OFF DAY FUN: Milton -- Outside the Lines
by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 11:48 AM CDT
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a joint project between neverAcquiesce, dtpollitt and Drewishdrewid.
Nobody knows who he is for real. We've named him Milton, and he's become our near-daily mascot, cheering on every win with us, from various locations around the world.
But what is his story? Today, on "Outside the Lines" we will explore Milton's past -- born in Osh-Kosh, his father was an itinerant coffee-filter salesman, going door to door, and Milton went with him. His childhood in India, his teenage years as a kangaroo wrestler with the carnival, and his early adult hood training with the Dali Lama at the top of the world, where for months, he fasted and meditated in a cave in Tibet -- with only a transistor radio for company. A transistor radio that, as if via a miracle, picked up 720, WGN Radio, and the dulcet tones of Cubs Baseball.
Those words led him on a world-wide pilgrimage -- a man and his cardboard, in search of Wrigley field.
Join us, and tell what -you- know of Milton. Leave nothing back. Speak of his first love, the Ecuadorian Princess Maria Conchita Gonzala Luisa Kambada Orana Babusta Perez, and the pain he felt when his third wife left him for Donald Trump.
Next, on "Outside the Lines".
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation or Al Yellon, managing editor (unless it's a FanPost posted by Al). FanPost opinions are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.
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I first met Milton
when I was protesting the use of Red-Dye No-9 in colored rice-krispies treats. There were a few thousand of us there, all holding signs that said “Red Dye No-9 = Snap-Crackle-Pop No Fine!”
He walked into the midst of us, just as we were about to break the elf-cop line, and held up his sign. The clouds disappeared, and a Lucky-Charms rainbow arched down from the sun. A chorus sang in amazement.
Then he walked away, and I was struck by the Cookie Crisp Cop from behind, and the next thing I knew, I woke up in a wafer prison. I chewed my way through the bars, and went on with my life. But it wasn’t the last time Milton and I would cross paths.
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His mother was a prostitute named Chloe, who had webbed feet.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 11:52 AM CDT reply actions
Also
His father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low-grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. His mother was a 15-year-old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. His father would womanize; he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes, he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament… His childhood was typical: summers in Rangoon… luge lessons… In the spring, he’d make meat helmets… When he was insolent he was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds — pretty standard, really. At the age of 12, he received his first scribe. At the age of 14, a Zoroastrian named Wilma ritualistically shaved his testicles.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL...Meat Helmets
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 18, 2008 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
I first meet Milton during the summer of 69
Me and guy from school had a band and tried real hard. But Joanie quit and Milton got married. When I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever….
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
by TheRiot Police on Aug 18, 2008 12:00 PM CDT reply actions
Hey--
isn’t that George Wendt? I suppose it could be any of the other “super fans” too, but his was the first name I could conjure up in my work addled brain. Daaaa Cubs!
Time is an illusion--lunch time doubly so.
Beat me to it, you bastard. ;)
Milton’s past is as cloudy as the White Russians he drinks. Some place him fighting overseas wars, while others have him teaching social studies in rural Nebraska. He’s rumored to have loved countless women, but also said to have taken a vow of celibacy.
One thing is know for sure, though: one fateful morning, when Milton was a wee lad of seven, his father, Jasper, brought home a nifty new contraption. “It’s called a television,” he announced to his bewildered wife Eunis, as Milton looked on in wide-eyed wonder. Milton was fascinated by the dial, and upon the intial plug-in, he settled on his favorite number: 9. Channel 9, in fact. WGN. Home of the Cubs.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 12:02 PM CDT reply actions
there you are!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Milton made a small fortune
selling used shoe laces in the small town of Sandcut Indiana. He would sit on corner (the only intersection Sandcut has) and offer his selection to passersbys. Unfortunately, he invested poorly and lost it all.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Sandcut
How do you know about Sandcut? Nobody, except perhaps Milton, knows where Sandcut is, let alone Seelyville. Milton boarded at my great grandmother’s house in Seelyville when he was a graduate student at St. Mary’s until they realized he was of the male persuasion and kicked him out. I still see that image of him waking down US 40 with a stick over his shoulder carrying all of his worldly possesions; no, wait, that was someone else.
The one constant has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Aug 18, 2008 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
No, you're correct.
Milton is the Hulk.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
OK
I guess I was mistakenly thinking I was mistaken. He was sort of green though. I just thought it was the shots he had been drinking with my g’gma the night before. She was great; lived to be 95 years old and never needed glasses; she just drank straight from the bottle. She’d throw the empty bottles at the radio whenever the Cubs would leave the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and cuss at whichever of the College of Coaches was managing that day. She always said Milton would never have swung at that low outside pitch. I think she loved him, but they were from different eras. She could never get hers below 4.50 even when she used the spitter. I learned how to steal the catcher’s signs from her. Milton would pitch to me in the backyard and she would catch. After I would hit one over the back fence into the creek she would call for one high and tight and knock me down. She always said, “there’s no crying in baseball.” or some such philosophical BS as I knocked the dust off myself and Milton would just stand there glaring like Moe Drabowski or Pedro Boubon or Manny Mota, I could never tell because of his mustache.
The one constant has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Aug 18, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Doesn't everyone know where Sundcut is.
I’m also sure Milton enjoyed a few beers at the Sandcut bar and tavern, which as the sign says has the “Coldest beer in town”. Of course it’s the only beer in town. From there he would go to Clinton Indiana for the Little Italy Festival.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
"Coldest Beer"
It still says that. I was surveying up that way this winter and saw the sign. Such memories of Milt and his best friend back then, Ralph Tucker. Milton invented the Little Italy Festival. Ralph threw out the first back at the inaugural chiropracter’s (sp) convention that year in Clinton.
The one constant has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Aug 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
The truth is...
I’m from Terre Haute and we always found Sandcut kind of funny growing up. It’s just an intersection with a Marathon Station, a volunteer fire department and of course the Sandcut tavern.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Might have gone through there...
Does Route 41 go through or near there? I know it goes through Terre Haute.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
41 goes thru Terre Haute
but it doesn’t go thru Sandcut that I know of. You have to take some back roads to get to metropolis known as Sandcut.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Born in Terre Haute, too.
Small world.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Clinton High School
Class of 1975; Cubs fan since 1963.
The one constant has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Aug 18, 2008 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Mom's in the Army
so we moved away in ’93. I remember Davis Park Elementary, though, and Fuque (sp?) for 4th grade before leaving.
My dad and his three siblings all graduated Terre Haute South. His parents still live there.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Warren Elementary, then Chancey Rose
I moved away in ’99. I use to go to Terre Haute to visit my parents until they moved to Florida.
Cubs fan since ’86
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
That story about the question mark
isn’t true. Milton confided in me late one night in the Sandcut Tavern. We’d been drinking since mid-morning. By 3am he was ready to spill the beans. He used to tell people he invented the question mark, but really all he invented was that upward inflexion at the end of sentences. Someone else came along and added the question mark to it and cleaned up. Milton never got any credit for his part in it. He was so bitter to have missed out he made up the part about inventing the question mark himself. It got so he almost believed it himself in the end.
Thinking about it now...
Toadhop Indiana would have been even funnier.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Or Needmore
My grandmother (different one from where Milton stayed) always talked about Needmore Indiana. She said there was another town down the road from there called “Gotanough.”
The one constant has been . . . baseball.
by Weeghman Park on Aug 18, 2008 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
last seen
Prior to being photographed in this picture he was last seen on a beach drinking a margarita, complaining there was too much salt.
What's behind Milton's moustache?
Another sign.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 12:30 PM CDT reply actions
and behind that sign?
Another mustache. One that sings, ‘Hey Hey Holy Mackerel.’
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
Milton was in Tucson
last February working as a rodeo clown during “Rodeo Days”. He always wanted to be an astronaut so he came to work in Tucson because it was as close as he would ever come to walking on the moon.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
Miltonardo da Vinci
He’s been around for a while.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
is he an Immortal?
There can be only one… Cubs Win guy!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I am Milton MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Go Cubs!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions
For four hundred years he's been a warrior... a lover... a wanderer.
For centuries he has battled the forces of Darkness, with Holy Ground his only refuge. He cannot die, unless you take his head and with it, his power. In the end there can be only one. He is Milton MacLeod, the Highlander.’
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
WHOA!!! NSFW!
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
really?
that’s DaVinci.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
don't you mean Alberto Gonzales?
