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The Sunday Funnies: Merry Solstice, Or The Ghosts Of Cubs Past

Who was that ghost again?

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Do my eyes deceive me or is a lot of the font on BCB now in italics?

Perhaps it’s a new right-wing slant… ;)

Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...

by Zeke on Dec 20, 2009 5:21 PM CST reply actions  

I think it all is.....I thought I did something to my computer.

A woman's guess is more accurate than a man's certainty.--Rudyard Kipling

by cooliogirl47 on Dec 20, 2009 5:28 PM CST up reply actions  

Hey

You forgot Jeff Blauser

"I'd rather hit home runs you don't have to run as hard." -- Dave Kingman

by BucknerKongCardenal on Dec 20, 2009 8:49 PM CST reply actions  

The Blauser

My favorite article from one of my favorite blogger. Warning: NSFW language.

Needless to say, Cubs fans were not the only ones disgusted by him.

"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root

by Clutch16 on Dec 21, 2009 5:47 PM CST up reply actions  

What about

Fred McGriff

I love watching the Cubs during the season and dread watching them in the playoffs.

by Cub Fan Mike on Dec 20, 2009 9:25 PM CST reply actions  

We could probably double the list in that panel.

Doug Jones — another over-the-hill closer who failed as a Cub.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 20, 2009 9:37 PM CST up reply actions  

Great Comic

Thumbs High Harry!

That’s not true!!! WHY THE F*CK WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU AHOLE!! Ok maybe your right but you gotta give a little something here for it to work. I don’t know what I’m going to do this is the worst thing I’ve ever read, this day could not get any worse. Fine, F*ck it, you’re right.

by Ditkavsworld

by gaclaudy on Dec 20, 2009 9:52 PM CST reply actions  

Looking back at

Thomspons’s stats, OK, he wasn’t great, but he had a couple of OK seasons. Big disappointment, though? Was he touted as a great up-and-coming player, “the next big thing” or something like that?

And Kingman — he had a couple of good years. Not a huge disappointment. Actually, he was worse after he left the Cubs.

by jdb-44 on Dec 21, 2009 7:54 AM CST reply actions  

Yes, Thompson was supposed to be a "big lefty bat".

The Cubs tried to turn him into a power hitter, when he was better suited to being a Mark Grace-type (even though he was before Grace’s time). If they had just installed him at LF or RF and left him alone, he might have done OK.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 21, 2009 8:49 AM CST up reply actions  

Can we put an entire fielding position on that list?

Because it seems that most of what we’ve had at third base in the past 40 years would probably qualify (with a few exceptions).

"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle

by Rusty in Peoria on Dec 21, 2009 9:10 AM CST reply actions  

3rd Base?

Hey, what about center field? I don’t know if the Cubs have had anyone that lasted more than a few seasons there since the 50’s.

by FrankSereno on Dec 21, 2009 11:12 AM CST up reply actions  

Rick Monday played there for five years.

I think that’s the longest CF tenure since the 50’s.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Dec 21, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions  

Mel Rojas. shudders

Before each game, please remember to feed the bats.

by Cool Hand on Dec 21, 2009 11:15 AM CST reply actions  

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