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Where would you be if there was a World Series game 7 at Wrigley?

I was scrolling through a Sport Memorabilia site today and they had championship banners for all the World Series winners. I saw the one they had for the Cubs sporting a big 1907,1908.......i dont know whether to laugh or cry. 

    I Like this quote I dislike this quoteI figure I had no business being here this long anyway, so what do you care how old I am? I've been on borrowed time for years. You know my old saying: live it up, the meter's running. I've always said that if you don't have fun while you're here, then it's your fault. You only get to do this once.

 "Harry Caray "

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Where would you be if there was a World Series game 7 in Wrigley?
Favorite Bar
22 votes
Home on HDTV
61 votes
Wrigleyville
79 votes
At the game
51 votes
The edge of a cliff
18 votes

231 votes | Poll has closed

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One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on May 19, 2009 11:56 AM CDT reply actions  

There's no option for the Cook County lockup, I see.

Because I would have been picked up on a drunk and disorderly conduct charge after game 6.

Judd Sirott is responsible for EVERYONE'S injury.
Bradley watch -- out 10 games of 36

by znohitter on May 19, 2009 12:06 PM CDT reply actions  

CANNOT ANSWER THE POLL

since I would be with friends and family, but who knows where.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 12:07 PM CDT reply actions  

I also can't answer it because I haven't sprung for HDTV yet.

Also because I am an exploratory biounit sent here to convert human souls to rocket flying saucer fuel and transport it back to my home planet.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by daver on May 19, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

i always knew you were a body thetan kinda guy, dave

Those muffins were a cover .. we all know what you were REALLY after

you sly ET you

Well, Next Year is here .. and Jack's century's gotta end some time .. GO CUBBIES!

by cubnational on May 20, 2009 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

YES! YES! BRING HER BACK TO THE SHIP!!

Oh, and Go Cubs!

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by daver on May 20, 2009 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

I know one thing....

No matter how mad I get at the Cubs at times…the thought of a World Series Win still gives me chills.

I didn't get the players I wanted in the offseason!! Hopefully I get what I want in the Regular Season---The World Series Trophy!! Go Cubbies!!

by cubsluver22 on May 19, 2009 12:10 PM CDT reply actions  

*There

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by Schwa on May 19, 2009 12:20 PM CDT reply actions  

I would be orbiting the planet with my fellow exploratory biounits, Osmotron and Cosmobot.

I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.

by daver on May 19, 2009 12:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Church may be a good choice

praying that MLB doesnt go on strike during the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded, no outs, tie game and Rami coming up to the plate.

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 12:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

I call OSMOTRON

Shanghai can be Cosmobot.

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 19, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

game 7 AT wrigley...

would mean that the national league (under selig’s inept watch) would actually have to win the all-star game…

not sure which will take longer…that or a cubs appearance in the fall classic

by 12to23to17 on May 19, 2009 12:26 PM CDT reply actions  

and the Cubs would make the WS after the NL won the ASG

for this poll to work

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 12:34 PM CDT up reply actions  

That poll appears deeply flawed.

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by daver on May 19, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

this is a negative refection on the KOWZR

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 12:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

what's the TGS and TPS

average?

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 19, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions  

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1 + Uk cot(theta)

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Man, I teed this one up for you guys and noone took a swing.

I hope the Cubs make better contact tonight.

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by daver on May 19, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS!

"What is he doing!?"
-Doug Collins

by TyCubsfan on May 19, 2009 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

THANK YOU!!

Elapsed time: 3 hours, 4 minutes.

Geez, you people are slower than Derrek Lee’s bat speed. Just kidding, DLee! Go get ’em, tonight!

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by daver on May 19, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd be in my regular bleacher seat...

… hoping for a win.

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

by Al Yellon on May 19, 2009 12:55 PM CDT reply actions  

you wouldnt put the ticket up for sale

in the exchange Al?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 1:06 PM CDT up reply actions  

Um...

… no.

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

by Al Yellon on May 19, 2009 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sure he would

and like THE PRODUCERS he would sell it hundreds of fans for a few thousand each. After the Cubs won , BCB and Al would be gone ( perhaps Tahiti or some place without an extradition treaty ).

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 19, 2009 1:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

I hope that I'm

across the aisle from Al!

"I won't be like A-Rod" - Z, 3/17/09

by Ihatethecards on May 19, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

I would do anything I had to do...

Lie, steat & cheal to get my bass in a seat for that game!

I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...

by Jimmyeatworld on May 19, 2009 1:07 PM CDT reply actions  

"bass"...

are fine…just don’t try and bring in a goat…

by 12to23to17 on May 19, 2009 1:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

steat = skeet?