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I he the one...
who Letterman occasionally makes fun of. They show him singing some lame song he wrote…something about eagles soaring maybe.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
gah
I remember that from the Daily Show. (shudder)
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
i forgot about that :)
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Ugh.
Cos, as David Cross joked about it, nudity equals porn.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Milton...
Milton was a good bowler, and a good man. He was one of us. He was a man who loved the outdoors… and bowling, and as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California, from La Jolla to Leo Carrillo and… up to… Pismo. He died, like so many young men of his generation, he died before his time. In your wisdom, Lord, you took him, as you took so many bright flowering young men at Khe Sanh, at Langdok, at Hill 364. These young men gave their lives. And so would Milton. Milton, who loved bowling. And so, Milton Donald Grabowski, in accordance with what we think your dying wishes might well have been, we commit your final mortal remains to the bosom of the Pacific Ocean, which you loved so well. Good night, sweet prince.
Gahddamn you Walter!
You freakin’ a******! Everything’s a (bleep) travesty with you, man! And what was all that shit about Vietnam? What the F***, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the f*** are you talking about?
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
Milton Abides...
Way out west there was this fella I wanna tell ya about. Goes by the name of Milton Donald Grabowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. See, this Grabowski, he called himself The Milton. Now, The Milton – there’s a name no man would self-apply where I come from. But then there was a lot about the The Milton that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that’s why I found the place so darned interestin’. See, they call Chicago the “Windy City”; but I didn’t find it to be that, exactly. But I’ll allow it as there are some nice folks there. ‘Course I ain’t never been to London, and I ain’t never seen France. And I ain’t never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says. But I’ll tell you what – after seeing Chicago, and this here story I’m about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin’ every bit as stupefyin’ as you’d seen in any of them other places. And in English, too. So I can die with a smile on my face, without feelin’ like the good Lord gypped me. Now this here story I’m about to unfold took place in 2008 – just about the time of the Olympics and the surge and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a hero, ‘cause, what’s a hero? Sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m talkin’ about The Milton here – The Milton from Chicago. Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s The Milton. The Milton, from Chicago. And even if he’s a lazy man – and The Milton was most certainly that. Quite possibly the laziest in all of Cook County, which would place him high in the runnin’ for laziest worldwide. Sometimes there’s a man, sometimes, there’s a man. Well, I lost my train of thought here. But… aw, hell. I’ve done introduced it enough.
I heard about the legend of Milton...
…when I was in Puerto Vallarta last week. Apparently, Milton spent some time there as a pre-teen. Anyways, back then, Milton was just showing flashes of the moustache that would help gain him fame. But the residents of Puerto Vallarta instantly recognized him when shown photos, remarking, “Milton con el bigote.” A much more slender child in his youth, Milton would often go into the rain forest as a youth, climbing mountains, scaling trees and setting the lines for canopy tours of the jungle. Then came 1984. By all accounts in Mexico, Milton followed the entire series via transistor radio, finally leaving Puerto Vallarta on foot following game 5. No one knew what had happened to him until the fateful photo at top appeared in Puerto Vallarta Today with the headline “vuelve para animar su las Osas Menor” (Milton returns to cheer his Cubs [little bears]).
I love to play baseball. I'm a baseball player. I've always been a baseball player. I'm still a baseball player. That's who I am. - Ryne Sandberg
At last, the mystery is solved!
I always wondered what happened to ex-Cub reliever Mike Proly:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
As he relives his past glory days from the
Shrine at Clark and Addison.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
you know
that’s a little eerie, actually.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Is Mike actually Milton?
Proly.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
holy crap.
That does look like him.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
anybody
have his phone number?
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder where
he’s living now? He’s from NY so there’s a chance he could still live there.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
How about Milton's time in prison?
I wish I could tell you that Milton fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that – but prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew. Things went on like that for awhile – prison life consists of routine, and then more routine. Every so often, Milton would show up with fresh bruises. The Sisters kept at him – sometimes he was able to fight ‘em off, sometimes not. And that’s how it went for Milton – that was his routine. I do believe those first two years were the worst for him, and I also believe that if things had gone on that way, this place would have got the best of him.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
Get busy making a sign
or get busy dying.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
In 2008, Milton escaped...
from U.S. Cellular prison.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
The Real Milton
Milton lives up on a mountain, and kills anybody who dares climb to the top. He loves the taste of blood, and likes to add pieces to his deformed body. On his left arm, instead of a hand, he has…. A piece of celery. He walks with a limp. Because one of his legs is missing. And where his leg should be, there’s nothing but……..Patrick Duffy. So he lives alone on this mountain, and weaves baskets, and other assorted crafts. They say that on quiet nights you can hear him weaving his baskets. Tahink, tahink , tahink
good thing
the picture above is from the waist up. Having Patrick Duffy in it the pic would totally ruin it.
And really, people… three recs? WE JUST NEED ONE MORE!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, I saw that.
wow. :D
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
is it sad
that I get a big charge off of that? That every time I see a new post from someone, I get a little glee?
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
No...It is not sad.
Sad would be the day that we cease to have things like this to keep us amused while we ‘work’ or ‘learn’ or whatever each of us is supposed to be doing right now haha…Thanks for a fun afternoon Drew!
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 18, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
No sadder than the fact
that I think to myself if I had been five minutes faster I would be getting all the glee. I’m so glee-deprived thanks to you.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I am editing the fanpost
to include your name. Because we came up with it together, and YOU came up with the name.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Cheers!
BCBers rule.
But “Outside the Lines” was dtpollitt’s. I myself made more of a “Behind the Music” connection. FWIW, I was planning on titling the post “Behind the Posterboard.”
But it belongs to BCB now.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll put dtpollitt up there too!
It belongs to EVERYONE! MILTON-LOVE!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Congrats!
You must be very gleeful with over 100 posts and counting.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
glee glee glee!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
actually
what I’m really glad-est about is that someone requested it, and it took off.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
He Ain't My Daddy, But...
he looks a good bit like he did when he was alive. He passed away in 1995.
"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray
Mmilton doesn't "wait till next year."
Because that would be conceding failure. Next year waits for Milton, and with bated breath I might add. Because a man of that stature, and such little concern for his own physical appearance and well-being, only comes around every few years. So next year waits…And Milton graces Wrigley Field with his presence.
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by PurpleLineToWrigley on Aug 18, 2008 1:50 PM CDT reply actions
Milton..
Is on the run in a revolutionary state that has outlawed Cub fandom. All the other Cub fans have fled, been shot, or forced to renounce their faith. As the last practicing fan, Milton is hardly an exemplar of the breed; he’s overly fond of brandy, and has fathered a daughter by a woman from his last Cub Convention. Feverish, shabby, and scared for his life, he forces himself to hear confession and dole out the host to the spiritually ravenous Cub fans he encounters in his wanderings.
As Milton wanders the state, he experiences a stripping away of his past identity. First to go are his dignity and social standing as a pampered son of a north shore dry goods mogul. He misplaces his BCB card and over time loses the other ritual paraphernalia of his vocation. His shoes, pants and Cub’s cap wear out. He’s constantly hungry, at one point fighting a crippled dog for a bone with a little meat left on it. Because his very presence brings danger to the fans he’s trying to serve, he can no longer take pride in the high price he pays for being the Cub’s last remaining messenger. He realizes that martyrs aren’t made from men like him. In the end, even the hope of final absolution and mercy are closed to him. His only salvation will be a Cub’s World Series in 2008.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
Anyone else notice
that Milton doesn’t exactly have a luxurious life? Wonder why that is… :P
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Milton is selfless.
Every day he lives in agony guarantees a happy life for a Cub fan somewhere. Milton the Martyr he’s sometimes referred to.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Because all he needs out of life is a Cubs Win.
That’s not so much to ask.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
It is because his initial dream was lost.
After spending weeks in the 70’s practicing, he was unable to draw Tippy and secure his dream of a scholarship to art school. To date, he cannot invest the time for precise work in any career and even his Cub logo is sloppy.
Sorry folks, parks closed. Moose out front should have told you.
Milton was a graduate
of the University of Bailey’s Amusements, where he double-majored in Corn Dogs and Tilt-a-Whirl. His love of fried pork products proved his undoing, as he keeled over while at a 1985 Cubs game, reportedly yelling at Swawon Dunston for striking out swinging at yet another low and outside pitch.
