Merry Christmas From BCB

And Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone here at BCB. Thanks for helping me through the off-season!

Be safe, be happy, and let’s get a ballclub next year. To Mike Quade, good luck, may all your decisions be sound. To all the position players, hope you have career years. To our pitchers, mow em down without nibbling. And to BCB readers, let’s keep thus the best cubs site on the internet. Al, keep up the good work, be safe and happy this holiday season.

and Happy New Year!

a sinfully delicious sugar-n-chocolate laden cake. Mmmm… The hell with pie, I want me some cake!

btw, Al – what game is that from? Has to be pre 8/8/88… ;-)

Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Beer!

express or implied, these best wishes for an environmentally safe, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive, and gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice (but with respect for the religious or secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or for their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all) and further for a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated onset of the generally accepted calendar year (including, but not limited to, the Christian calendar, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures). The preceding wishes are extended without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual preference of the wishee(s).

The Cub hitters, may the breaking ptiches thrown to you hang and may the fastballs be in your wheelhouse. May the changeups rarely fool you and may the men in blue be stingy on the corners.

To the Cub pitchers—may the opposite of the above be true and may your ability to hold runners, pick them off and never balk be great.

To the defense—may your gloves never clank, may your throws be true and may you never miss a cutoff man.

To Mike Quade—may you exhibit the wisdom of Solomon when handling player’s egos, the media, umpires, bullpen and in game tactics.

To Jim Hendry and the Ricketts—may you never be fleeced in a transaction.

I can’t bring myself to say may we win it all this year—but at least wish for things to go well enough so that old #10 can look down from Heaven and be proud!

Time to get out and plow the driveway.

especially to you, Al Yellon, for running THE best baseball blog on the internet.

Here’s to a great 2011!

and have a Wonderful New Year. May all find peace and joy for the New Year.
 And may Carlos Pena have .880 OPS for the coming year.

♫ ♫ back to life, back to reality♫ ♫

I hope Mike Quade got a magic genie bottle for Christmas with 3 wishes.

1. Health for him and his family (its only fair)
2. Peace and love throughout the world, no wars.
3. A World Series… duh.

I’m glad I found this site. Great posts, tons of knowledge (and opinions…right or wrong) in one place. Support and kind words (whether after a bad cubs loss, or a “personal loss”). Hope you all truly enjoyed your Christmas. May 2011 find all of us truly blessed. Thank you all for all you’ve done… first Christmas w/o Mom went as well as I coulda hoped. Peace to all.

From an Old Cubs fan Calender

Merry Christmas Goodwill to all
Santa please remember the Cubs
come next fall

Because Chinese Food sounds a lot better than the turkey my father-in-law made.

Just a note, I love turkey and I made a rocking great one at Thanksgiving. But some people insist on using the same recipes and techniques they’ve used for decades.

may it include a World Series for the Cubs, too ..