Just One Morning Cubs Fact
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 8:35 AM CDT
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While we're all waiting for the big series with the Brewers to begin tonight, consider this: the Cubs have had many historic firsts this year, and many events that haven't occurred in years, if not decades.
The last two games represent the first time in major league history that any team has allowed only one hit, total, in two consecutive games.
Amazing. As I have said before here (thanks to Mike for giving me this), nothing this team does surprises me any more. Keep up the good work. The best is yet to come.
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I caught that on the CSN news last night
Amazing starting pitching (and pretty good relief pitching too)
Here’s hoping it is just as solid pitching the next three games against the Brewers. I hope we can clinch by Thursday or Friday.
by DWChaney on Sep 16, 2008 8:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes all we can say is
WOW,
I thought yesterdays game was in the evening and I didn’t find out diferent till the 8th and as I started to scroll through the game threads I saw the no hitter comments flying. Then when I went to gameday I saw it had been lost in the 7th.
All in all it’s been an interesting couple of days
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Sep 16, 2008 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
saw that on ESPN myself
amazing .. these are indeed historic times
Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!
by cubnational on Sep 16, 2008 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
let's keep
the momemtum going and crush those brewers!!
by cubbiefanTN on Sep 16, 2008 8:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately, Al, the tools at ESPN are diminishing this accomplishment.
They are “blaming” it on MLB for forcing the Astros to play this weekend because the Astros players were tired and tense. Jon Kruk last night, as well as Jason Stark, Mike Golic and Mike Greenberg this morning, were saying that the whole series should have been postponed until the end of the season. (Golic even compared the situation to the NFL’s, where the Texans game was postponed until October. He “forgot” that one game was postponed here as well until the end of the season. The NFL didn’t postpone 3 games as Golic is asking for here.)
The ESPN analysts say the games weren’t postponed to protect the TV contract and because the players union and MLB were adamant that the postseason schedule couldn’t be altered. (Of course, it’s easy for them to say that because they don’t have the rights to broadcast the playoffs on TV anymore.)
I’m amazed that these analysts didn’t realize that postponing the whole series would put either the Cubs at a disadvantage in the postseason (because their pitching rotation would be altered) or it would put the Astros competitors for the wild card at a disadvantage (if the Cubs decided to rest thair aces for the playoffs in what would be meaningless games to them).
As we have discussed here before, the Astros left MLB with no alternatives when they decided to stay in Houston during the hurrricane. Like many others in the area, they complicated matters by refusing to leave. Now everyone is whining. I’m tired of it. it seems that MLB has a public relations mess in their lap because they didn’t explain their decision in order not to assign blame to the Astros.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 8:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yet another reason that ESPN is rapidly becoming irrelevant.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 8:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And had the Astros won a game or both of them...
ESPN would be touting the “heroic” Astros and marveling at their professionalism in the face of overwhelming circumstances…
etc., etc., etc…
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 16, 2008 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good point Zeke...
Would anyone have asked them how they could leave the family at a time like this?
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by O'Cub on Sep 16, 2008 9:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So ridiculous
Can’t ESPN do better than some of the guys on their shows. Jon Kruk is terrible, I want HR back. I like Emitt Smith but he has trouble getting through sentences.
If you have dumb ideas at least present them well.
Lets do it Cubbies
by slocs55 on Sep 16, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
I thought Harold Raines did a great job on Baseball tonight. I’m remember one of the first things Jon Kruk said when they hired him was the Randy Johnson would win 30 in his first season with the Yankee’s. Considering most pitcher these days don’t even come close to 40 starts a year that may have been on the worst predections I’ve ever hear.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that you
meant Harold Reynolds. While it would be interesting to see what a mixture of Harold Reynolds and Tim Raines would do if they were combined as a baseball player.
Baseball is too much of a sport to be a business and too much of a business to be a sport.
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by bubbamike the one and only on Sep 16, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's a joke in there about what he'd do OFF the field
But I’ll let you fill in the punchline yourself.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harold Reynolds is coming back
when the MLB channel debuts in January. I’m no fan of Harold’s, but compared to Kruk, he’s Earl Weaver, Joe McCarthy and John McGraw wrapped into one.
by Josh77 on Sep 16, 2008 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't you miss Kubek and Gowdy?
I really don’t like ANY of the other team’s announcers, or ESPN’s.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Sep 16, 2008 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, I actually couldn't stand Kubek and Gowdy.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 12:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I miss Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And hearing them say, "brought to you by G. Heilmann brewing company..
Lacrosse, Wisconsin, God’s country."
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did it take anyone else a while to warm up to Harry Caray...
being a Cubs broadcaster? To me he always was the voice of that team with the town with the arch and it took a while to seem right. Eventually I almost forgot he was anywhere else.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It tookme a while. The fact that he was
an ex-sox broadcaster didn’t set too well with me at the time.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too
in fact i never deified him the way many did—but do appreciate him more—now that he’s gone.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I discovered Harry on the WGN Superstation (cable).
So, to me, he only broadcasted for the Cubs. I never heard him anywhere else. He influenced me to become a Cubs fan.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember Kubek and Garagiola
They were pretty good for their day, but that day is long gone. (Although you can occasionally hear Joe filling in on a Diamondbacks telecast on a Saturday night.)
by Josh77 on Sep 16, 2008 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw the Krukster go OFF last night...
…about the Cubs/Astros series. I think he used the word “ridiculous” about 20 times. I can see his point about the difficulty Astros players faced in leaving their families behind in that situation, and I do sympathize with them. But, c’mon, do they really want us to pity them? They’re professionals. They get paid to put the bat to the ball. Once they flew into Milwaukee, they needed to accept the reality of the situation and do their jobs.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Meat Loaf Neglected To Place The Blame Where It Belongs
on Drayton McLane, for refusing to heed early warnings about Ike and then digging in his heels about the games having to be played in Houston.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 16, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
in the court of public opinion...
the Cubs couldn’t win. We see what’s happened by sweeping 2 games. Had they lost two, they’d be lambasted for not even being able to beat a refugee Astros team.
Fortunately, the Cubs won in the only way that matters. In the standings.
by rgonzale on Sep 16, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't that imply they were once relevant?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it does.
They were, for a short time. Not for quite a while, though.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You don't really think this do you?
You believe that ESPN is irrelevant? How are you defining the term?
As far as I can tell, there is not a single company/institution that plays a bigger role in educations the public about sports than ESPN.
by Leon Durham on Sep 16, 2008 11:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But with lack of competition comes stagnation.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with the theory
And I agree that in many ways, ESPN has rested on its laurels for too long, but to call ESPN irrelevant, when it remains the single largest source for sports information is, in my opinion, dead wrong.
by Leon Durham on Sep 16, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Relevant, Like Paris Hilton
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 16, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
irrelevant might not be the right word
but they have become very East coast bias. Baseball seems to be the Yankee’s, Red Sox and 28 other teams. There are certian players, teams or stories that they focus on and if they are not in thier “favored” status then it gets less coverage. They may not always be East coast, but most are. They day after Daryle Wards game winning home run in Florida the 10am Sportcenter never even showed highlights of the game.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we say this as Cub fans
who get their fair share of coverage even as a bad team. Imagine a Mariners, or Rangers fan. You never hear about them.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true
I’m also a huge Colts fan and I’ll admit they get a lot of coverage also.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They do
But not like the Patriots (some of it deserved), Giants and Jets.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How huge? This huge? Bigger?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
welcome to Indianapolis.
fried-food capital of the world.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 3:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You call what ESPN does "education"?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 11:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I call it
the place where more people go than any other to get information (education) about sports. Do you disagree?
by Leon Durham on Sep 16, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Information = Education?