As he recovered in the hospital, his resolve as a Cub fan hardened into the fanatic he is today. He is believed to have been the model for the Harry Caray caricature seen in Wrigley—he shaved his moustache for it, which he sold for charity on eBay, and now, Milton’s previous ’stach graces the halls of Golden Palace Casino.com
As a practical joke, as he was getting an autograph by former Reds great Joe Morgan before a game, he joked that he “hopes the Cubs will hit one into Banks’ Baskets.” To date, Morgan has no clue that he had been pranked.
After this message, Milton’s love child, who later went on the become ESPN’s quiz show foil. Next up—Milton and the Schwab.
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
He once punched a majician - that's right, you heard me.
He is , the most interesting man in the world!
He doesn’t usually drink beer, but when he does, he drinks Dos Equuis.
Stay thirsty my friends! – Milton
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 2:17 PM CDT reply actions
He is the only known man to
Successfully hunt for both Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster.
Old Style is the nectar of life.
When it is raining - it is because he is sad.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
His legend precedes him - like lightning precedes thunder.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions
He is the only man to have ever aced a Rorschach test.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Whenever he goes swimming - dolphins appear.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Alien invaders have asked him to probe their mind.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Milton runs at a top speed of 88mph,
his moustache contains 1.21 jigawatts of power, and his sign serves as a flux capacitor.
Make of that what you will.
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1.21 jigawatts!!!. how am I supposed to come up with 1.21 jigawatts!!!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Aug 18, 2008 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
If he could travel in time,
he needs to go back to 1969, 1984, 1989, 2003…
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Aug 18, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
To that Milton cooly replies, after taking a swig of his scotch,
“I respect the past for the perspective it provides, and would never think of altering it for selfish gains. This is the year, friends…no need for those bygone misfortunes. Revel in it, lads, and be joyous. Oh, and get me another drink.”
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Damn reply key!
That was a response to spoiledcabbage above.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn typos!
That’s ‘cubbage’! ;-)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Aug 18, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
:facepalm:
That’s one duncecap, over here.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Hoping to get caught on the Fan Cam
Milton has scheduled a sex change operation and will be going by the name Mildred..
There's so much potential there for photoshopping...
If only I had more time!
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
I have a feeling SWL's been hard at work all day...
…something tells me that we won’t be disappointed.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
Milton! Come out and show yourself!
If I hadn’t squandered so much time at work earlier on photoshop, I would make a WANTED poster that we can pass around Wrigleyville on game days. (nice that my boss pays for my BCB addiction)
DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?
(photo of Milton)
BCB wants to see more of you. We will forever buy you beers on game days if you show your face. If you don’t drink beer, we’d at least like you to take photo with Ryan Dempster and Henry Blanco.
Then again, it might be best served to leave the guy alone and alive as a legend on BCB.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
Agreed with leaving him be.
Anything we find out about the real Milton is bound to disappoint now.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Milton could be in the witness protection program
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Theorizing that one could time-travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Milton Beckett led an elite group of scientists into the desert, to develop a top-secret project known as Quantum Leap. Pressured to prove his theories or lose funding, Dr. Beckett prematurely stepped into the Quantum Accelerator, and vanished.
He awoke to find himself in the past, suffering from partial amnesia and facing a mirror image that was not his own. Fortunately, contact with his own time was maintained through brain-wave transmissions with Al, the project observer, who appears in the form of a hologram, that only Dr. Beckett can see and hear. Trapped in the past, Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, putting things right that once went wrong, and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Milton is needed...
…wherever outlaws rule the NL Central; wherever innocent Cub fans are afraid to walk the bleachers; wherever a Cub fan cannot live in simple dignity without being reminded of Batman, 100 years, and the goat; wherever a Cub fan cries out for justice (and a cold beer or two).
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
I am the Cubs fan that roots in the night…
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
And by Batman
I mean ‘Bartman’ (blush)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
Oh Milton...
My dad (an acquaitance of Milton’s) used to hang out with Milton’s uncle, Uncle Caveman. He always used to tell me stories about how fun Uncle Caveman was to hang out with. Every once in awhile, he’d eat one of Milton’s friends. It wasn’t until later they discovered Uncle Caveman was a bear.
Last time my dad heard from Milton, he was working on his Grandfather’s 60 acre beet farm with his cousin Mose. They sell beets to local stores and restaurants. Unfortunately, sometimes teenagers use it for sex.
