Bleed Cubbie Blue: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:

Around SBN: MLB postseason scores, schedules and blog coverage Bar-right-arrows

New Slogan

Tiny by 20F8 on

Now that the Cubs have entered the All-Star Break (which isn't that big a break for the huge chunk of the team making the trip to Yankee Stadium) with the best record in the NL, it's time to start realizing our place in history. We are the fans that so many waited to become. We are the fans that millions have wept before. This is our time.

How many of us have been waiting for 2008 thinking "this is going to be the year"? How many of us had that nagging little voice last year against Arizona that said "this isn't quite right, it's supposed to be 100, not 99"? This is the year that was predestined and propose that we all band together behind something magical. Out with "It's gonna happen" and in with...

 

20F8

Two Thousand Fate: A Century in the Making

This Team. This Time.

100 Years of Destiny

 

Who's with me? This is OUR time. Embrace it.

20F8

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue, or Al Yellon, editor-in-chief. FanPost opinions are, however, valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

0 recs | Comment 134 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

Credit goes to Goodie1969...

CUBS- NEXT YEAR IS NOT AN OPTION.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 2:47 PM CDT   0 recs

I like that one.

“20F8” is kinda clever, but it just doesn’t work for me.

“2008 Cubs: Next year is not an option!”... Now THERE’S a slogan!

"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman

by hip2bsquare on Jul 14, 2008 3:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

We Need No Slogan

Slogans are stupid and gimmicky. Nothing more than the classic “Next year is here!” which has been our rally cry for generations is needed.

There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Jul 14, 2008 2:55 PM CDT   0 recs

In a way, yes

But it’s classic.

There is no place like Nebraska - Go Huskers!

by sanantonecub on Jul 14, 2008 3:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

But...

you said “no slogans”.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 14, 2008 3:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

What's wrong with gimmicky?

I love a great rally-cry. I think solidarity for a team this popular makes it an even greater experience. When’s the last time you felt this good in July? Cherish it!

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 2:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Get back to me around September 15th...

Otherwise, just relax and take it one game at a time…

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Jul 14, 2008 2:57 PM CDT   0 recs

Ow-uh TEAM ow-uh TIME!

Is what this sounds like.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 3:00 PM CDT   0 recs

The intro song is what needs to be addressed

Why it isn’t “Right Now” by Van Halen is beyond me – the great intro music, the lyrics (Don’t wanna wait ‘til tomorrow; why put it off another day), the way it crescendos into a heavier song than as it starts – it was tailor-made for this season.

CRAFTY BEAVER!!!

by lostinthevines on Jul 14, 2008 3:00 PM CDT   0 recs

20F8

I will write some lyrics to 20F8 if that’s what it takes. I really want this to catch on. You know you love it.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

No, I don't.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 3:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I love lamp.

This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again.

by HectorVillanueva on Jul 14, 2008 3:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

T-shirts

how bout making some?

by portlandcubfan on Jul 14, 2008 3:10 PM CDT   0 recs

I'm in!

:)

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 14, 2008 3:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

T-shirts?

Now THERE’s an idea!

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:14 PM CDT   0 recs

Sorry

Its pretty lame…fate really has nothing to do with it.

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:20 PM CDT   1 recs

You're partly right

On-Base Percentage has almost everything to do with it, but who would have thought that they would magically become great at getting on base out of the blue? The stars are aligned. 100 years, when it happens, will not be a coincidence…but it will be two things that coincide. Maybe that IS coincidence…Should the t-shirt read “1908-2008…what a coincidence?”

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nothing to do with Magic

Look, its cool your excited, heck I am too…but I refuse to call it magical or out of the blue. This is a damn good team, filled with players who perform at multiple levels. And with some manuvering by the front office the team has become better. Why can’t you just be happy that it is the human ability of the players on the field that accounts for their success?

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:56 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

IF the Cubs win the World Series this year...

...and, as good as this team is, that’s still a huge IF…yeah, it would be pretty weird. Sure, even cosmic. But here’s the thing: THEY HAVEN’T WON ANYTHING YET. So how ‘bout we just chill, stay the course and save the magical allusions for the victory parade. A simple “Go Cubs!” works just fine for me.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That's what great about 20F8

If I had posted this any other year, the first 20 comments would have been about how stupid I am to make assumptions. You are probaby the 40th post and you’re the first to tell me I’m getting ahead of myself.

in 2008 we all believe. We are starting to find out what it’s like to love a team that we believe in whole-heartedly. Sure, we see the flaws. We all wonder what will happen when Marquis takes the mound or which Lilly will show up, but when we lost to Lincecum yesterday we took it in stride and tipped our cap and we refused to turn on our manager because it’s okay to lose a hard-fought game against a great pitcher when you’ve taken 2 of 3. You dont like, but you don’t hate yourself for it.

This year is different and I hearby declare it 20F8.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I hereby declare myself President and General Manager of the Chicago Cubs.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 4:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TRADE FOR HARDEN!!

Oh, wait…um…DFA Marquis?

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Absolutely! I hereby declare you are the Special Assistant to the Marketing Director (SWL)

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 10:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

which season...

did you believe in the team’s ability to win it all whole-heartedly?

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Uh, no, I said it in so many words above...

Too early for this nonsense….just root for a winner and enjoy the ride.

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Jul 14, 2008 4:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My bad

He was the second. But September 15th was too early for me in 2003…I didn’t believe until about the 6th inning of Game 6. That was my downfall.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You ask...

...”How many of us had that nagging little voice last year against Arizona that said ‘this isn’t quite right, it’s supposed to be 100, not 99’?”

Um, well, speaking for myself, I never felt that way. I would have gladly accepted a World Series victory last year. I never thought the Cubs rather embarassingly short playoff run last year had anything to do with 100 years of anything. It had to do with strong Arizona pitching, a teamwide offensive slump, and the ill-timed struggles of Ted Lilly and Rich Hill.

And, quite frankly, why would we want to emphasize the fact that it’s been 100 years since the Cubs have won a championship? Isn’t that what fans of other teams do? Isn’t that what the mainstream media at large does – incessantly? You can keep your “catchy” slogan, thanks. Call me cynical, but I get the feeling that a sales pitch of some kind is coming soon after we buy into it.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 3:25 PM CDT   0 recs

You're taking it the wrong way...

Everyone wanted a World Series last year. To question that would be moronic.

I also blame last year on a premature yank of Zambrano in Game 1, but if you’re trying to argue that the inviisble hand of Karma didn’t cause the Cubs to lose to the D-Backs last year then…duh. I can’t think of another response.

If you’re going to go to read your physics book to tell me that the Cubs are not winning this year based on the fact that it is 2008 then you can save your time. I just want to see a million Cubs fans with a rally-cry. When the Portland Trailblazers were respectable the whole state had a tacky, neon orange sign in their house and car windows that read “Rip City!” and it brought a bond that wouldn’t have been acheived without it.

I want to emphasize the fact that it’s been 100 years because Cubs fans deserve this more than anyone. It’s our turn. I’m tired of losing and I want to savor it all year long…not just after my cynicism erodes after the very last out is made in October.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry, dude...

...but if this is a sales pitch, I ain’t buyin’. And if it’s not, I’d say you just need to chill out and find some other way to channel your enthusiasm. I don’t think Cubs fans need some contrived digi-slogan to get pumped up about this team.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 3:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

100 years

If anything, I was thinking last year and this year could be back to back WS championships 100 years after the last time . . . not that they were supposed to wait until this year to win one.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 14, 2008 9:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Its the same reason

I hate stupid monickers like “lovable losers”. IMHO These kinds of slogan diminish the hard work that everyone on the team has put in. From the front office to the grounds crew. This year will be our year…not because of some silly notion that fate or destiny had a hand in it, it will be our year because its the best team I have seen take the field in my lifetime. A team with hardworking, skilled, and talented players, that is how they are going to make it.

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:25 PM CDT   0 recs

Hard work

To argue that anything woudl dimish the hard work put in is silly. Aside from blatant steroid allegations affecting players on this team, nothing is going to tarnish it. I get your point, but come on. 20F8 diminish anything or anyone. Do you really think someone would sit around and say “2000 fate? Dang, I thought The Riot was just playing really hard…stoopid me.” ?

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

As I said it was my opinion

And no matter how you angle or spin it, I think such sappy cornball slogans or phrases belittle the real reason for the teams success. It doesn’t have anything to do with goats or curses.. Those make for silly folklore. The sooner more Cubs fans appreciate that this fanchise, while rich in history, is a real baseball club, and not a caricature of mediocrity…the better.

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't think...

I don’t think it’ s Cubs fans that see this franchise as a “caricature of mediocrity”. 100 years is fact. No Cubs fans tout “Loveable Losers”, that’s for the ignorant and the haters. A question to ask might be “why hasn’t this franchise looked this good in your lifetime?” I think the 1989 and even 1984 team looked very good. I think that another manager would have taken the 2003 team the World Series. It’s amazing that this has so far been such a great year with the ownership of the team and the stadium in limbo. Let yourself get caught up in the moment.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Management

To answer your question…and that accounts for the majority of the 100 years.

