Deadspin.com has some questions for Maple Street Press, Al Yellon and Cubs AnNUal...
by BLW Believes Esq. on Feb 12, 2010 12:19 PM CST
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So just curious Al--how did you miss THIS edit?? Mr. Lee's head is in about the worst place possible isn't it? I see this was discussed a bit in the other thread, but Deadspin.com is read by millions. Maybe this was Al's masterplan all along. As they say--any publicity is good publicity. Well done. Please keep us posted if this results in a spike in sales!
Maybe Piazza has finally found a team worth un-retiring for.
http://deadspin.com/5470608/the-2010-cubs-look-promising-and-opento-sexual-experimentation
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You know, sometimes you miss the forest for the trees.
Three of us, including the publisher, all looked at that and didn’t see it.
I guess I should be happy Deadspin picked this up. Like you said, it gets us some attention that we might not have otherwise had.
In any case, hope people here will buy it. Many of the articles were written by BCB’ers. There’s a convenient link on the right sidebar.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Happens to the best of us.
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by AndrewJStone on Feb 12, 2010 12:33 PM CST up reply actions
(And don't worry... i won't submit your ANAL cover.)
:-)
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by AndrewJStone on Feb 12, 2010 2:05 PM CST up reply actions
Don't Worry About It
I remember posting a FanShot entitled “Soto to Rehab with Smokies” without thinking about Soto’s previous marijuana use.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
And yet
isn’t a couple of days of humiliation worth the publicity that a Deadspin mention brings? I’d gladly be photographed with a bunch of half-naked models if it would help sell copes of the Cubs MSP annual
by Josh Timmers on Feb 12, 2010 12:47 PM CST up reply actions
No, no- you are looking at this all wrong!
It’s a COLLECTOR’S item now. Just leak that you are planning a second edition printing with a corrected cover and you’ll sell out of the first edition in a snap.
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
You could be on to something.
Like if life gives you limes…make margaritas.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Tequila and I have an understanding.
I don’t drink it and in turn, it doesn’t make me do stupid human tricks. Plus there’s the boomerang effect, so we keep our distance.
Now only 12,859 on the "Cubs Season Tickets Waiting List"...
I just got my copy in the mail today! Cant wait to go thru it!
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 20, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
just read "Just Add a Lefty Bat" very nice play by play of last years off-season and the 09 season,
lots of stuff about the off-season I didnt know (probably cuz I wasnt a member of BCB yet) and how Hendry was thinking things out. Also a very good summary of the 09 season. As I was reading it I wondered how the Cubs ever had a winning season. And of course what could have been. now I’m going to skip over to dat cubfan daver’s article.
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 20, 2010 7:18 PM CST up reply actions
Just read "A Fresh Start"
great writing! I felt your passion and it seemed like you felt mine as a long time Cubs fan. I love when I read something and just keep saying to myself yeah, yeah yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!
Both you and Al have made me glad once again I found BCB. I love reading great writing and this Annual has not let me down! thanks guys
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 20, 2010 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
A serious statement on this matter.
I’d like to think that, if there’s one thing I’ve accomplished here at BCB and on the Cubs-related Interwebs as a whole, it’s that I’m not lacking a sense of humor. And I can absolutely see the humor in this mistake. I’m not surprised in the least that Deadspin and all those blogs that seek to imitate it are picking up this story.
But I’d just like to point out that those of us who contributed to this publication spent a lot of time and effort on our articles. Josh wrote three great pieces on the minor leagues. Shawn Domagal-Goldman wrote two very timely and insightful stats-related pieces. Pat Hughes contributed to this annual. Bruce Miles contributed to this annual. Sarah Spain contributed – and no one wants to get on her bad side, right? My scribblings aside, a lot of good content follows that now-infamous cover.
So I’d just ask those of you out there taking great joy in kicking Al in the teeth about this while he’s down to bear in mind that there’s more at stake here than just an easy opportunity to settle an old score. And I’d really appreciate it if everyone could see fit to judge the contents of the annual objectively when you’re done giggling about this and screaming “Fail!”
by daver on Feb 12, 2010 1:22 PM CST reply actions 7 recs
Thanks, Dave.
