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Al's book mentioned on air...

I have been on here frequently throughtout the afternoon. I had many errands to run, and stupid stuff to do. Yet, I still had access to listening to Pat and Ron via "at bat" for iphone... I heard Pat talking about books that cubs fans may be interested in. He talked about "Cubs by the Numbers" by Al, and others I believe. Congrats Al!! Sounds like it is a hit. Glad it is/and is going to be a continued success!! If anyone has the ability to find and put the audio clip from Pat, it would be pretty cool. Surely I'm not the only one that heard him mention it!! LOL

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Thanks for the compliment.

Hope you have the book… and (shameless plug) if anyone here doesn’t, it would make a great Father’s Day gift… you can order it via the link on the right sidebar.

My co-author Kasey (kaseyi at BCB) has recorded it and will hopefully send me a clip when he returns from his vacation… if anyone can clip out the portion of today’s game when Pat & Ron were talking about CBTN and email it to me, I’d appreciate it.

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

by Al on Jun 13, 2009 7:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I heard the call out

from Pat too. What’s the team’s record when they promo the book? :P

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jun 13, 2009 7:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

You asked a silly question.

But you will get a serious answer.

1-1. The other time was April 17.

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

by Al on Jun 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

See, I knew you'd know.

BTW, I replied to your email.

I'm a Cubs FANATIC. They are my team, through thick and thin. When they play over their heads, and when they play under the gutter. When they win the division, and then get swept in the division series. When they get no-hitters and when they blow no-hitters. And some day, when they go all the way and get those rings. This is the kind of fan I am.

by drewishdrewid on Jun 13, 2009 9:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got your reply.

I may not have time to answer till late Sunday or Monday, but I will answer.

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

by Al on Jun 14, 2009 4:02 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If you want to hear the 1st time

that Pat & Ron talked about the book…go to http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/book.html. I have the audio from that 1st time posted there.

Kasey

See what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Also, see the Cubs 2009 schedule at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2009.html

by kaseyi on Jun 14, 2009 8:19 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

A bright spot in an otherwise disappointing day....

Although I admit I had to chuckle when Ron got back to the booth a little late in the bottom of the seventh, and Pat brought him up to speed by indicating that Gomez had made a “triple backflip” catch in center to retire Soto. :)

by yajohn on Jun 13, 2009 9:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

PERFECT!

I just bought the book from Amazon for my dad. Great idea Al, I think you should plug it again on the home page this week. What a great idea for Father’s Day!

Dan

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Jun 14, 2009 2:46 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for buying the book..

… and for the idea!

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

by Al on Jun 14, 2009 4:03 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I happened to hear it, too.

Congrats, Al!

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 dat cubfan daver on Jun 14, 2009 11:32 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ahem.....

See what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Also, see the Cubs 2009 schedule at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2009.html

by kaseyi on Jun 14, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand...

…congrats to you and Matthew Silverman as well.

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 dat cubfan daver on Jun 14, 2009 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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