Sometimes yes….most times no.
I can get a lot of information about something…and still not know what the hell i’m talking about.
ESPN isn’t in the education business…they’re a sitcom wrapped around a game show that’s wrapped around a sports cast. I guess you could be educated on the latest “hip” phrases in our pop-culture, or on the inter workings of Joba’s off day routine, or what Bert Favor had for breakfast. Aside from just telling us the score of the games, the rest is the back of a cereal box…sometimes I read it if there’s nothing else to do.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That education
is on their agenda, which far too often, IMO, includes a heavy emphasis of the East Coast at the expense of other, more interesting story lines.
It appears to me that ESPN, over the years, has eschewed interesting, involving stories for loud soundbytes and analysis that brings almost nothing to the table.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But what about the Cowboys?
They’re not an East Coast team and they get covered a lot. Progress!
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As an aside, the sarcasm.gif is now showing this:
I think he can singlehandedly blame us.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Join the BCB Flickr group.
Here’s the URL. We can all freely post the version I saved there.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have to agree, slightly....
….I sympathize with the Astros’ players, and it IS somewhat patently unfair to have played these games in Milwaukee, less than 2 hours from Chicago.
But Houston’s failure to make a decision earlier truly left MLB with no other choice. And let’s not forget that Houston’s ownership, by getting the gate receipts from a series that was WELL attended (certainly more so than it might have been if played in Atlanta, Seattle, Washington DC, or Minnesota, to point out a few alternatives suggested) probably made MORE money this way….
by Chadnudj on Sep 16, 2008 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't sympathize with the Astros players, especially the crybabies Berkman, Ausmus, Oswalt...
Berkman on the “home field” fans in Miller Park: “I can’t believe our home fans would cheer that lustfully for the Cubs…I said ‘wait a minute. Why are our fans cheering for the Cubs?’’”
Brad Asumus: “They [the fans in Miller Park] really didn’t seem to take into consideration our circumstances.”
Wa, wa, wa, wa. Stop playing the victim card, fellas. Get into your private jet, fly to Miami on your hyper-inflated salaries, and play baseball.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
Yes, the hurricane was an unfortunate occurrence, but, no one got hurt or died, right? Someone told me years ago that if all it takes is money to fix something, then don’t worry about it. The players and families were inconvenienced, etc., but their upper management waited too long to do what they should have dobe all along, and get the players and families out of there. Sure, it sucks because it happened during a stretch where they are beating everybody, but suck it up and play.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Sep 16, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why they got beat...
..even thought they had tough circumstances, they carried a defeatist attittude onto the field with them.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
None of this would hvae been a problem...
…if the Astros management used common sense and thought, “Hell, we ain’t gonna be able to play these games in Houston, there’s a CAT4 hurricane comin!” They would have had their choice of ballpark, and not been forced to play at Wrigley North. I have sympathy for Houston, but not for their team’s idiocy.
And 1 hit in 18 innings is stil…1 hit in 18 innings. Doesn’t matter the location, team, situation, etc.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 16, 2008 9:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What I find least understandable about the Astros whole approach...
… was their attitude after MLB made the decision. Yes, they didn’t get the best possible deal for them. But instead of sucking it up and saying, “Let’s go get ’em”, they whined, “Poor us”, and approached the two games as if they were playing in a pit of flaming pork chops instead.
It’s no wonder they lost two games. The Cubs benefitted from the Astros’ whining. What I don’t understand is WHY they whined AFTER the decision was made. Their lack of professionalism and leadership is baffling.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think all of this can be summed up quite nicely in the following article.
The title of the article is “A message to the Houston Astros: Please Shut Up!”
I highly recommend everyone to read this here:
Here’s an excerpt:
And in all of this, there is a bittersweet irony behind all the moaning and groaning. The Astros still got the game receipts. The Cubs fans that they so callously mocked and used as objects of scorn are in reality helping the team put money in the coffers, and the Astros’ treatment of them in this media blitz is unacceptable.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another quote from that link that sums it up well:
It sucks, but not one player came out and said, “Yeah, we have it rough in terms of baseball, but we realize that we flew here on a private jet and are getting paid to play a game we love, and meanwhile people are suffering back in Houston. We are playing for them.”
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly.
They could have turned their situation into a positive and rallied themselves around it. Instead, they whined and moped and engaged in silent mock protests. Again, I do feel bad for what those players and everyone in that area went through and continues to go through. But once the situation is set in stone – here is where the games will be played, here is when they will be played – a team has to be able to set aside the unjustness and play the game.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And now they have to go to Florida...
where there will be literally tens of Marlin fans in attendance. Will their suffering ever end?!?
by hokie316 on Sep 16, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The horror, the horror!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's why I want ABA for the wild card.
That is, anybody but the Astros as the wild card team. I we are going to be the villains on this I might as well see the Astros complaining from outside.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and they'll be complaining the entire off season...
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 16, 2008 1:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is Golic even a baseball fan?
His views of college and pro football can be good… not so much on baseball. There show is about sports but also about some humor.
Where as the point of baseball tonight is to show hi lites and have baseball commetary by baseball players or analysts. Which they don’t do. So I far more critical of them.
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 16, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps somebody could send an email to the ESPN ombudsman
Here’s the link for those wishing to do so. I’d send something myself, but I didn’t see Baseball Tonight so I really don’t know exactly what was said.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see it either
But if it’s as bad as what I’m reading, I hope people do send e-mails.
This is on Houston ownership for being thick-headed, and on the players for not sucking it up and playing ball.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kruk's behavior was abysmal
but whoever said the games couldn’t be moved to the end of the season because of TV schedules was right. But while the MLBPA wouldn’t have wanted the end of the season changed and would have blocked it had it been proposed, there is no fracking way that Bud Selig wanted to extend the post-season another four days. Both MLB and the MLBPA didn’t want that to happen. So that’s half-right.
But Kruk’s behavior was typical for him. He had absolutely no idea what the hell he was talking about, yet still felt justified in making major statements about the moral failings of others.
by Josh77 on Sep 16, 2008 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, just another typical MSM blowhard...
…who feels it’s his solemn duty to state a “strong” opinion instead of an informed, reasonable one.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another MSM hater
There’s not enough of us. They feel too obligated to their ratings, aka: appealing to the lowest common denominator.
by dr stabbingworth on Sep 16, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He started sweating during his monologue.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
for those who didn't see it
he is not joking.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Confirmed.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kruk seemed to think
if he spoke increasingly louder and faster his point would make more sense.
Not once did he bring up that if the Astros organization moved out early they would have been “well rested” for the series. Or, had the games been played in Houston, what the emotional backlash would have been then. Orrrr, what playing three games after the end of the season would do to the Cubs rotation.
Moran.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Worst of the Jockocracy
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 16, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ESPN math:
ability to play sports = ability to talk about sports
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kruk has a lot of ball talking that way
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I called a friend of mine in the 6th inning yesterday.
I told him, they’re doing it again. It’s amazing. I couldn’t stop smiling Monday.
by Rick B on Sep 16, 2008 8:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I was suprised to hear this too. Impressive.
Let’s get ’em tonight!
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 16, 2008 9:04 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Didn't the Dean brothers come close one time?
I recall one of those baseball tales going something like this…
Dizzy pitches a great first game of a double-header, and Paul throws a no-hitter in the second game. Afterwards, Dizzy said something like “shoot, if I woulda known Paul was gonna throw a no-hitter, I woulda thrown one too.”