I really appreciate the support, and as Dave says, the annual is filled with well-written and interesting articles by a number of BCBers, as well as others you know and respect (Bruce Miles, Pat Hughes, among others). I hope everyone here will get a copy — there’s a convenient ordering link on the right sidebar.
And really, I had to laugh after first going, “Yikes!”, after this was pointed out. It’s all you can do — have some humor about it and move on.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Why so anal retentive Dave?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 12, 2010 2:02 PM CST up reply actions
Lana?
That’s what every white boy off the lake wants!
at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!
What in the World Daver?
I complimented Al and of course realized what great publicity this is for the book. My post wasn’t “teeth kicking” at all?? This is the best thing that could have happened to the book. Just wanted to be clear.
by BLW Believes Esq. on Feb 12, 2010 2:08 PM CST up reply actions
I agree...
… and thanks. I think Dave was talking about some posts on other sites.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I honestly did not notice it until it was pointed out
and probably never would have. Although I found it humorous, I certainly wouldn’t take the content any less seriously. I’m looking forward to getting my copy. I’m really sorry for joking about it yesterday. Hope I didn’t upset you further.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
No need to apologize.
You didn’t upset me at all. Like I said, it’s absolutely funny and there’s no harm in joking around about it.
I could see after awhile though that it would get on your nerves.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
As Al mentions above...
…it’s not so much what’s been said here than what’s been said in other places.
Then why are you lecturing us here?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 12, 2010 2:36 PM CST up reply actions
Ok, but I suspect your "intended audience" isn't going to take much of anything you say to heart.
But at least now I understand why you post that here.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 12, 2010 3:05 PM CST up reply actions
They probably won't.
But I needed to get it off my chest, and I really don’t feel up to making personal visits to all the different blogs that have, shall we say, weighed in on this matter.
And, again, just to clarify, all I’m doing here is simply and respectfully asking anyone reading this thread to please consider all of the contributors to the Maple Street Press 2010 Cubs Annual before writing off the publication based on the silly misplacement of a photograph.
by daver on Feb 12, 2010 3:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
In other words...
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover?
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 12, 2010 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
Don't be mistake
This is GREAT press – and I hope nobody is taking shots at anyone involved without laughing, too. It’s funny – it’s childish – but it’s funny, and I’m assuming that the… uh… typo, is more of a conversation piece than cannon fodder for MSP, Al, any of the authors, etc.
I tell you what: I wasn’t planning on ordering the annual, but because I’ve enjoyed this slight error enough, I’m going to now. And I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. :)
"You’re playing a baseball game. You’re not playing Tiddlywinks. There is competition, for God’s sake."— Lou Piniella
as I sit here....
reading more and more about this issue, I cant help but get more and more anxious about receiving it. At first I was going to wait for it to get to the bookstores but decided I wanted it sooner rather than later and ordered one. I cant imagine how much work and effort went into this and havent doubted for one second, that I would be anything less than impressed.
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
Tell ya what
I wouldnt have known about it without this Fanpost, so that’s one more sale for ya! Also, it doesn’t look like the Mariners did a much better job of avoiding the anal situation….
FWIW....
… i just got an email from my lady friend with a link to the ChicagoNow.com story about this. She said its going around her office. I don’t remember the last time she sent me something cubs related.
That’s publicity money can’t buy!
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by AndrewJStone on Feb 12, 2010 2:11 PM CST up reply actions
Ditto.
My arch-enemy Cardinals fan emailed me at work less then 5 minutes after deadspin had the story with the picture cut and pasted into my email. With the way people love to take shots at the Cubs this could end up on a damn T-shirt.
by BLW Believes Esq. on Feb 12, 2010 2:13 PM CST up reply actions
Wait, you think your's is worse?
Ichiro is sticking his butt out with the word ALONE focal to the page. the only benefit is the u is partially visible.
at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!
I agree the Mariners is much worse
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 12, 2010 3:52 PM CST up reply actions
But in ours, a guy's fist is pointed right at DLee's rear
Actually, that’s what I noticed first, before the placement of the helmet.
