BAN THE CUBS TONIGHT!!!

by graceunderpressure on Sep 10, 2008 11:08 AM CDT Comment 37 comments

Ok, this is not about ledge jumping, or jumping off the bandwagon. This is about taking a break, spending time with the ones we love, reminding ourselves of the other things in life that we lose sight of. It is a long season and lately it has been nothing short of unbearable. For our sanity and possibly a change of luck. Do something different tonight. Check the final score before you go to bed and if they won, pump that fist in the air, and if they lost, well you saved yourself the agony of seeing it happen. Good Luck. I'm suggesting this out of love, because we all know how much this hurts.

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Isnt that what off days are for?

I’m doing nothing tonight but watchin the cubs start their turnaround. It begins tonight, enough is enough.

Ron Santo should sing TMOTTBG everyday. Period.

by Schwa on Sep 10, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

sorry but I'll be listening on the radio

I have a good feeling about tonight

Bleeding Cubbie Blue since 1985.

by Bricks and Ivy on Sep 10, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I still believe...

We are in for something special this year and this is a blip (albeit big one right now) on the radar. I’m watching everything I can, next thing you know baseball will be over and I’ll be stuck watching the Bears get pasted every Sunday.

"You gotta be some kind of strong to hit that ball"-Joe Carter

by Lemonhead99 on Sep 10, 2008 11:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Everytime...

I say, “Forget this! I’m not watching tonight!”… I end up running back to the TV and checking in for “just a second”, and then I end up watching the rest of the game. Being a Cubs fan is like being in a relationship; you fight, you break up, and then you go running back when you miss them.

"Remember each day this year, where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, how you felt as the Cubs win their way through it. Because if this does turn out to be the promised land we have all been waiting for, you will want to remember, savor, cherish every moment..."

by CubsBullsBears on Sep 10, 2008 11:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

glad im not alone

Ill cuss at the Tv and turn it off and storm off only to come back 5 minutes later.

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Sep 10, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

me too

I usually can’t go to sleep unless I know the final score. I can’t remember the number of times I have turned the west coast games off, only to find myself unable to fall asleep, so I stay up way later than I should to watch them

When you're eight games behind, it's like eight miles; when you're eight games in front, it's like eight inches. ~ Ron Santo

by gwood on Sep 10, 2008 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

been there, done that 1000 times

"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus

by graceunderpressure on Sep 10, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm with everybody else here...

Ban the Cubs tonight? No can do. They are going to turn it around and when they do, it will be big time. This Cubs team still has not peaked. I’m gonna be there when they do, watching & enjoying.

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 10, 2008 11:35 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure a dope fiend would love to quit too.

But like the fiend… I can’t.

"This is an environment of welcoming, and you should just get the hell outta here." --Michael Scott

by Reddevil on Sep 10, 2008 11:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

We could sure use a one-hitter tonight!

by John Q Freejazz on Sep 10, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

One toke over the line!

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

by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 10, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

sweet Jesus!

by MOCubsfan on Sep 10, 2008 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think "banning" our team is another way to say:

“Jump off the bandwagon!!”

Thanks, but hell no.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Sep 10, 2008 11:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

that is not what i am saying at all...........

trust me, I’ve been on this creaky old wagon for 20 years now, watching those late sept games at Wrigley with the team 22 games out. I’m just saying, for those of you who like me are just getting miserable lately tuning in with expectations and seeing the crap we have, why not just take a break for a night. I’ll go it alone I guess.

"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus

by graceunderpressure on Sep 10, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think I'm more likely

to ban my loved ones than the Cubs tonight.

Does anyone else see Soriano picking his nose?

by Holy Cattle on Sep 10, 2008 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I will here

enjoying baseball.

by MOCubsfan on Sep 10, 2008 11:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

if i didn't watch tonights game

i would regret it on those cold winter days

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Sep 10, 2008 11:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

As for me

Its Cubs on the radio plugged into my ear and Madden 09 untill I pass out from sleep deprivation.

by StevenABQ on Sep 10, 2008 12:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Can't quite get my

hot routes to work the way I want them to.

