Dustin Eglseder passes

by socalicubsfan on Jul 17, 2008 1:45 PM CDT

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Dustin Eglseder, the young man who won last year's "Ultimate 7th Inning Stretch Contest". Dustin was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and, according to the article, had undergone a recent surgery. I know he'll be watching down and cheering on the Cubs...

Links:
MLB Story:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070922&content_id=2224019&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc
Chicago Tribune:
http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_whatsgoinon/2008/07/fan-who-sang-tm.html

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Thats sad

I was really hoping he would pull through.

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Jul 17, 2008 1:46 PM CDT reply actions

Very sad.

My condolences to his friends and family.

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by daver on Jul 17, 2008 2:08 PM CDT reply actions

My thoughts go out to Duustin.

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Jul 17, 2008 4:19 PM CDT reply actions

please dont flame me for this

i’m really really sorry another person has passed on and now is heaven.

but please cant we get back to baseball discussion. i’m begging. the diaries of dying,surgeries, and other teams injuries are extremely off topic. I love this blog.

i come here daily for cubs and baseball talk. I turn on the news and its murder,suicide,robberies etc. I come here to get away from the normal day to day stuff and to follow my hobby(baseball) not for sad stuff like this.

sorry if this offends anyone but cubs baseball is what i come here for not sugeries,sickness, and death.

Dear SBnation, We need our own server here at BCB seeing how its became very slow due to enormous amounts of traffic. P.S. Impeach Bud Selig!!!

by cubsluver22 on Jul 17, 2008 5:03 PM CDT reply actions

I won't flame you -- but there is a very simple solution

Don’t read those posts.

by Shanghai Badger on Jul 17, 2008 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions

I agree

some of us maybe interested in a subject like this since I did follow the story last year

"We have a pretty strong belief that we are going to win those types of games. It's our confidence. "--Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly

by Madison Cub Fan on Jul 17, 2008 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

the guy was a huge cubs fan and a great story last year

learn some respect…...i echo the thought if you don’t wanna hear about it, don’t read it….....moreover don’t f’ing talking about how bad it makes YOU feel when there are hundreds of people that have lost someone they love…..poor poor you

by cubswynn on Jul 17, 2008 6:54 PM CDT up reply actions

keyword

chicago cubs baseball blog!!! no need for f bombs either

Dear SBnation, We need our own server here at BCB seeing how its became very slow due to enormous amounts of traffic. P.S. Impeach Bud Selig!!!

by cubsluver22 on Jul 17, 2008 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

That's right on both counts.

The f bomb was unnecessary. However, as you point out, this is a Cubs baseball blog. The post here is about someone who was a big Cubs fan, who won a Cubs-related contest last year that we all discussed at great length at the time.

I don’t have a problem with this post. If you do, pass it by without comment. Thank you.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Jul 17, 2008 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions

sorry al

but he was my friends brother…...not a fun topic right now

by cubswynn on Jul 17, 2008 8:04 PM CDT up reply actions

so sorry for your loss

"We have a pretty strong belief that we are going to win those types of games. It's our confidence. "--Cubs pitcher Ted Lilly

by Madison Cub Fan on Jul 17, 2008 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions

I am sorry for your loss...

... just let’s try to keep the language fairly clean here.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Jul 18, 2008 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions

I won't flame you...

...but I hereby declare this the…

LAMEST POST OF THE MONTH

Nanika Ga Okoru!

by daver on Jul 18, 2008 8:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Harsh man...

if this was someone you loved, you would feel differently and certainly wouldn’t appreciate your own post.

This is very sad and because the people here care about others is what makes this a nice place to be. For a lot of people here, BCB is a source of support. If you don’t like supporting people during hard times then, sorry for you.

I am not “flaming” you, just a bit surprised how insensitive you are to this. You could have just passed it by.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 18, 2008 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions

not like that at all

i swear to you but recent life experiences of my own—baseball is my break from reality. my joy is the cubs and talking the cubs with other fans. I pray daily that those in need have their needs touched by the lord my savior. but would like to just stick to baseball here if at all possible. spouse surgeries,cancer,dying etc is a very sad thing indeed but I feel as if our pasttime blog is not the place for it thats all.

Dear SBnation, We need our own server here at BCB seeing how its became very slow due to enormous amounts of traffic. P.S. Impeach Bud Selig!!!

by cubsluver22 on Jul 18, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I understand

I don’t think you are a bad person, just that you don’t necessarily see this blog the same way as others do. I think people often reach out for personal support or they simply want to share with people they are familiar with. This is a classic case of “just don’t read it”.

The title clearly illuistrates what is inside. You can simply move past it.

Calm down.

by Kinky Reggae on Jul 19, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions

IIRC his 7th inning stretch moment

came immediately after the amazing Sam Fuld catch + outfield assist—is that right? So Dustin would have all-of-a-sudden been called on to sing, rather than having a few more moments to prepare mentally. Really, two very memorable moments right on top of each other.

So sorry for this young man and his family – our thoughts are with you.

by ChipSet on Jul 17, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply actions