New Slogan
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
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Credit goes to Goodie1969...
CUBS- NEXT YEAR IS NOT AN OPTION.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 2:47 PM CDT reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
At least you think it's "kinda clever"
I’m getting KILLED here.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Wait, isn't that a slogan?
Calm down.
by Kinky Reggae on Jul 14, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you beat me to it.
CRAFTY BEAVER!!!
by lostinthevines on Jul 14, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
But...
you said “no slogans”.
Calm down.
by Kinky Reggae on Jul 14, 2008 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
How bout
“Slogans are stupid”?
Calm down.
by Kinky Reggae on Jul 14, 2008 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Ow-uh TEAM ow-uh TIME!
"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 reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and Senator, just one more thing: Love the suit.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
Its pretty lame…fate really has nothing to do with it.
by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Can I get a job in the marketing office?
by Shanghai Badger on Jul 14, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Starting to find out?
Speak for yourself.
by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
And pitching is king, damnit!
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction...
POWER pitching is king.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Jul 14, 2008 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Makes no sense.
Good luck marketing that.
by bergs55 on Jul 14, 2008 3:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
CUBS - NEXT YEAR IS NOT AN OPTION.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 3:46 PM CDT reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 reply actions 0 recs
Who here hates the organization? Now your getting really off base.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 14, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, what's your sign?
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 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 up reply actions 0 recs
my fault...
I forgot to read the new CBA
by tootle on Jul 15, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 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 up reply actions 1 recs
Semantics
Maybe the internet is only intended for people to argue with one another.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You say the sky is orange and mean the sun intead...someone is going to argue with you.
And just ask anyone here….I’m alway up for some antics.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 14, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The sun makes the sky orange at sunset
It’s not a decision, it’s a series of decisions. It’s the decision to hire an individual who then makes more bad decisions. The past is the past, but have loved to hate and hated to love the CUbs for years. I have tried to convince myself that you can’t love a uniform or a stadium, but I never believed me. I wanted badly to care about the Diamondbacks winning with Mark Grace, but I just didn’t feel anything. I take it personally when the Cubs lose. In 2003 a coworker made fun of me right aftter the Game 7 lost and I nearly punched the guy. I have hated the Cubs, but only because I love them. I don’t know how you can do it any other way.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, it also excellent for sharing pornography.
But I digress…
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ever the driver of technological progress
We never give up -- Aramis Ramirez
by Emelie on Jul 14, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey now
You asked the opinion of others…and we have given it. It doesn’t mean you can’t go frolicking to Wrigley yelling “20F8”. I won’t stop you.
by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but...
if I need a 4th, will you paint “8” on your chest and stand in a row with me?
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DINGDINGDING....
We have a winner…
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 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude...
It’s really simple. Most Cubs fans don’t want to draw attention to the fact that it’s been 100 years since the team won the WS. A good number of us on BCB don’t believe it has anything to do with fate. Not winning the WS in 100 years has everything to do with inept management and poor decisions, not anything to do with curses, or the like. I don’t think anyone here agrees that they thought last year, being 99 yrs., wasn’t right, and for some reason, 100 yrs. actually seemed better, i.e. to round off the number. I KNOW that no one here hates the CUBS, just some of the things that were done, and that happened. Now, with all that being said, and not to rip on you, but… A slogan should be something that is catchy, and easily understood. Your slogan is neither. Just saying…
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't know about "Most Cubs fans"...
but the fact that I have never experienced a World Series victory is going to make it that much sweeter. I have no problem with attention to the drought.
Two-Tousand Fate is pretty catchy…it sounds pretty much just like the year. If you can say the year, you can say the slogan. It doesn’t seem to be easily understood, but that’s the beauty. If Cubs fans get it, who cares if nobody else does. Think Eamus Catuli or ACXXXXXX.
20F8 encapsulates MY belief that this is the year. I haven’t said that before. Not in 199F8 (kidding), not ever. I want to walk up to a guy on the street in a Cubs hat and have something to say besides “Go Cubs” so I know he’s the die-hard I am. I’ve been waiting for this and I’m going to enjoy the ride.
This Team. This Time.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So are you actually in advertising...
...or still in school?
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice try
I’m just a guy with an idea. An idea that this community doesn’t care for, but I think that if it caught on elsewhere even you guys would come around.
I think it’s much better than “It’s Gonna Hapen” but who am I to say?
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, good luck with that.
Like I said, maybe run it up the flagpole at a couple other Cubs blogs and see who salutes. (Warning: You might find us the gentlest of the bunch.) Who knows, maybe it’ll catch on. I kinda doubt it but, then again, I never thought I’d be cheering for Jim Edmonds in a Cubs uniform either.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop saying This Team, This Time, before you get sued by the New York "Ow-uh Team, Ow-uh Time" Mets.
"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 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We get the hits, we score the runs, we shut you down, we're number one!!!
NEW YORK METS!!!
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 14, 2008 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok, ok...
I just know that I, (and I think others here), are tired of hearing about the 100 yr. thing in the national media. If you want to bring attention to the drought, who am I to stop you? Now saying your slogan phonetically is catchy, but 20F8 is confusing, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks so. Eamus Catuli is Latin, not a slogan. I stand by my assertion that a slogan should be catchy and easily understood. It has nothing to do with whether a Cubs fan, or a non-Cubs fan understands it. It’s confusing. Believe me, if you believe this is the year, you have ever right to shout it from the roof tops. If you want something, besides a Cub t-shirt or hat to let you know that a person is the “die hard” that you are, by all means, print up some shirts and hats and do it. I’ve been waiting for this for years…. Many many years, but I don’t think it has anything to do with fate, or whether it’s our, (Cubs), turn or time. It has everything to do with Hendry and Piniella making the number one goal to win it all, which they are doing. I just think your idea is confusing & not catchy. If you need to run it up the flag pole to see who salutes, I wonder how great you think your idea is. Now, before you hit back with your response, telling me that you’re right, and I don’t speak for anyone else- remember that you made this post, and asked all of us what we thought. If you didn’t want to know what we think, why did you ask?
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why are you assuming all this?
I’m not telling you I’m right. I’m not telling you that you’re wrong. I told you that it is a bit confusing. It’s the one thing I have been trying to overcome about it. I was hoping that adding at “A Century in the Making” to the end would be a nice way to make people “get it”. But then I realized, people are only going to get it by word of mouth. Word of mouth is only going to exist if I tell people about it. So here I am.
My belief was that if the initial “my eye doesn’t recognize ‘20F8’ so my brain doesn’t know what to do with it” could be overcome that it could be a Cubs fan handshake for this season. Why not name the season? It fits, it’s simple.
I understand that most of you guys are shooting me down, but understand that this is a niche community. This is not a cross section of Cubs fans, you are the guys that BCB, right? You have the Cubs tatoo on your arm, you don’t buy tag-lines. That doens’t make it a bad slogan,
If the Chicago National League Ballclub machine were to make it their 2008 marketing campaign I think fandom would eat it up, but a franchise doesn’t claim that they are predestined to win. It’s “fans” aka “fanatics” who say things like that. Do I think the hand of fate has predetermined that the Cubs win this year? GIve me a break. I think that 2008 is deserving of a name and why not put it out there now rather than in hindsight. These are our Cubs. This is ow-uh year (did I get that right? I have no idea what the reference point is). These are NOT your typical Cubs. They’re better than that.
I think my idea would be great if someone else had thought of it. I think you would think it was great if you had thought of it. I get that it’s not perfect, but what is? I don’t even know any other Cubs sites because I’m much like you guys, I have my own way of loving the Cubs. I have hard opinions about them all the time and nobody changes my mind about them. They’re like a girlfriend, they’re too close for me to be objective. II have no idea how bad they are most pre-seasons because I always think they’re going to win.
Also, Right Now would be a great theme song for whoever said that.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are preaching to the wrong congregation here...
My impression of this board is we don’t believe in black cats, goats, hobgoblins or other assorted furry creatures, nor do we believe fate (sorry, F8) has anything to do with winning a championship.
Generally, it requires mental discipline, excellent defense, hitting with runners in scoring position, and lights out starting pitching.
Go peddle this idea down the street at the Pink Cub Hat Store.
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 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not trying to come down on you.
If I am coming across that way, then I apologize. I simply don’t agree with you. If I had thought of this idea, I would still think it was confusing. If Daver or Drew thought of it, I would still think it was confusing. If SWL thought this up, I wouldn’t think it was great. I stand by my assertion that it IS NOT catchy, and that IT IS confusing. With that all this said, I do not want to devolve into an argument here. I admire your dedication. I love your enthusiasm. I respect your idea. I just don’t think it would catch on. That’s all, nothing else. Most of all, don’t let us shooting down your idea dissuade you from continuing to post on here.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 6:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey buddy
thanks for pimping my idea! I was about 2, then I saw your post str8 away. I was just thinking it must be F8 that you posted it. Saturday was a gr8 day, thanks 4 coming. L8r!! :)
"Whoo, boy! Next time around, bring me back my stomach!" -Jack Brickhouse
by Goodie1969 on Jul 14, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
(snicker)
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 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Saturday was great.
Wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Just wish we could have hung out longer, but there will be time for that too. I made sure to give you the credit for your idea. Hope you don’t mind…
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not at all
Credit was given, and since no money changed hands over anything, I won’t have to hunt you down…
:)
"Whoo, boy! Next time around, bring me back my stomach!" -Jack Brickhouse
by Goodie1969 on Jul 14, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool...
What you up to tonight? Watching the HR derby?
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess so
Must mute if Chris Berman calls it, so I’ll probably listen to the radio coverage. Rooting for Braun to win it all, then suffer a mysterious and horrible power outage in the second half of the season.
"Whoo, boy! Next time around, bring me back my stomach!" -Jack Brickhouse
by Goodie1969 on Jul 14, 2008 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts exactly.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 14, 2008 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now saying your slogan phonetically is catchy, but 20F8 is confusing, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Yeah, it looks like a Simpsons episode reference number.
"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 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll never quite understand
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.
by StevenABQ on Jul 14, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Umm
maybe because we have had so many chances slip away, and maybe the fact that a century is alot longer than half of one (or whatever the Indians and Giants are at). And when I talkabout chances slipping, notice the fact that I dont blame it on guys with headsets and glasses, or goats, or whatever it may be.
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
by LPLancer23 on Jul 14, 2008 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Cubs and their fans don't need slogans
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.
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Jul 14, 2008 4:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha ha ha...
Well, maybe you’re the new kid that I can rip on now that I have been initiated? What are you talking about? You make some valuable points though, “You play to win the game”. I think Herm WIllingham beat you to that one.
I’m pretty sure that it takes more than 4 things and one is intelligent decision making. This has also been in short supply on other teams. Also, heart and determination are synonymous.
Also…20F8…because it has a little “ring” to it.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
JUST WIN.
That’s the only “slogan” I need.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jul 14, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please stop...
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.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Jul 14, 2008 4:46 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica. It only cost me $7 to complete the rest of the ensemble, which comes to a grand total of .... $11.
"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 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot to tap your digital watch/calculator.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why the ... is there, Dwight.
"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 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...
Hey, Karen, wanna get t-together later and have sexual intercourse cause you’re my girlfriend?
I’m Jim Halpert.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Jul 14, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jim: "Do you?"
"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 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the T-shirt slogan I'll be buying in November...
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…
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 4:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Are you sure you want to buy that?
Somebody’s going to make a profit off that shirt. I’m holding out for “Three-peat” so I can help feed Pat Riley’s kids.
by 20F8 on Jul 14, 2008 4:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I'm good...simple, direct, uncomplicated.
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 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
"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 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWIS
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
by LPLancer23 on Jul 14, 2008 11:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, that seems kinda wrong,
I meant that I said “TWSS”. lol. I might have misled people to think that i meant I was “she”, but Im just clarifying it. lol.
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
by LPLancer23 on Jul 14, 2008 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why does this all remind me
of a poorly conceptualized episode of Mad Men?
We never give up -- Aramis Ramirez
by Emelie on Jul 14, 2008 6:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If I saw 4 guys in the bleachers with 20F8 on their chests, I'd think...
they were cheering for Felix Pie to make a put out in center.
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Jul 14, 2008 6:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
(grin)
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 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hexidecimal?
x20F8 = 8440 in decimal!
Are you trying to say the next Cubs world series championship will be in 8440 AD?
Me = giant nerd.
by deanosaur on Jul 14, 2008 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
...not a fan of the slogan BUT
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
by slumpbuster17 on Jul 14, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Post of the day
Thanks.
As for a slogan – No. I’ll worry about that after they win.
by rlpete on Jul 14, 2008 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Post of the season...
Post of BCB existince… lol. I dk about that, but as long as Ive followed BCB. lol
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
by LPLancer23 on Jul 14, 2008 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
omg.
like 5 minutes l8r, still lmao….. lol
"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...
by LPLancer23 on Jul 14, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

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