I believe it was recently turned into a B&B; courtesy of TripAdvisor.com: the natural aroma of the beets drifts into the bedrooms and makes you dream of simpler times. The dawn goosewalk will tug at your heartstrings. Tablemaking never seemed so possible. You will never want to leave your room. The architecture reminds one of a quant Tuscan beet farm.
Good ol’ Milton.
Free Ronny Cedeno
Looks like someone's a big Office fan.
Nothing wrong with that.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
38 days and counting.
I’m stoked.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Huge fan here too
Seems like the new shows start a couple weeks later this year, boo! I am a big fan of tripadvisor and have checked it out on there, very funny!
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 19, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
I wish we really
new who he was and wonder what he would think of being indentified with Cub wins? Would he be surprised that he brings joy to so many people and that our hearts break when we don’t get to see him? Does he live in Chicago or close by? Did he take a vacation day just to be able to watch his beloved Cubs that night? Does he watch them on tv or does he listen to Pat & Ron?
Maybe he is here among us and we don’t even know. God Bless you Milton for your picture brings us great joy on game days.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
In 1972...
…a crack commando was sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn’t commit. This man promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Chicago underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire… Milton
My brain just done exploded.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Little did we know
that it is Milton’s dream to fly from the Wrigley Field flag pole in place of the W-Flag.
"Very adroit in the outfield." - Lou, on Dome
I just noticed...
Milton’s sign says “Cubs Cubs Win”
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 3:54 PM CDT reply actions
maybe he just has a stuttering problem.
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
In the Spring of 1892
Milton O’Keefe was charged as an Immortal to protect the Clan White Stockings against the only other Immortal Red O’Shea of the Clan Redbird. For over 132 years, Milton has dueled with Red O’Shea to prevent the plundering of the Clan White Stockings.
Do his more recent appearances suggest that he has finally slayed Red O’Shea and he is the only Immortal to remain?
Some say that Milton’s and Red’s presence led Yosh to inscribe the following on the outfield wall behind the Ivy in Centerfield…
“There can be only one”…. They are immortals, destined to live forever. They must duel down the ages until only one remains. Only decapitation by sword can release them from their age-long battle for an incredible prize – power beyond imagination
"Aw, how could he (Jorge Orta) lose the ball in the sun, he's from Mexico." -- Harry Carey
Geek test..
You FAIL!
:)
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Fail? A geek test?
I would never!
That, sir, is Mr Jek Porkins, Rebel pilot who bravely gave his life in defense of the Alliance base on Yavin 4, during the attack on the Death Star.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
How fast could he make the Kessel Run?
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Had to be over twelve parsecs
since Senor Solo has that particular record.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions
+1 and nicely done.
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
There are some things
that you can’t unsee. Please don’t ever post that again.
"Dad gum right this games gonna be played under protest. . . I guarantee this is gonna be one protest that's upheld." --Hawk Harrelson, 6/24/07
Hmmm..
looks like he’s missing something…am I the only one that thinks that?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
his sense of dignity?
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
he's nuts
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by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
well
no doubting he has nuts, thats for sure
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 19, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
ARGH!
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I think we've boiled the Milton look down to
aviator glasses and a brillostache.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
"Don't worry ma'am."
“Everything is going to be fine. I’m from the Internet.”
Go All In and Enjoy The Ride.
Google officially recognize: Milton Cubs Win
I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com
by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:29 PM CDT reply actions
look at the second pic
it’s bcb.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions
OK... who's gunna put him in Wiki?
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by digitalbenjamin on Aug 18, 2008 4:40 PM CDT reply actions
If somebody does,
they have to include all these bio’s of him in there since all of this is true.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course it's all true
If enough people think it is true, then it is according to Stephen Colbert :-)
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 19, 2008 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
So I had this friend who lived in Texas:
The reports had been on the radio all day, though she hadn’t paid much attention to them. Some crazy man had escaped from the state asylum. He was a killer, and everyone in the region was warned to keep watch and report anything suspicious. But this didn’t interest her. She was more worried about what to wear on her date.
After several consultation calls with friends, she chose a blue outfit in the very latest style and was ready and waiting on the porch when her boyfriend came to pick her up in his car. They went to a drive-in movie with another couple, then dropped them off and went parking in the local lover’s lane. The blue outfit was a hit, and she cuddled close to her boyfriend as they kissed to the sound of romantic music on the radio.