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by tony412 on Sep 10, 2008 12:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The last time

I did that, they beat the Rockies 10-9. Never again.

Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana

by copes006 on Sep 10, 2008 12:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

ouch

that was one of those games that i’ll never forget where i was watching it at…..i was at on the rocks, in torrance beach, california, with my girlfriend at the time….sori hit the looper into right center, i started yelling “GET DOWN GET DOWN!!!”

no one else in the bar was watching the cubs except for us and they thought i was yelling at her haha

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Sep 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am going to actually try to WATCH THE GAME

I never watch whole games unless I am at them and even then I read the paper in the scary parts. At home I channel surf other games and the ESPN ticker even though I have E.I. I am thinking of actually TRYING to watch a whole game tonight. I doubt I can but I will try as my version of slump buster.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 10, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You just gave me an idea

Normally I TIVO the game but sometimes, like last night, I sneak a peek at what is happening.

Tonight, I am either going to TIVO it and wait until tomorrow morning to watch even one second, or I am going to just forget about TIVOing and watch the thing live.

I think the second option might be more of a slump buster, because when it is TIVOed, I get nervous and start fast-forwarding like mad at the tense, nerve-wracking parts.

by SuperContext on Sep 10, 2008 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I am headed to St. Louis soon

And will be there in person… so not much chance for me to skip tonight. The wife and I discussed not going last night (mostly due to my anger) and decided that we were going to make the trip. Hoping I will be cheering the Cubs as they start their hot streak to close out the season!

Way back... outta here!!!

by Chubby Hugs on Sep 10, 2008 12:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Although

if there are any bad luck peeps around here…that takes care of that!

Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?

by Kinky Reggae on Sep 10, 2008 12:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going to US Trinidad and Tobago

I’ll be checking frequently via my Iphone. I think my girlfriend will enjoy one night away from the Cubs after last night’s game.

by MerigoldBowling on Sep 10, 2008 12:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll be watching...

… because my loved one will be watching. However, if they lose, he’s sleeping on the couch tonight!

"I'm a Cubs fan. I'm very, very patient." -- from a Shoe cartoon.

by No Southern Belle on Sep 10, 2008 12:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'll be right here

and watching the Cubs. Please try and leave all the drama out of the game threads tonight.

by sue369 on Sep 10, 2008 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't do that...

… but I do know I’ll be listening to at least part of it on the radio, which I rarely do, because I have to be out at gametime.

Last time I listened to any significant portion of a game in the car, Daryle Ward hit the gamewinner in Florida.

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

by Al on Sep 10, 2008 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh

I was listening in my car that night as well.

Almost got a DUICM when Ward hit the homer (Driving Under the Influence of Cubs Mania).

by SuperContext on Sep 10, 2008 4:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude, ban the Cubs?

Nahh….

Brian McRae's 5 O'Clock Shadow

by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 10, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Not going to happen.

As much as I am hating this period, I love this team.

Go Cubs, lets get them tonight.

and Lou, lets move runners, hit and run.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Sep 10, 2008 3:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm going swimming

then taking my wife to dinner.

When I get back, I’ll check on the Cubs

WIN!!!!!!

by Clark Addison on Sep 10, 2008 6:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I only boycott

them when they are a bad team. They are a good team this year and I haven’t had the need to not watch them intentionally. I’ve boycotted the in 05-06 but not this year.

Someday we'll go all the way.

by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Sep 10, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm with you!

Extraordinary measures are called for! I’m manning-up, pussing-out, and will watch the thing my TiVo dutifully recorded if Our Team can hold on & win.

I’ve done more idiotic things for Them before!

Peace out!
Go Cubs!

-jhj

by jhj on Sep 10, 2008 9:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs