The Sunday Funnies: Merry Solstice, Or The Ghosts Of Cubs Past
by Al Yellon on Dec 20, 2009 5:00 PM CST
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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"...
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
What about
Fred McGriff
I love watching the Cubs during the season and dread watching them in the playoffs.
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
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
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.
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
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
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