I always thought Dizzy threw a one-hitter in the first game, but based on above research obviously not. Maybe it was a two-hitter? Or maybe this is just one of those baseball fish stories that get better and better each time it’s told…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 16, 2008 9:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The DH in question...
… was on September 21, 1935. Dizzy threw a three-hitter in the first game.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moreland #6
Keith’s nickname was “Zonk.” I’m sure someone here knows how he acquired that (probably something to do with his UT football days).
by thermal54 on Sep 16, 2008 9:16 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He was a fan of Larry Csonka (sp?)
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it possible to have a "statement game" after 90 wins?
A win against CC, with Dempster on the mound, truly would scare the bejebus outta every other team in baseball. As hot as CC has been, his last start against the Cubs saw 9 H and 4 ER. A day after slaughtering the Astros, the Brewers come to Wrigley Yost-less, and struggling for air. What a better way to say “We’re the Best” than beat up CC with our reliever-turned-starter? I am smokin’ fired up for this series. Take 2/3 or better and nothing can stop us.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 16, 2008 9:17 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and Johnny Vander Meer was sweating it out for awhile there... ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 16, 2008 9:20 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He still has to "sweat it out"...
… when Z makes his next start on Friday.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1. Yepper!
Go get ’em Z…
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 16, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just hoping
that the Brewers don’t get a dead cat bounce in this series due to the managerial change.
Hey Lou, we're long overdue.
by deadcatbounce on Sep 16, 2008 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i see what you did there...
nicely done.
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
by bobby h on Sep 16, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One cup of bitter from Brian McTaggert (Houston Chronicle)
I’m really over Houston whining about these last 2 games.
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 16, 2008 9:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No kidding.
What a pile of crap that link is.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The two games have been played
And the victories are in the books. Who cares about their complaining anymore? We have a division-clinching series against Milwaukee to play!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, no,
you stay classy Brian McTaggert.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The booing was unnecessary
I’m sure that’s going to get flamed, but that’s how I feel.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sure, I wouldn't recommend booing, especially in this case.
But to go off and rip the fans of a team for the actions of a few is ridiculous and journalistically wrong, even on a blog.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree...
The Cubs fans in attendence seemed to treat this not even like a home game, but something even better. It should of been treated like a regular road game – and that means staying extra classy to the home team.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been to a lot of ballgames and there's always booing.
A couple of weeks ago I went to see the Rangers play the Orioles at Camden Yards, and the fans were booing the home team. Big friggin’ deal. If you’re a crybaby and you can’t take booing, then become an insurance salesman or a librarian.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I think the Astros are whiners in this, don't get me wrong
But WTF did the players do to the Cubs or their fans that would prompt the booing?
“Oh, no. Our team wants to win, and you’re going to try to stop them. BOOO!” That’s what it comes across as — juvenille.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The booing
Wasn’t directed at the team per say, but even at the fans that decided to show up. Miller Park did what they could, such as showing the few astros fans in attendence on the jumbotron and playing astros trivia questions… this is when booing happened. To me it stuck at a cubs fan sense of entitlement. I didn’t like it.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I actually took that as banter
But I can see your perspective.
Booing the Astros’ players was just dopey.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hit post to soon
And that’s what I see as a sense of entitlement.
“How DARE you try to beat MY team???” Instead of a realization that, yeah, they want to win, too — MLB wasn’t set up as a league of teams to lay down for the Cubs.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well then...
MLB wasn’t set up as a league of teams to lay down for the Cubs.
That would explain the last hundred years, now, wouldn’t it?
by MN exile on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe, but it happens everywhere.
A couple of years ago, I was in St. Petersburg watching the Yankees play the Rays. Back then, the Rays were pretty bad. There were more Yankee fans than Rays fans in the latter’s ballpark. The Yankee fans continuously booed the Rays and cheered for their team. The same thing happens in Miami, because the visitors have more fans there most nights.
Maybe the circumstances warranted a courtesy applause for the Astros players but they threw away any good will towards them with their whining and unprofessional attitude. Complaining about the fans is just part of that public relations campaign to pass themselves off as victims of MLB and the Cubs.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Back then, the Rays were pretty bad." ;-)
Now that’s off the charts on the unintentional humor scale, to quote a Bill Simmons phrase…
I think it’s probably fair to say “Back then” could cover just about every year the Rays have been around up until this one.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 16, 2008 12:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe instead of rolling
on the floor you were simply lying there ;-}
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 16, 2008 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess a LOFL would be...
…somewhere in between a LOL and a ROFL.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yup...
a lazy man’s ROFL.
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 16, 2008 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A REALLY lazy man
Is just OF
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
in that case he's drunk
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 16, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't we boo the other team when they come on the field at Wrigley?
I see nothing wrong with booing the opposing team in a PENNANT RACE.
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 16, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't see why we should boo then either...
But the fact of the matter stands – This was technically a road game. We should treat the technical home team (at least their fans, as long as they don’t wear black and white) with a semblence of respect
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is booing the opposing team the same as disrespecting them?
Sometimes I’ve booed many opposing batters that I’ve had a lot of respect for. I remember as a little kid booing Clemente when he came up to bat with the bags loaded, and the Cubs announcer saying “Next batter for the Pirates, Roberto Clemente!”
“BOO, BOO, BOO!” me the little kid booed.
It’s just part of the game. I respected Clemente. He was just batting against my Cubbies.
I think the Astros need to man up a bit.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Different experiences, I guess
When I was a kid, my dad took me to a Cubs-Cards game at Wrigley Field. At one point, I booed some Cardinals. A young woman in front of me turned around and said something to the effect of, “I don’t want the Cubs to win, but I’d never boo them. I’m just cheering for the Cardinals.”
She wasn’t confrontational about it and it stuck with me all these years.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's what I do now...cheer for the Cubs and not boo anyone else
Maybe it’s an age thing…well, on second thought, I could see myself booing Prince Fielder :-)
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: Speaking of Prince
I gained a ton of respect for him May 1 at the game when he knocked Soto over, was out, and handed Geo his mask, patting him on the backside as if to say, “Nice play — you got me.”
Lost most of it when he attacked Manny Parra.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When at baseball games...
…I belt out one “boo” for each opposing player as their names are read off the starting line-up before the game begins. Just one, quick “Boo!” Not drawn out, not given that gutteral tonality, but just “Boo!” Like someone shouting “Boom!” Minus the M, I mean. And when the umps are named, I say “Oh no!”
That’s all the negativity I voice when at games.
by Flatley on Sep 16, 2008 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Except for a certain AZ outfielder
Then you say, “Boo-urns”
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some player consider boo's on road
the same as cheers at home. Reggie Miller is one that comes to mind, he loved to be booed on the road.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 12:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So maybe a standing O for the Astros as they take the field....
…or when they show an Astros fan on the Jumbotron?
Yeah, that’s going to happen. The Cubs fans were having fun, I’m sure it wasn’t a malicious booing or threats weren’t being made to Astros’ fans.
But McTaggert was referring to Cubs fans booing when the Astros took the field.
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 16, 2008 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
fan boo the other team?
how long has this been going on? Next thing you’ll tell us is under age college students drink beer.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the distinction that needs to be made in these situations...
…is what kind of ‘booing’ are we talking about. If it’s literally ‘booing’, to me that’s part of the game, and is something that we, the fans have the right to do if we so choose. Many choose not to, and that’s cool. But if something happens that causes you displeasure, I see nothing wrong with a good hearty “booooo”.
Now if by ‘booing’, you mean name calling, swearing, bringing the family into the picture, etc. well, that’s almost always over the line and not appropriate.