I'm officially a fan of Bobby Scales

by heine41 on May 19, 2009 1:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

"cheal"

Jimmy, too many fish tacos, and you not “steat and cheal”

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

In '03, in a fit of excitement...

Had an apartment full of people in the front room watching game 4 of the NLCS. As soon as Rami tagged out what’s his face & ended the game, I jumped up and ran the length of the apartment, and back. When I returned, (after scaring the heck out of the cats, and guests), my roomie asked me what I would do to get tickets to the WS. I was so jacked up, I answered, “lie, steat, and cheal.” (Normally I am the most well-spoken, coherent person you can imagine. Ever since then, it has been a running joke with Goodie and I).

I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...

by Jimmyeatworld on May 19, 2009 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

awesome!

not only does it make sense now, but i think, with your permission, i may have to borrow it sometime

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

Permission granted.

You may borrow it at your leisure…

I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...

by Jimmyeatworld on May 19, 2009 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Jimmy lays down some mean slap-funk lines in between innings.

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by daver on May 19, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 19, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions  

Was this supposed to go above?

Swing and a miss?

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by daver on May 19, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

mean slap-funk line in between innings

isn’t a TWSS? I protest, sir! I appeal!

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 19, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

That I do daver, that I do.

Fun stuff, like the “Night Court” theme…

I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...

by Jimmyeatworld on May 19, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

And "Seinfeld," of course.

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by daver on May 19, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

And "Secret Garden" by the late great Barry White...

I'm a truth teller, I'm a risk taker, I'm like Johnny Cash - I walk the line...

by Jimmyeatworld on May 19, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

At Wrigley

At Wrigley after a sleepless night looking like something the cat dragged in after a sleepless night.

I have a feeling the night before a game 7 BCB would be very busy because I think none of us would be able to sleep.

Jay is our Quarterback. I REPEAT JAY IS OUR QUARTERBACK. Did I mention we have a Quarterback who happens to be named Jay?.

by puckishcubsfan on May 19, 2009 1:25 PM CDT reply actions  

Since we're dealing with fantasy here

I’d be at the plate having just won the game with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off grand slam on an 0-2 count to overcome a 3 run deficit. After rounding the bases I’d be greeted at home plate by every single Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, sign a guaranteed contract for $500 Million dollars a year, have my agent work out a deal so I could keep the money but retire from baseball to spend the rest of my days with my harem on the island I just bought with the cubs money until I die from “overwork” at the ripe old age of 99.

WOXY.com - The Future of Rock and Roll

by Gibbon Jockey on May 19, 2009 1:34 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

Section 209 row 11 seat 10 or 11

I don’t care which of my seats I sit in but I would be sorely tempted to scalp the other one.

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 19, 2009 1:40 PM CDT reply actions  

I'd gladly take it :P

I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!

by Chanman25 on May 19, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

TWSS

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

by santoswoodenlegs on May 19, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'll let you know the price when the time comes

I hope you don’t have a 2nd mortgage yet cause you are going to need that money.

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 19, 2009 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

you could auction them here on BCB

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

haha goody!

eh, and lets hope I don’t have to have a mortgage before the next Cubs WS win because that should be a good ten years away for me!

I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!

by Chanman25 on May 19, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions  

In Heaven ...

 …. at the game in the bleachers. Sorry but I repeat myself.

If It Takes Forever ....

by wrigley1 on May 19, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions  

alright

but are you actually dead? Please be specific. :P

"I don’t really play baseball, I feel it." -- Milton Bradley

by drewishdrewid on May 19, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

On the planet Lovetron with Daryl Dawkins and the other Chocolate Thunderites.

"Hats for bats.....keep bats warm." - Pedro Cerrano
"Hey bartender, Jobu needs a refill !!!!!!!" - Eddie Harris

by willie mays hayes' gloves on May 19, 2009 3:01 PM CDT reply actions  

Gotta be there

Physically I’d be at Wrigley.
Although fiscally I suspect I’d have to leave the game and head directly to the poor house.

"I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them." - Ernie Banks

by Marmolade on May 19, 2009 4:09 PM CDT reply actions  

Couldnt answer cause im a combination of three.

Dont have an HDTV, live in Wrigleyville, so I would be in my favorite bar to watch sports in, in Wrigleyville, on their HDTV. Probably means I’d be sitting at the bar at Goose Island. Nice big TV’s and noone with a chance to block my view.

by JJDiesel21 on May 19, 2009 4:13 PM CDT reply actions  

would it be wrong

to bring a generator, set uip a big HDTV on Waveland and watch the game with many others who could not get in to Wrigley for various reasons?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on May 19, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Yes, that would be wrong.