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm thinking you want this to catch on for your own personal profit, and that's why I want no part of this.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 3:42 PM CDT   0 recs

Reading is fundamental. - MDBNIU

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 3:49 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Correction...

POWER pitching is king.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Jul 14, 2008 4:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 3:46 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I just can't help but be reminded of the Red Sox fan slickster with his little Cuban and the Cubs website.

You guys are really giving it to me, but gee I’m loving the feedback!

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 3:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Dawn of a Good Cubs Century

Any team can have a bad century – Jack Brickhouse

I want this year to be the start of a good period of 100 years with a lot of world championships for the Cubs.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Jul 14, 2008 3:42 PM CDT   0 recs

Makes no sense.

Good luck marketing that.

by bergs55 on Jul 14, 2008 3:43 PM CDT   0 recs

DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!

Any fellow Trekkers get the reference?

Think of how stupid the average person is, and remember, half of them are stupider than that!

by DaBard on Jul 14, 2008 3:48 PM CDT   0 recs

Take Me Out to the Holosuite-Deep Space Nine

Worf’s exclamation before the Niners took on the Logicians.

"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray

by memphiscub on Jul 14, 2008 3:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Play at the plate

Vulcan player scores without touching the plate. Umpire (Odo) doesn’t make a call.

Nog the Catcher, frantically tagging players, “What do I do?

Worf: “FIND HIM AND KILL HIM!”

Ah, baseball like it oughta be!

Think of how stupid the average person is, and remember, half of them are stupider than that!

by DaBard on Jul 14, 2008 4:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Chicago Cubs - It's about @!#*&%ing time!

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 14, 2008 3:58 PM CDT   0 recs

I want a shirt

that says that?

by BradB311 on Jul 14, 2008 4:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The next best thing....

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 14, 2008 4:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You should make one

but I have to warn you…these die-hards ain’t buyin’.

Maybe it’s the nature of the message-board die-hard fan who has a love affair with their team to be closed to new ways to rally around their team. This has been eye-opening. Maybe we’re all so used to hating our own organization that we are jaded.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:02 PM CDT   0 recs

Yeah, you might want to go try hawking somewhere else, 20H8.

"It’s like they have 40,000 players on one team. Forty thousand people want to be in the dugout slapping fives. ‘Passionate’ is an understatement. Fans like that are special." -- Giants LHP Alex Hinshaw on Wrigley Field

by northsider on Jul 14, 2008 4:07 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm feeling the 20H8 from you guys

and I wasn’t expecting it.

What a Message Board learning experience.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I know, I know...

...we’re all a bunch o’ 20H8erz.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You guys ARE pretty harsh

but that’s how “Message Board Guy” is, right? When I get more used to doing this I would be willing to bet I will squash the new guy’s idea instinctively too.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm guessing

It would have to be worse than “20F8” And as hard as it is to believe, it just might be possible. You have any other gems in that noggin’ of yours? “Opti-Grab” anyone?

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well, again...

...if you’re NOT doing this for profit, then I commend (and share) your enthusiasm for this team. I’m sorry – I just don’t think your idea has any legs. Maybe try a couple other Cubs blogs and see whether you get a different reaction.

Also, let me make clear, I’m not squashing your idea “instinctively” – and I don’t think anyone else here is either. We’ve all given your idea some consideration and most of us just aren’t buyin’.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Don't pretend...

that you haven’t hated the organization at times. How about when they pulled their offer to Maddux? How about when Baker put Farnsworth into the 8th inning time after time? I could go on and on…it’s always been love-hate…until recently.

by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh ok

But we should pretend that the Cubs this year owe to some “magical” alligning of the stars, rainbows…and puppy dogs?

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Under a collective bargaining agreement...

...the puppy dogs must be included as well.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by dat cubfan daver on Jul 15, 2008 9:53 AM CDT to parent up   0 recs

my fault...

I forgot to read the new CBA

by tootle on Jul 15, 2008 3:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hating a decision = hating the organization?

Um….no. I’ve hated the way the organization was run, and have disliked some of the men left in charge of it and some of the players employed by it….but I have never, ever, in the history of my life, hated the Chicago Cubs.

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 14, 2008 4:13 PM CDT to parent up   1 recs

LSA

Don’t think it could be said better.

by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:15 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Semantics

Maybe the internet is only intended for people to argue with one another.

by 20F