I guess my pet peeve is when folks use the term ‘booing’ in a very generic sense. I think it’s important to be more specific about what is actually being said/yelled.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Sep 16, 2008 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the Rangers-Orioles game I saw with my little kid 2-3 weeks ago....
there was one obnoxious guy constantly yelling at Josh Hamilton: “Hamilton, ya got nutin’! ya got nutin’! sit down! ya got nutin’”
It was pretty obnoxious.
The difference is that I didn’t read the next day in Dallas web sites how obnoxious Orioles fans are, or how cursed the Orioles are, or how they hope Baltimore goes through another giant “Chicago fire” again, etc., etc.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 1:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's my post to that idiot
“Wow, now the Brewers’ fans are dumping on the Cubs along with the Astros’ fans? Look at the standings, look who forced their team and families to stay in Houston for greed and look who fired their manager a year to late. Crybabies, ALL OF YOU! So the team gets booed? It’s baseball, folks. I’ll bet a decent portion of Chicagoans gave donations to the charities that will help rebuild Houston and support the families that really need it. Grow up!”
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Sep 16, 2008 12:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what a mindnumbingly bitter article
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find it funny that a related fanpost on the right...
…is Al’s post about Zambrano’s “shoulder discomfort”. Ahhh, the irony.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Sep 16, 2008 9:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of shoulder discomfort....
got a text from someone at the game after it say Z looked encouraging well. Funniest text I got in ages.
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 16, 2008 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Alright, Fess up!
I checked my mail today and there was a package with a Cubs stainless steel travel mug inside. I’m assuming it’s a birthday gift, but I have no clue who sent it to me though!!! So fess up, whoever you are!!!
I’m suspecting it was from my parents, but haven’t been able to confirm. All I know is that it was from a “Caseys distributing inc” in Omaha. Does anyone know if cubsworld or something ships from there?
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 9:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm going tonight,
a few weeks ago I was hoping it would be clinching time for this game. Oh well, I shouldn’t get too greedy.
Bpatterson83 went to Demp’s stand-up last night. Haven’t heard how funny he was yet, he said the usual suspects (great movie) were there, Kaplan, Shark, I think Z too.
Lets do it Cubbies
by slocs55 on Sep 16, 2008 9:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I went to that event, too.
Dempster did not appear — due to the change in rotation that has Dempster going tonight, he got Samardzija to fill in for him. The Shark was pretty funny, actually, especially for a last minute replacement.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
Nope!
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 9:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al
would you mind (at some point, whenever you have a moment to breathe) posting a brief recap/thoughts? I always wonder if those things are worth attending. Thanks!
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 16, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll try to post a bit in the pregame thread this afternoon.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not soon enough!
We demand MORE! MORE!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
I DO have to do my real job for a while. And then I have to get in my car and drive home. And then I’d like to have some lunch.
Can you wait till then?
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't the needs of the many
outwiegh the needs of the few? Oh, wait that’s communism. Be a good American and have lunch first.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
KAHN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qelcp4w2No8
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 10:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is your user name
Because of Huey Lewis?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's the Power of Love, dude.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're Walking on a Thin Line there, daver.
by hokie316 on Sep 16, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would that Thin Line mean Daver
‘Wants a New Drug’?
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, one that won't make me nervous...
…wonderin’ what to do…one that makes me feel the way I feel when I’m with youuuuuuuuuuuuu…when I’m alone with you…
(Oh man, am I embarassed for knowing those words. Uh, no offense, hip2b.)
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knowing the words to Huey Lewis songs
isn’t embarrassing. Unless they’re new songs.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A good point
They still have new songs?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have no idea.
I stick with the classics.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And you're happy to be stuck with them
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, it's true.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you don't like the new stuff
you can always go back in time.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's true.
I graduated high school in ’87, so several Huey Lewis songs are hardwired into my memory at this point.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huey and the News
Just played a couple nights up in Escanaba, MI at some casino. Didn’t catch them, alas, as I was just passing through. But man….
"We are not equations with hats." -Dean Young
by Kegler on Sep 16, 2008 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, yeah. A few years ago
they were at one of the free pavillions at Summerfest.
Fame is fleeting.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Heart of Cubbie Blue is still beating
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All this activity on a blog on a weekday
None of us are Working for a Living?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would be
if not for this blasted stomach flu, or whatever it is that’s bugging me
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So YOU need a new drug
Sounds like you feel bad. And you know, Sometimes, bad IS bad . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs win tonight,
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dude, it's 4:40
Work is over.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Work will be over in 1 hour and 15 minutes.
But now, I have to get going.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm attempting to perfect
the art of working and chatting simultaneously. Doesn’t hurt that half my job constitutes being online to look up stats, either.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one needs to justify it . . .
I was working another song title into the discussion . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well played.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe not,
no one seemed to recognize it
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
once i re-read it
and noticed it was capitalized, it instantly came to me. And now the song is stuck in my head. Though that beats ‘If This is It’
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So you had to go
Back In Time?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Naturally.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Might be running out of references
If This Is It, it’s been amusing
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Please, let me know.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You could say
we’ve been Walking a Thin Line for a while now.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, labelled as freaks...
…loose in the heart of the city.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How narrow will this post go?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We figured this out the other day.
At some point, it just starts staying the same size. Probably around right now.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh I missed that
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait, maybe it's now.
Yeah, looks like it.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe now?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, it's now.
Pretty sure.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But posting a large pic
can stretch it out into the Netherworld.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pretty much
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool. Always liked Huey
and his pal, Bruce Hornsby
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tip for you...
Huey Lewis apparently drops in at the 2 AM Club in Mill Valley, CA from time to time.
Make of that what you will.
Really good taco shop a couple doors down, too…
by MN exile on Sep 16, 2008 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mill Valley?
No McFly has ever amounted to anything in the history of Mill Valley.
(Yes, I know it’s “Hill”. Close enough.)
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Yeah, well... history's gonna change..."
That was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I think I appreciate it even more as an adult, actually.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mine, too
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In '84/85 at the height of Huey's popularity..
he played I believe the Rosemont and Sandberg/Sutcliffe were there with their wives…they were so mobbed by autograph seekers they were barely able to watch the show.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In Communist Russia
Lunch eats You!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The old joke
in the USSR was “In capitalist countries, man exploits their fellow man. In communist countries, it’s the other way around.”
by Josh77 on Sep 16, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No!!!
Lunch was 4.5 hours ago!!! It’s almost dinnertime now! :)
Though I have a feeling my protests won’t mean anything as you enjoy a nice lunch. Get Panera or a Chicago hot dog! I miss that stuff!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great benefit
Last night was a great time and was for an unbelievable foundation. I was actually able to win the signed autograph Zambrano ball. I plan on framing it along with my ticket from the game up in milwaukee I went too. It was a bummer that dempster wasn’t able to attend due to the rotation change but the Shark did a really good job.
"Commit to the Indian!"
by Bpatterson83 on Sep 16, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Houston's Tears
Before doing too much crying the Astros should watch some tape of the September 6 game in Cincinnati. Well over half of the 40,000+ in attendance were sporting Cubbie Blue. The Cubs fans were so dominant that Soriano was nearly forced to make a curtain call after his 3rd home run.
Moving the game from Houston was unfortanate for them but once set in motion, any location would have been dominated by Cubs fans.
By the way, did everyone forget that the Astros just swept the Cubs in Wrigley about 10 days ago?
by Cubsfanincolumbus on Sep 16, 2008 10:00 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I can't wait for this series!!!!
I’m going tonight, Thursday, and then the opener vs St. Louis on Friday.
If we sweep the Brewers, I’ll see them clinch on Thursday!
P.S. I hope Lou gives Big Z a pinch hit opp tonight… so the crowd can go nuts!
I'm not going to even bother trying to update this sig everyday anymore... that's what the standings column on ESPN is for.
Updated on May 25, 2008
by SackMan on Sep 16, 2008 10:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Let's not forget
A sweep of the brewers might not clinch the division on Thursday. The astros need to lose one of thier games in Florida. Our magic number over the brewers is 6 but it’s 4 over the astros. If we sweep the brewers and the astros sweep the marlins then the astros would pass the brewers for second place and our magic would be 1 on Thursday.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
party pooper!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just keeping the facts straight.
besides I think the marlins will win at least one.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 10:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping the Marlins can sweep the Astros
So the Astros really have something to cry about.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I’ve never hated the Astros. In fact, I even mildly rooted for them in the 2005 World Series against the White Sox.
But their attitude this weekend really rubbed me the wrong way. At this point I think I’d rather see the Brew Crew rebound and take the wild card than see the Astros get in.
by SuperContext on Sep 16, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I totally agree...
I liked Milwaukee when they were in the AL. I would still rather see them do well here on out as opposed to the whiners from the 4th largest city in the US that just had a weather disturbance go through. Not at the expense of the Cubbies though.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My thoughts, exactly.
My motto: ABA. (No, not the American Bar Association.) Anybody But the Astros.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
AKA the Colt .45s. Please hand me that airsickness bag.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Warning I may sound mushy
Guys and girls I had a thought I wanted to share.
One neat part of this season is sharing this as a group. Some of us have known each other for a few years some are newer friends than that.
This is going to be a wild ride heck it already has been and I’m looking forward to sharing in it with all here.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 16, 2008 10:12 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I look forward to sharing it with everyone
Except you, that is. I don’t like you.
j/k ;-)
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree.
Yesterday I kept my eyes open for any BCB tshirts.
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 16, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
I joined a few months ago, because of all the fun the people are having here, celebrating the Cubs, win or lose. I’ve lurked on other sites, but they seemed wayyyy too uptight or intense or stat-crazy.
I’ll be here for as long as you folks can stand me. :-)
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 16, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aside from the foul stench emanating from your username...
…you are more than welcome.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite stat
Was the Astros BA in the series .019. I think they batted around .330 during the streak. Anyway I like .019 even better than saying one hit in two games.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 16, 2008 10:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Off subject
How do you post pictures on here?
by ThisOldCub18 on Sep 16, 2008 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like this...
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
uh-oh
Dave’s cracked my magic # code . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Copy the image link from another website
— In firefox right click on the picture and select ‘copy image location’
And then paste it into the dialog box that shows up when you click the tree above the post text box.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Try again!
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like something from HP Lovecraft
by daeviant on Sep 16, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu W'rigley Field wgah'nagl fhtagn
by daeviant on Sep 16, 2008 11:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't talk with your mouth full, young man
"Years of academy training, wasted"--Buzz Lightyear (not a flying toy)
by spoiledcubbage on Sep 16, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very nice.
Now what is this in reference to?
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Harold Reynolds?
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Approved.
But improve your photoshop skills.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why is the Astros owner wearing a Cubs hat?
His name is Drayton McWhiner.
by Fraggin Judge on Sep 16, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he only has three fingers on each hand.
coincidence?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I suggest revising the image...
…and giving him an Astros hat.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Scrooge McDuck in a Stros hat is a better fit.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ah, touche.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's just wrong
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like this one:
Cubs’ pitchers hits: 2
Astros hits: 1
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Watching the out by out recap on the web, I didn't realize
since the game wasn’t televised out here, is that Z only gave up 2 fly ball outs to DeRo. That’s amazing. Soriano or Edmonds didn’t touch a baseball except to warm up when they came out play the field. Wow.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Sep 16, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, and neither one would have made the seats in Houston, either.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
Didn’t know that.
AmaZing.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone besides me think
Maybe Dome would have caught Loretta’s hit. It was a clean hit but I think a GREAT fielder
like Dome might have gotten it. This has probably come up before in the game thread but
I am afraid I just can’t read them all.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 16, 2008 10:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
He could have dived, missed and a run scores
more important to win
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe
but Lilly, while good, really didn’t have “no-hit stuff” like Zambrano did. He might have gotten the final eight outs without giving up a hit if Dome had caught that one, but I think the odds are he’d have given up a hit in the eighth or ninth. The Astros hits some hard shots right at people. (Ramirez’s error was a hit in any other game, probably.)
But of course we’ll never know. And we got the win.
by Josh77 on Sep 16, 2008 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never seen a crowd so happy for an error before.
We waited and waited to see what it’d be scored.
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 16, 2008 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What right fielder in Cubs history would have caught that?
Sosa? Callison? Hickman? Pepitone? I’m not being snarky I just don’t think anyone in a Cubs uniform would have caught that one. I’m just drawing a blank on right fielders now; maybe there has been one who could have got it. I just can’t think of one now. Anyone? Anyone?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matt Stairs or Jeromy Burnitz would have made it look routine.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why didn't I think of them?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boots Day?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cleon James?
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Come on, I'm thinking of a name that starts with Hoff
and ends with power
I give up. I just can’t recall it.
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anyone
comes up with that one, they would have had to have an incredible jump to even make an effort.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
by BigJohnAZ on Sep 16, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soriano does a fantastic hop....but sadly not an incredible jump.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Al Spangler
Not.
Go Green! Go White! GO STATE! (#13031 on the Cubs season ticket waiting list...)
by Zeke on Sep 16, 2008 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The cockiness returns....
A bit different a week ago when the Cubs were on a losing streak.
Nothing has been accomplished yet. I just want to get to the playoffs with the Cubs healthy. Right now that’s goal #1.
by rlpete on Sep 16, 2008 11:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 for goal #1
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1 for acknowledging cockiness
I’m pro-cockiness at this point.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
by IowaCubs- on Sep 16, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
OT: TV tonight ...
I won’t be able to come back to this site for the rest of the day. Can anyone tell me where this game will be televised tonight? CSN or WGN?
I suppose I could have gone to Cubs.com, but who has the time to do that when I could just be lazy and ask you fine people?
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
by IowaCubs- on Sep 16, 2008 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
CSN
So sayeth the pocket schedule.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Okay, it's CSN, I just cheated and looked.
Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.
by IowaCubs- on Sep 16, 2008 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some serious love for the Cubs in Rob Neyer's chat today
Some of the highlights
Dan (NJ)
Clearly a better team? Im not sure about that. They have a better bullpen. But in a playoff series Id take Johan, Ollie and Pelf over the Big Z, Harden and Dempster.
ROB NEYER
Okay. But most of the time you would lose.
Pat (Philly)
Regarding the Cubs’ obstacles in the playoffs…The Cubs are clearly a better team than the Phils and Mets, but don’t forget the Cubs don’t have an effective lefty on their roster besdies Lilly. That could be a major factor in a short series.
ROB NEYER
What’s wrong with Neal Cotts and Sean Marshall?
Josh DC
Clearly the Cubs are the favorites in the NL right now, but who do you like to challenge them in October? Dodgers? Mets? Phillies? Brewers? What will be their biggest obstacle?
ROB NEYER
Rich Harden’s body. If that doesn’t get in their way, the Cubs may breeze into the World Series.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pat from Philly is delusional
The Cubs don’t have an effective lefty on their roster besides Lilly? Hello, Rich Harden.
by daeviant on Sep 16, 2008 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was talking about relievers I think
Either way, what scares me is Dan was serious.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's good stuff right there.