Some jackass would just knock it over or mess with the settings. What you wanna do is get a nice, bright long-throw projector (say, a Runco SC-1) and hang a 20-foot screen on the outside wall on Sheffield. Then you put the projector in an upstairs window across the street, et voila! Instant drive-in Cubs!

"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome

by Goodie1969 on May 19, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Camping out in front of the batter's eye hole in RF

doesn’t cost a thing and I’ll get the party afterward in Wrigleyville

I'm a lefty, maybe Lou should give me a shot for a position in the bullpen!!

by Chanman25 on May 19, 2009 4:21 PM CDT reply actions  

Alone

I think I would need to be alone in my own house as either way, win or lose, I would be an absolute wreck.

The game would be absolutely nerve-wracking unless we were up 23-0 throughout.

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

by Cub Fan Mike on May 19, 2009 4:26 PM CDT reply actions  

For my psyche

For my psyche I want a 4 game sweep either way.

Jay is our Quarterback. I REPEAT JAY IS OUR QUARTERBACK. Did I mention we have a Quarterback who happens to be named Jay?.

by puckishcubsfan on May 19, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

That day

That day I’ll have to take off from work. A. I will not have slept the night before. B. I will be as jumpy and nervous as a cat and unable to do my work properly.

Won’t BCB be fun (in a good way) the night before a game 7?

On the day of game 1 I’m sure there will be a moment when we all think to ourselves “I’m going to be watching or going to see the Cubs in the World Series tonight.” and it will come crashing on us with the unbelievability of it all.

Jay is our Quarterback. I REPEAT JAY IS OUR QUARTERBACK. Did I mention we have a Quarterback who happens to be named Jay?.

by puckishcubsfan on May 19, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Not sure where I'd be,

but wherever I was, I’d almost certainly be heavily medicated.

"I'll never forget how I felt last October." ~Kosuke Fukudome

by Goodie1969 on May 19, 2009 6:44 PM CDT reply actions  

After watching the Cubs in 6 world series games,

I’m not sure what kind of shape most people would be in going into game 7. It might be very ugly, but wouldn’t it be wonderful to find out!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on May 19, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions  

When I became a Cubs fan in the mid 90s

I ended up working in a backpacker hostel in Daytona Beach during my travels.
The manager there (Indians fan) told me if the Cubs ever made the world series he would get me a ticket somehow. We put it on paper and signed it off during a drunken moment at my going away party a year later which ive still got.
Sadly he died shortly afterwards, but if the Cubs ever made it i would fly over and soak up the atmosphere in Wrigleyville,knowing full well i would lack the money and contacts for a ticket.
I was all set to go in 2003 before the heartbreak occurred.

"Drink,Drugs and shagging models...the rest I wasted." George Best on where his millions went

by Aussie Cub on May 19, 2009 8:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Hey, you really exist!

I’ve been told that there was another Australian BCBer, but this is the first time I’ve seen evidence with my own eyes.

I gather you’re an authentic Aussie who was introduced to the Cubs while backpacking in America?

I’m a fake Aussie myself — I finally have permanent residency here, but my accent is pure midwestern US.

by CubFanInCanberra (9387milesfromWrigley) on May 23, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions  

My parents

My parents would be scouting out prices on a pony because they promised me when I was 6 when the Cubs won the world series I’d get a pony. I have informed them that I expect them to live up to that word.

I am now 40 so I’ve been holding that promise for 34 years.

Knowing my mom and Dad they will get me a stuffed pony or something like that.

Jay is our Quarterback. I REPEAT JAY IS OUR QUARTERBACK. Did I mention we have a Quarterback who happens to be named Jay?.

by puckishcubsfan on May 20, 2009 1:46 PM CDT reply actions  

At home, at a bar, at a friend's house

I dunno, but I’d watch, and prey to any gods who would listen for a win, even Cthulhu if it would help.

With my record at Wrigley, however, I would be a cruel and irresponsible Cub fan (and self-defeating) to actually show up anywhere in the city limits of Chicago. So, sadly, I would not be at Wrigley. I would be in California, keeping my cursed self far away from the place I would like to be most.

And I apologize for showing up for that Houston series last September. Really.

by helen on May 20, 2009 2:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Hiding in a bunker somewhere.

Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen

by lemon20pie on May 20, 2009 3:56 PM CDT reply actions  

I've found

that I can’t watch play-offs of tems I care about with other people (unless I’m there), and since I’m not going to make it to the game, I’d be home alone watching on TV.

Moose

Hubbs!

by moose97 on May 20, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions  

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