talk about their battle scars

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog

Chorus:
I love this blog
It’s my kind of place
Just talkin’ through the heartaches
Puts a big smile on my face
It ain’t too far, come as you are
Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog

I’ve seen short skirts, we got high-techs
Blue-collar boys and rednecks
And we got lovers, lots of lookers
And I’ve even seen dancing girls and hookers
And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar

Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog
Yes I do

I like my truck (I like my truck)
I like my girlfriend (I like my girlfriend)
I like to take her out to dinner
I like a movie now and then

But I love this blog
It’s my kind of place
Just trollin’ around the comments
Puts a big smile on my face
No cover charge, come as you are
Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog
Hmm, hmm, hmm I love this blog

a wonderful place for Cub fans to celebrate and commiserate. Thanks Al for allowing us to all share our Cub love here.

play volleyball, turns out one of the guys on their team loves Cubs also. As we talked about baseball I found myself quoting BCB a few times. Then told him about the site and how addictive it is.

So BCB has even been seeping into my real life.

And thank you to everyone here for all they share. Since I live in Michigan, its nice to be with other Cubbie fans (even if it is only on the net instead of real life) and to see what everyone else is thinking, their insights and opinions about the Cubs. I enjoy BCB immensely and I’m drinking a beer to you Al, then one to the Cubs, then one for everyone here.. hehehe…. Keep up the great job Al and everyone else! GO CUBS!!!!

Thanks to Al and everybody else on here who keep me informed on all Cubs related news. Go Cubs!!!!

on the game and overflow threads. I don’t think any other SBN site compares to BCB participation before, during and after the games. Thanks Al and BCB!

The Cubs were playing earlier in the season and I wandered over to their site late in the game and they had about 10-15 posts, and we had about 1,000. Amazing! The turd birds get a lot too, but nothing like ours.

and long overdue. I follow many sports and many teams and have many interests, but this is the only site I read regularly. Especially when I can not watch a game, then the discussion threads on the game posts are a lifeline. Thanks so much Al for starting and keeping up this site.

for your contribution and its enhancement of our mutual obsession.

A question: is BCB the most heavily hit blog in the Sportsblog empire as well as the most commented?