Then the announcer came on and repeated the warning she had heard that afternoon. An insane killer was loose in the area. Suddenly, the dark, moonless night didn’t seem so romantic to her. The lover’s lane was secluded and off the beaten track. A perfect spot for a deranged mad-man to lurk, she thought, pushing her amorous boyfriend away.
“Maybe we should get out of here,” she said. “That Man sounds dangerous.”
“Awe, c’mon babe, it’s nothing,” her boyfriend said, trying to get in another kiss. She pushed him away again.
“No, really. We’re all alone out here. I’m scared,” she said.
They argued for a moment. Then the car shook a bit, as if something…or someone…had touched it. She gave a shriek and said: “Get us out of here now!”
“Jeeze,” her boyfriend said in disgust, but he turned the key and went roaring out of the lover’s lane with a screeching of his tires.
They drove home in stony silence, and when they pulled into her driveway, he refused to help her out of the car. He was being so unreasonable, she fumed to herself. She opened the door indignantly and stepped into her driveway with her chin up and her lips set. Whirling around, she slammed the door as hard as she could. And then she screamed.
Her boyfriend leapt out of the car and caught her in his arms. “What is it? What’s wrong?” he shouted. Then he saw it. A bloody “Cubs Win” sign hung from the handle of the passenger-side door.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 4:50 PM CDT reply actions
This is very good.
Are you a writer?
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
It's that old hook-on-the-car-door story.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Never heard it
Guess I should have gone to more campfires when I was a kid.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
That's just an urban legend...
this is a true story.
And I have a girlfriend who lives in Canada, and she is hot.
Here’s her photo:
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 5:05 PM CDT up reply actions
I believe everything on here about Milton
but that picture is definitely a fake.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions
lqtm?
Went to the BCB dictionary and did not see this there.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Laughing quietly to myself.
Got it off Demetri Martin’s standup. He said something like, “Instead of LOL, I put LQTM: laughing quietly to myself. More honest.” Another good one in his list was, “Why don’t we call fishing what it really is: tricking and killing.”
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks.
Some of these acronyms are hard; for me anyway.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 18, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions
HOW DARE YOU!
Here we are out for dinner and a movie.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
That's not the picture I was looking for.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 18, 2008 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
This is not the picture I was looking for.
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by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions
This reminds me of another good female friend I have
She is a HUGE star wars fan and when I say huge I mean she knows and loves Star Wars, not that she is fat. She is actually very cute in the Nerdy girl kind of way that when she lets her hair down and takes off her glasses she becomes smoking hot.
Anyway, she was driving on a rural farm road doing 20 mph over the speed limit and bag…cop pulls her over.
She knows she’s busted.
So when the cop gets to her door she looks him right in the eye, waves her hand sideways through the air and says, “These are not the droids you are looking for.”
The cop stops what he is doing.
After a couple of seconds goes by she does it again waves her hand sideways through the air and says, “These are not the droids you are looking for.”
The cop smiles and replies, “There are not the droids we are looking for.”
Without cracking a smile she then waves her hand sideways through the air and says, “Move along.”
The cop smiles and say, “Move along,” and starts walking back to his cruiser.
At first she thinks he’s just messing with her but with a couple of taps on the trunk of the car signaling “You can go.” She does without a ticket.
Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory
by BrewCrew'sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 18, 2008 5:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome.
I would very much like to meet your friend.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 19, 2008 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
I think i saw milton in a mosh pit last year. Ozzfest 2007, he was holding the cubs win sign during Lamb of god.
However he kept yelling, “OZZY OZZY”.
it's been said
that Milton’s purpose is to justify the ways of Cubs to men.
Dudes, that's my brother Mike, so layoff! Thanks.
Guys, my brother Mike is a huge (he is as well) Cub fan as were my great grandfather, grandfather, father and all my brothers, but he has more time on his hands, so he gets to more games. He’s a genius, but has some problems like all of us, so layoff, thanks.
He says Cubbies won’t be late in 2008! I say 2008 was a long time to wait! Either way, Eamus Catuli + 3M+Cub Fans = AC000000. n/s
Eamus Catuli = AC000000
are you serious?
is it really?
No one’s making fun of him.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 18, 2008 9:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Serious as a heart attack!
Mike likes to come out to see his Cubs from time to time, not a season ticket holder, but sometimes uses our brother John’s season ducats along 1st base reserverd upper boxes just outside the bag. He is a true blue Cub Fan and we went to games with my mom and other women in the neigborhood and their kids when they had Ladies Day in the early 60s just to help fill up the park on Tuesday afternoons. He lived and died in ‘69, ’84, ’98, ’03 and ’07 so he says, “The Cubbies will not be late in 2008”! He did play a little ball, but it was Football at ND in the mid 70’s. Offensive lineman never get much smaller, so he’s a big guy and loves to root for the Cubbies no matter what their record is, but lately he has been getting pretty excited and I told him that it is destiny so I will see him and most of you in October. Take care, live well and Go Cubs Go!
Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Aug 19, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions
ummmm. If this wasn’t the internet, I would totally believe this.
Disposable dixie cup drinkin... I'm hiding out in the big city blinking...
I'm not sure I believe it either....
looks a little young to have played ball at ND in the 70’s and have gone to Cub’s games in the early 60’s.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
I don't believe it either
but that is the problem here. If he really was to post here, there is really no way to prove it.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 19, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Ye of little faith!
Like I said, since watching the Cubs in person since the late 50’s and through the 60’s before joining the AF to see the world, My “little brother” Mike was always a Cub fan through and through. He is 50 now and I’m 55 so perhaps blogging is not quite the transparent skill to me as breathing or eating and especially drinking. I’ll post some more pics for the BCB Nation so that maybe, just maybe, Mike=Milton=Eamus Catuli=AC000000 will really happen this year, the Centennial of Cub World Series Dominance. Ya gotta believe….
Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Aug 20, 2008 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
If its' true
we would love to see pictures.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 20, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I will continue to doubt
until I see proof.
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by neverAcquiesce on Aug 21, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
got any other pictures we can see of Mike/Milton?
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 19, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions
If that really is your brother
then why have you not spoke up sooner. I know BCBer’s have been trying to figure out his idenity for a long time now. Plus he’s a cult hero here.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
Cuz I just joined after seeing the picture of my brother Mike, er Milton on the blog and
I only just found out about this talking to another rabid Cub fan here in LA about a month ago. I am not a regular blogger, but for my bro and the Cubs, I have stepped up, just like the Cubs are doing this year. I hope to take in a few October games both here in LA and in Chicago. A good thing our brother John has 4 season ducats…Go Cubs Go!
Mike+Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Aug 20, 2008 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions
SHIT!! How did I miss this diary?! Argh!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
I dont know how I missed this one either...
although I now know I have a man crush on Milton…thanks BCB!
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson
Good job, group
I think we just improved upon ESPN’s reporting. +1 for BCBers.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
Um, he's sick.
My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Milton pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
There was also some scuttle
that he may indeed be Abe Froman the Sausage King of Chicago, but I haven’t been able to confirm this yet.
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 19, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Can anyone determine
where he might be at in the ballpark by that pic? I know I can’t. Maybe he is a regular at games. We don’t have to ruin the mystery of the most interesting man in the world, but it would be cool to see if he brings signs regularly etc.
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
looks to me
like he’s in the concourse under the grandstand after a game is over.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 19, 2008 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Let's play detective..
I have that very same shirt and I believe I bought it about 5 yrs ago, maybe during the ’03 season. I have no idea when those caps came out, but it looks like others in the photo are wearing them too.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 19, 2008 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions
actually, his cap looks a bit unique
I don’t see any other red-billed hats in the pic.
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by drewishdrewid on Aug 19, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
You're right..
My bad…I was looking at the guy beneath him who has the blue and white cap, but you’re correct, there’s no red in it.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 19, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I've said it once....
and Ill say it again…
the guy reminds me of Bruce Vilanch.
[Damn!]
DeRosa: And who is the best and who is the worst card player?
Dempster: I think the best is yourself. [ . . .] I think the worst player is D-Lee. I think he bets every time just to bet.
Circle gets the square!
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson
milton sighting
last night at the new orleans zephyrs vs i-cubs game. complete with the yellow adam ant glasses and somewhat muted hawaiian-ish shirt. although he was cheering for the zephyrs, so maybe it was milton’s long-lost twin, who got adopted by a benevolent louisiana family.
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