I think the Cubs one is worse. Unfortunate.
Fontenot (fon-te-no): Cajun for "scrappy"
Be glad Chip Carey didn't have a cover story. Then it would have been really awkward!
In all seriousness, it won’t stop me from buying it and I’m sure I’ll enjoy every word
Sphincter!
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Chip doesn't say sphincter, but his patented call combined with the
cover inuendo would be NS fw
at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!
The "Sphincter!" is a Family Guy reference
Who knows which one?
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
Oh, at first I thought you were referring to his name being "Chip".
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
I'm glad they issued a mea culpa.
I guess the only thing I’d quibble with is, as noted above, one could say that their “anal/annual percentage” is 7/9.
At least a couple more parts of letters were visible on the Mariners cover.
You can bet this won’t happen again.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
i got a kick out of the articles listed
in the Cubs Anal behind the mic
its nothing to worry about, all of us here can have a laugh at times and i think its not that big a deal
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
"Mic"...
… is a widely known abbreviation in the broadcast industry for “microphone”. To think it refers to anything else is just plain wrong.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
ding ding ding
was just following the butt references in this Al
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I will......
have Al autograph this! Classic!
I have received e-mails on this from my Cardinal and White Sox friends!
The fist can’t be missed!
Thanks Al!!!!!!
by timeforachange2009 on Feb 13, 2010 9:11 AM CST reply actions
Any time.
See if you can get those friends to buy one, too. :)
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I have......
asked that they do!
BTW, the best line I have heard so far……
“For 100+ years the Cubs have been sticking it up their fan’s a$$es. The fans are FINALLY fighting back!”
by timeforachange2009 on Feb 13, 2010 7:03 PM CST up reply actions
LMAO
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
LMAO also.
That’s all you can do about all this — have a good sense of humor about it!
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
if anyone will not buy it cuz of the AN AL joke
they were not going to buy it anyways, so be it. I bought two last year, one for me one for my dad, and i will do so again this year.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I.....
just bought three copies. Sending two overseas.
The writing is good as always. The cover is the icing on the cake!
by timeforachange2009 on Feb 14, 2010 3:22 PM CST up reply actions
I wonder how Derek Lee is feeling about all of this?
…..I mean its his head that caused the issue in the first place!
He's probably having a good laugh about this too.
Some men learn through what they read. Some men learn through what they're told. Some men have to piss on the railroad tracks. And some men keep on pissin'.
by Ryno Runner on Feb 14, 2010 11:35 AM CST up reply actions
Hey, maybe the Annual...
…will find its way into the Cubs clubhouse and improve team chemistry. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it’s worth at least three wins.
by daver on Feb 14, 2010 12:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Let's name that stat.
AWAR = Annual Wins Above Replacement
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
AWAS
Anal Wins Above Spellsheck
/sarcasm
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Fwiw...
(And I’m really trying to avoid double entendres here :))
While I think the hubbub is amusing (in a middle school sort of way), I actually think the whole joke is kind of weak.
If I remember there are several people on here besides myself that have backgrounds as graphic designers. I would guess most of us don’t look at that and immediately think “yep, that should’ve been caught because it says ‘anal’”. If you’re like me, you would only “see” it if someone points it out to us, and then might say “yeah, I guess it sort of looks like that. But not really.” (Visually, there are a number of layout reasons why the eye isn’t drawn to read it as “anal”)
Correct.
Which is why two people who saw it at MSP after me, and the design people, never saw it.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
i didnt see it til it was pointed out
but with the spacing, I think it is actually Al’s ego showing, but letting his name be there on the cover in bold letters
An Al
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
hey I tried, do i get credit for that?
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Also
The human mind is trained to fill in the gaps. I saw Annual when I saw the picture. Maybe those that are pointing it out have Anal on the brains…
"...but you the living, you're stuck here with the Cubs. So it is ME who feels sorry for you." - Steve Goodman, "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request"
Or their heads up their asses.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 18, 2010 2:11 AM CST up reply actions
until someone pointed it out...ala this thread
i didnt notice it
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