Johan, Ollie and Pelf sounds like three guys who dress up as clowns and do kids parties.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rich Harden is a lefty?
Inform MDBNIU immediately!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He will pitch lefty in the playoffs as well
Game one righty, game two lefty
Though usually Ted Lilly would be associated with such superhuman ability
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe he could alternate arms each inning.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hokey pokey pitching.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
More like guess-hack pitching
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um.... Harden is right-handed
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game." - Walt Whitman
by hip2bsquare on Sep 16, 2008 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but he bats lefty
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's probably from whence the confusion arose.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cool thing
I just got a cool thing in the mail.
Friends in a non sports internet group had our annual get together 2 weeks ago. I wasn’t able to go but I founded the group 5 years ago. It’s a political group so I’d rather not go into further detail.
BUt the group got together and recorded Go Cubs Go holding up Cubs signs and sent me a video. When it’s on youtube I’ll post the link.
Go Cubs
by cubstoseriesby100 on Sep 16, 2008 12:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This Is It!
The way I see it, a win tonight seals the deal. If you beat CC it mentally kills the brew crew and then you stop any talk of manager change being effective etc etc. I think tonight is huge. If we lose, no real big deal, but a win would really make this seem over!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 12:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
We already beat him once
I think we can do it again
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To be technical we did not beat him.
We won a game he started but he was not involved in the decision. Iron Ted matched him and the
Cubs won against the non existent Brewer bullpen.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 16, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I like saying we beat him
Sounds better. Technically you are right, though the only reason we didn’t beat him was bc we Howry’ed the game.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was gonna say
I thought we were winning when CC left the game and Howry let the tying run score, taking CC off the hook.
I agree in saying that we beat CC.
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 16, 2008 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We beat the Brewers....that's all that farking matters.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But, the Brewers are 10-1 in his starts.
That 1 came on July 28, when the Cubs won 6-4, so we’ve got that against them.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs beat CC tonight that would be the cherry on top of this week.
It would be an unbelievable run. I am thinking the Cubs should be playing pretty loose tonight. With the Brewers playing uptight and nervous, I like our chances tonight!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Other than the new manager
factor, I would agree. The Cubs should be very loosy-goosy because the pressure is on the brewers to do something fantastic now.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure he is really going to do too much.
Maybe switch the lineup a little but this team has shown it warts the last week or so. Not sure Sveum is going to WILL this team to more wins.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think he will do much either, it's just
that sometimes a team will get a little “bounce” when a new manager takes over. It usually doesn’t last but it can happen.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course he will do something different...
CC will be on a 180 pitch count
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they don't make the playoffs, CC should sue the entire
organization for malpractice.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
After the Mets Fired Randolph
they basically played .500 ball for the first 15 games. Which I guess was better than what they were playing but… who knows. I just want them to beat CC!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe if the lay out a trail of
cheeseburgers away from the park he will wander away and not find his way back to the park.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
McDonalds is right across from the park
Maybe CC and Prince will get a pre-game meal or six and forget about the game.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
what is prince going to eat at McDonalds? cmon
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The walls and ceiling, maybe.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Egg McMuffins
and the Filet O’ Fish
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell, even their salads
have a bazillion calories.
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 16, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
everything except the actual meat
then prolly that too
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #5 3-0 (0-0). Next up Saturday home vs. Buffalo. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
by nji232 on Sep 16, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Large fries. Side salad. Maybe a parfait.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
After the Dodgers got Manny they played .500 ball for a month or so
Nothing is going to change because of one person, especially a manager with a name that sounds like something that would be censored on network tv (and I’m sure he is a nice guy and a good baseball mind)
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The basic problem with the team is still there. Changing
managers will not fix the bullpen or keep them from striking out too much. The team is basically flawed. They remind me of the Cub teams with Sammy. Lots of flash, but not enogh people getting on base.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
it seems to me that Braun carried this team
and when his back gave out , so did the team and their lousy bullpen
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And he hasn't been the same since the injury...
which he said would effect him the rest of the year.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you take a good look at their
lineup, they are all pretty much the same. Not a lot of on-base guys to set the table and a lousy bullpen. We’ve seen that movie before and the ending ain’t pretty.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of Ryan Braun...
…I saw him interviewed on TV last night, and I know this has been pointed out before, but goddamn does he have BIG EYES. I mean, like, HUGE FREAK EYES.
I couldn’t concentrate on a word he was saying because his eyes kept hovering at the top of my TV screen like a couple of GIGANTIC ALIEN SPACEPROBES. I guess that might explain why he’s such a great hitter, though. He can probably pick up the ball before the pitcher even goes into his windup with those ENORMOUS OPTICAL ORBS protruding from the top of his head.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
He does have some huge freaking eyes.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is really Sponge Bob's pet snail
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gary!
I wish I had Photoshop.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bingo, I couldn't think of his name but that's the image I got
"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been . . . baseball. It rules over America like an army of steamrollers." Terrance Mann
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Sep 16, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bingo, that's his name-o.
Sorry.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan the Lemur.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL, that works, too.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I also saw that they lost David Riske today...
not that he was anything but it’s another arm in the bullpen that’s not available. So their stuck using guys like Mota, Gagne, etc…
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't hold me to this...
but I think the Red Sox ran him out of town for being a horrible 3rd base coach. My Brewer bud thought poorly of him as a 3rd base coach too.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he had been some type of genius manager, he wouldn't be
languishing as a coach. He’s just an interim body, nothing more.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In his defense
He was named Top Managerial Prospect in the Eastern League by Baseball America after the 2003 season.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
glad it’s not 2003 anymore :)
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I got into a discussion on his qualifications yesterday
So I dug into his background a little more and found that.
However, when he managed Altoona that year, his pitching rotation was good (a bunch of guys who now struggle for the Pirates), so that may have helped.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
They did.
Francona couldn’t cover for him anymore and he left to go back to Milwaukee.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks...
I thought they did. Just wasn’t positive.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he was known as 'Send 'em Sveum' in Boston.
By the middle of 2005, they were calling for his head.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wendell Kim?
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
A la 'Wave 'em Wendell'
who coached in Boston from 1997-2001.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The don't need a long term bounce
since there are only two weeks left in the regular season. This team has said all along that their goal is to get to playoffs, I’ve not actually heard anyone say anything about winning in the playoffs, maybe that’s to be assumed. I still think it’s too little too late.
"Destiny is a matter of choice, not chance"
by MerlinDog on Sep 16, 2008 1:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey now....
…they can’t be too loosy-goosy. Nor too giggly. And they can’t let the Brewers run all willy-nilly either, damnit.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
don't forget namby-pamby.
that’s a bad one, too.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Me too.
I can’t imagine what the crowd will sound like tonight, given how things sounded at Miller Park with just 25,000 there.
Should be a frenzied atmosphere, and hopefully, a rude welcome to managing for Dale Sveum.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And we got Demp pitching in Wrigley.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aw, crap
We have no chance then!!!!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Magic Uniform Number Countdown
Just wanted to give all you BCBers a heads up that, while Keith Moreland’s # 6 is flying proudly at the moment, the pickings from among post-1945 Cubs players who wore Nos. 1- 5 is a little slim. So here, based my having followed the Cubs since 1953, are my recommendations of the best and most significant Cubs players to have worn these numbers :
5 – Tony Taylor (1958-60)
4 – Don Zimmer (c. 1984-86, mgr, 1988-91)
3 – Jeromy Burnitz (2005 and desperation pick)
2- Handsome" Ransom Jackson (1950-55)
1 – Jose Cardinal (1972-77)
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Sep 16, 2008 1:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow. Never heard of Handsome Ransom Jackson. I love the name though.
Forget Burnitz!! Brings back mad memories :-)
Zimmer for 4? Sure.
It wasn’t Jose Cardinal, it was Cardenal, right? I vaguely remember Jose Cardenal in my childhood (I liked him), and I’d pick him more than I would Dome at the moment. So Cardenal for numero uno.
Wasn’t Tony Taylor on the Phillies? That goes into pre-history for me.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cardenal - A Longtime Favorite Of Mine
Good hitter, decent speed, and I always dug the poofy ’Fro sticking out from under the batting helmet.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 16, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Magic Numbers
Tony Taylor emerged as a very good young 2nd baseman for the Cubs before they traded him to the Phillies where he went on to have a great career. It was a bad trade. We got Don Cardwell, who despite a no-hitter in his very first game as a Cub, was pretty medicore at best. Not quite in the Brock for Broglio category, but bad enough.
I agree totally re Burnitz. Scratch him off the list. Turns out the No. 3 has been mostly worn by coaches.
Let’s instead dedicate No. 3 to Al for his great job and thoughtful posts on BCB.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Sep 16, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All the way with Jose
Best player ever to have worn No. 1 as a Cub was probably Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn. But he was really a Phillie who only plaed with the Cubs for a year or two at the end of his career. Until Dome can show more at the plate, I’m going to stick with Jose.
Handsome Ransom Jackson (a.k.a Randy Jackson) was a pretty good power hitting third baseman who made the all-star team once or twice in the mid-1950s. As a kid, I used to try and imitate his batting stance.
"Earthly fame is naught but a breath of wind, which now comes hence and now comes thence, changing its name because it changes quarter." -- Dante, Purgatorio, Canto XI
by sweetswinger on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Barring a sweep by the Brewers
we won’t see odd numbers.
Things go right these next three days we go from 6 to 4, 2, 0.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 1:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
unless Houston sweeps the Fish
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
True.
This is why I’m not in charge of the magic number.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I must admit...................
I’m a scared little girl sometimes. Even though we have a big lead for this time of the season, I’m still not comfortable until it is official. Is that not lame? Someone tell me how to get past this, and not just with statistics!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 1:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Relax man! Sit back and enjoy it. Now is the time
to relish in it before the pressure of the post-season starts.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
After the No Hitter I have been on cloud 9...
and relaxed too. Z’s outing gave these guys their confidence back, where you watch or listen and you just expect them to win. I can’t give you any stats that will make you feel better, just the advice to really sit back and enjoy it.
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
These are the salad days. Just sit back and soak it in.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Grace Has Company
I’m not that comfortable and probably won’t be until the Cubs get to the World Series. So aside from a few posts here and there I’m just going to stay in lurk mode. BCB should stay a positive (yet objective) place.
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
by CaliCub on Sep 16, 2008 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got plenty of real problems to worry about. Like what kind
of skank my son will bring home next. I’m going to enjoy this now. I’ve been worrying about the team all summer and now I’m going to relax until the playoffs start. That’s the time to worry.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey, you told me I wasn't a skank!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, my bad.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow you are worse then me.
I was a WRECK last week but am totally over it. I am throwing caution to the wind and deciding which teams I want in the NL post season ( Dodgers, Phillies & Mets as Wild Card for a number of reasons) I got
plane tickets to come back for the first two games of the first two rounds. I am just contemplating who gets
more playing time after they clinch and how the rotation plays out. I don’t want Z or Harden OVER rested.
I really have ZERO concern that they won’t make it and that I will get to see it ( coming in for 5 games starting Wed and then THEY come to NYC).
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 16, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The only solution
Is more cowbell.
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I can't get over this blog post for the Houston Chronicle
and the comments on it.
“If they cry about it, that’s the wrong thing to do, because you’ve still got to play the game.”
— Aramis Ramirez,
on the Astros having to play home games at Miller Park (mlb.com)
That classless comment should be enough motivation for the Astros, in the face of everything they’ve dealt with over the last few days, to make some serious plans for payback to the Cubs and MLB. Knocking the Cubs out of the playoffs would be the sweetest revenge imaginable.
Someone clue me in, how exactly was Rami’s comment “classless”?
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 1:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
who wrote the post?
was it Brian McTaggert? Because he like throwing around the word ‘classless’
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the post itself was from him, yes
but THIS gem came from the comment section, some guy called “bo”
(The link is here, but be warned the bitterness will blow your mind… and completely kill any sympathy you MAY have had for the Astros in a baseball sense)
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets fess up.
Santoswoodenleg and Sue369 hatched a weather making machine that CAUSED hurricane Ike. Their devious plan was to A. force the Astros to move the games to Milwaukee ( just to make SURE nothing went wrong they drugged the Astros food with some mind numbing material that made them unable to do ANYTHING for 48 hours) B. The disaster in Texas coupled with their equally devious plan to destabilize the financial markets has made their independent ticket look like the one to beat. It is only a few steps to their plan for TOTAL world domination and a Cubs World Series ( the ladder will be achieved by having the weather machine cause a MAJOR earthquake in SoCal and have the Angels/Cubs WS use Miller as the Angeles home field.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
by Doggie Stalker on Sep 16, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO
If your not a member of their campaign staff yet, you should be
"A catchers biggest concern behind the plate is to make his pitcher pitch a little better than he can" Roy Campanella
by Madison Cub Fan on Sep 16, 2008 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Their campaign manager is a GENIUS
The next step will be the World Series -- Carlos Zambrano
by Emelie on Sep 16, 2008 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm done with this one............
There was no good scenario or one that would have been the same as playing at the juice box. Sometimes the cards fall the way they fall. If it was us, yeah we’d be upset, but you can’t tell me that they would have hit Big Z or Lilly much better that they did the way those guys were throwing. It is also another reason to not wait till mid July to start playing serious baseball. If you put yourself up against the wall you begin counting on everything to go your way, and that isn’t life. pure and simple.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not only that, it was taken out of context
Someone asked HIM if the Astros were crying. Sheesh.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go Marlins!
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are we sure that the Astros are mentally and emotionally prepared...
to play this series? Is it fair that MLB expects them to travel all the way to Opa Locka to play a game (A GAME!) when they could be repairing power lines, taking a chainsaw to downed trees or spearheading relief efforts back in Houston? I am shocked, stunned and saddened that the entire baseball season hasn’t been halted while these poor guys get their lives in order.
Whew… now that I’ve got all that out… Let’s go Cubs!
by hokie316 on Sep 16, 2008 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Justice in the Houston Chronicle
compared Ike’s aftermath with the affect 9/11 had on NYC the other day.
With a straight face.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know I posted this yesterday but not everyone took it seriously...
Given the fact it’s a Cub makes it even more crazy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKwMiExUKXg
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's exactly why we as American citizens must protect our
Right to Arm Bears!!!!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is hilarious.
I only wish the guy in the bear suit had been wearing a Cubs hat.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would have been $$$...
Could you imagine all the articles saying the Cubs not only 1 hit the Astros in a 2 game series at a unfair neutral ball park, but also rubbed the their faces in it by showing that the hurricane couldn’t stop them either!
"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." - Alvin Dark
by Fishbone2 on Sep 16, 2008 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
To show how generous and giving Cubs fans are
I propose to start a monetary collection to help pay for psychological counseling to Astros players and fans to help them through these tough and emotionally trying times.
