CUBS- NEXT YEAR IS NOT AN OPTION.

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

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

Is what this sounds like.

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.

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

...”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.

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.

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.

Good luck marketing that.

You don’t see Cleveland fans carrying on about their drought. Or even Giants fans… Why is it that some Cubs fans have to get all caught up this syrupy-sentamentalist crap? I’m not jaded, but I am a realist. And as such, I chalk up the teams performance to their (at times) stellar peformance. I do not need years of mismanagement of the team -resulting in a long post-season drought - to be blamed on fate or destiny…or the Easter Bunny.

If you are trying to tell me that the fans or the players need a slogan to get psyched up to win a ballgame or win a championship, then I don’t wany any part of the fans or the team. The point of this game and any game is to win. If your goal is not to win, than there is no reason to play. Are you going to win everytime? No, but that is always the goal.

It takes four things to win a championship: Skill, Heart, Determination, and Luck. In years past, we have run short on the luck. We have the skill, the heart and the determination to win it this year…whether we have the luck is question that will only be determined by playing the games.

That’s the only “slogan” I need.

with all these destiny pieces. I cannot take it. I just do not like seeing these things and random KOW diaries saying “Remember everything so you can tell your grandkids” blah blah blah.

Save it until it actually happens. Then feel free to get all sentimental and slogan-happy. Al makes the observation from time to time that this is a “special” team and I’d like to limit it to just that. Yes, this team has proved itself where others have failed….but let’s not put the cart before the horse.

I just get leery of so much hype…feel like it’ll just lead to more devastation. But I guess that cynicism comes from being a Cubs fan.

Chicago Cubs – 2008 World Series Champions

Experience tells, however, that you never know what surprises are in store for the Chicago National League Ball Club.

That’s why it’s TOO SOON…

of a poorly conceptualized episode of Mad Men?

they were cheering for Felix Pie to make a put out in center.

x20F8 = 8440 in decimal!

Are you trying to say the next Cubs world series championship will be in 8440 AD?

Me = giant nerd.

This is the kind of thing that ESPN and mainstream sports media would eat up. Imagine Joe Morgan looking at the sign and trying to explain what it means. Joe: Well John, I like the sign. You know it’s been 20 years since the Cubs last won a World Series, F is the 6th letter in the alphabet, add an 8 to that and you get 2068. Ernie Banks once hit 2068 homeruns in a single season, and all of them landed in the left field basket. I saw every single one of them with my own eyes. John: Caaaarlos MarMOL