I will start with a nickel that is lying on my desk to go into this special fund. I urge all of you to chip in to help Oswalt, Berkman, and Ausmus (and all their fans and sportswriters) go through the psychological trauma of having to play in Miller Park and face Z and Lilly.
If you can’t help financially, at least give a passing thought to their plight as you down your next cold beer.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was gonna say...
…Aramis said, “IF they cry about it…” “IF” being the operative word there. And I absolutely agree with that quote.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its just killing me the whole
“its not fair” stuff.
I mean. Dude. If THIS SERIES of BASEBALL is the FIRST experience you’ve had with unfairness in life? Drop to your knees and thank God.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
+1 and rec'd
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As part of my ongoing effort...
…to promote the greening of BCB. I gave it the crucial third rec.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my first ever green comment
whoa.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had my first the other day.
Breathtaking, isn’t it?
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
twss
Nobody cares about your fantasy league team
by carmen_fanzone on Sep 16, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
a bit, yeah
very cool. thank you everyone.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
:sniffle:
Still waiting to lose my own rec’d virginity.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's going to be a pleasure
seeing the Astros not make the playoffs.
by daeviant on Sep 16, 2008 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
surpirsed no-one is talking about this
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3591397
and how be better get in. :)
by Kchance on Sep 16, 2008 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Oh man...as if this team needed another subplot.
That said, PUT RONNIE IN THE HALL!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, please...let my childhood hero get into the HOF...
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
My boyhood idol as well..
I also think Jim Kaat belongs—283 wins—18 saves—16 gold gloves and a bunch of other accomplishments.
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep, Ronnie belongs.
No question.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope it happens
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think this is diary worthy
someone wanna do it.
by Kchance on Sep 16, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll put it in the pregame thread if no one else does.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Sep 16, 2008 2:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's also this way
Santo, Hughes up for Frick Award
He should be in already, but if the Veterans Committee won’t do its job, we should do our and stuff the ballot box for Ron (and Pat, since we can vote for 3).
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That way, not so much
He’s no HOF announcer — and that wouldn’t undo the injustice of him not being in as a player.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He may not be up to HOF standards
but he deserves to be in, one way or another. And this is the Cubs’ fans chance to do something about it.
It may not undo the injustice, but Ron would still be in the Hall of Fame, get to give an acceptance speech, and all the other things that go along with the Hall.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love Ron
but he’s not worthy of being in the announcer’s wing. He was a great player (even if he was before my time) but the “one way or the other” thing is wrong.
He SHOULD be in b/c he earned his way in as a player. He hasn’t as an announcer.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dunno
To me, that consolation prize detracts from him getting in the right way.
Actually, it’s too late for even that, because he should have been voted in by the writers years ago.
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right. I agree.
I don’t think he’s a HOF announcer, but I’d rather see Ron honored one way or another before the inevitable happens to him, and he’s deprived of seeing himself inducted into the Hall of Fame.
It’s been an injustice that he wasn’t voted in by the writers, and I just feel that if the Veterans Committee can’t fix it, then the least we could do would be to put him in the finals for the Frick Award. He probably won’t win, but at least it would be a sign that he should be in the Hall.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He is a HOF announcer...
no other announcer has ever spent more than 5 minutes trying to name and differentiate the various character from the Munsters and the Adams Family. NO ONE!
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll bet no other HOF announcer spent 10 minutes
speculating why the folks in Minute Maid put giant pumpkins in the train engine at the top of the stadium. That deserves induction right there.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Um, I think those are oranges, Ron."
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh.......now that makes sense!
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If not, always remember:
“This is my Hall of Fame!”
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He better get in
I remember reading a chat with Bill James and James said that he was the best eligible player not in the Hall of Fame.
Talk about icing on the cake…
"Your eyes can decieve you. Don't trust them." Obi-Wan Kenobi, the first sabermetrician...
by Curtain Jerker on Sep 16, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He may not be the best color man in history...........
but no one can put a voice to my anxiety, fear, excitement, dissapointment, etc etc the way Ronnie can. He is truly a fan just like us.
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 2:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
but the frick award isn't a homer award
its for the best announcers.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if it was a homer award . . .
Hawk Harrelson would be in. Think about that, kids.
With that, I’m off to Wrigley! With a Brewer fan, no less. I may razz him, but I’ve known him for 30 years . . . .
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Sep 16, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
youuuuuuuuuuuuu can put it on the board, yes!
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well frick then
"Bring On The Major Leagues" Stephen Malkmus
by graceunderpressure on Sep 16, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All I want is some frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We don't have any sharks, all we have are sea bass.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get him, Sea Bass!
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you gonna eat that?
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Quick!
Throw some salt of your left shoulder!
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cam Neely's finest work
after Ulf Samuelsson ruined him.
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just go, man, go.
Oooooh, that’s warm.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
pretty bird, pretty bird...
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
by Trey2317 on Sep 16, 2008 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If she's the kind of girl I think she is
she’ll invite us right in for tea and strumpets.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Canines---dog to the layman,
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know what I love about Harry?
He’s such a regular guy
"Never. Never. Never. Give up."
Winston Churchill
by cubfever7 on Sep 16, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ronnie Woo Woo?
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 16, 2008 2:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Exsqueeze me?
By the way, I just noticed you changed your avatar. I like this one a lot better. Thanks.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The girl seems a bit happier.
make/art
by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well...
I am feeling much better about our chances. I hope never to see sad girl again.
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 16, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good.
Now promises us you’ll never utter that name here again.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Does she have a sister? I don't have an avatar yet.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
by zevkalman on Sep 16, 2008 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Less tears, more T&A.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I had a motto
that’d be it.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
too bad its kinda chilly in october
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not understanding the problem.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
you're going to have less t&a
when there is less tears this year… it’ll be chilly in late october.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
On the bright side....
MLB has released the post-season schedule. Look like we get to win the whole frickin’ thing at Wrigley on a Monday!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Your sarcasm detector must be off, my dear.
The cold air makes a portion of the T&A, well, more prominent.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm aware of THAT
but my point stands the ones you’d ENJOY gawking at will be covered up.
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But they'd still be there. :)
But I can unequivocally state that that wouldn’t be at the forefront of my mind at the moment.
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by neverAcquiesce on Sep 16, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha
"He's a pro. Me? I just try not to swear on the air.'' Bob Brenly talking about Len Kasper
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Sep 16, 2008 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
-500 BCB Points for say his name.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Sep 16, 2008 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was hoping
to use my pints for a new BCB keychain
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 16, 2008 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's funny, I use my pints for drinkin'.
"I see the playoff schedule posted in the paper, and that stuff makes me nervous because you can't take anything for granted. We have a great team. We have a really good team. We're playing well, but we haven't won yet." - Jim Edmonds, 8/31/08
by dat cubfan daver on Sep 16, 2008 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That looks so tasty
I like the no slip glass
"We’ve still got a long ways to go, I don’t like to get giggly over things in July. But the team’s playing well, they really are. They’re playing with confidence, and it shows."
by Cubster on Sep 16, 2008 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, I'm drooling over here. I gotta get me a brew.
"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris
by willie mays hayes' gloves on Sep 16, 2008 2:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Imperial Pint!
The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.
by sanantonecub on Sep 16, 2008 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHA
OT: Zell sued by LA Times Staffers
"Chase Daniel has more touchdowns (seven) than incompletions (six) the past two weeks. Which is just silly." Pat Forde, ESPN
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Sep 16, 2008 3:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
man .. did ANYONE get anything done today at work???
Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!
by cubnational on Sep 16, 2008 7:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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