Has anyone else noticed these "Year 1" banners all over the place that promote ticket sales?
Seems kinda odd. What is "Year 1"? The 1st year of the Ricketts dynasty?
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if it does mean "Year 1" of the Ricketts Dynasty,
IMHO….that’s spoken exactly like a fan that’s an owner….not sure if I like it or not yet. I’m sure there will be more to it.
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I guess.
It’s on the cover of the pocket schedule, too.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Can you scan and publish the pocket schedule, too?
The Cubs typically post a ‘printable schedule’ but I havent seen it yet.
I like to have the entire season schedule on a single 8 × 11 page.
Thanks.
Steve Swisher - 1976 NL All-Star Catcher
by Dan Serafini on Feb 18, 2010 12:06 PM CST up reply actions
Here you go.
2010 schedules (link opens .pdf — contains both spring and regular season schedules)
Note, this schedule is missing one game time — 8/12 at SF is now 2:45 CDT. The other three games listed as TBD on this schedule are still TBD.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I knew this was a full service site...
Thanks so much.
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by Dan Serafini on Feb 18, 2010 1:11 PM CST up reply actions
nice
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by digitalbenjamin on Feb 18, 2010 9:51 AM CST up reply actions
Year 1 after Theriot takes over SS for the next decade?
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by digitalbenjamin on Feb 18, 2010 9:52 AM CST up reply actions
It's been so long since Jesus was born I forget...
So was last year Year 0 or 1 BR (before Ricketts)?
Anyone else slightly troubled by this advertising?
"I'd rather hit home runs you don't have to run as hard." -- Dave Kingman
by BucknerKongCardenal on Feb 18, 2010 9:52 AM CST reply actions
I'm okay with it. A little note to
remind people to judge them for the record and leave any 100 years angst on the prior owners.
If it makes them happy enought to spend and win, I approve this message.
at daver's request, Let's frontload this B**ch!
I can understand that message.
But it also makes the Cubs sound like an expansion team.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I think the point is that it's a fresh start
I would have bought more into this advertising campaign if they would have started off “year 1” by bringing in a big name like Orlando Hudson or Curtis Granderson … the equivalent of what most teams try to do in the first year of a new ballpark (see 2006 Cardinals, 2009 Yankees, 2010 Twins, etc.)
"Chicago Cubs fans are ninety percent scar-tissue." -George F. Will
by In Piniella We Trustiella on Feb 18, 2010 8:02 PM CST up reply actions
Well, it's going to invite a lot of snickering from the peanut gallery, that's for sure.
But I don’t have a huge problem with it. The Ricketts apparently want to emphasize that this season is a “new beginning” now that they’ve taken over. I would’ve been a little more subtle about that but, hey, it’s their prerogative.
Snickering, sure
Maybe I’m reading too much into this but now I’m already wondering if the new owner has a Jesus complex….now do I not only want him to win a WS, I want to see him walk on water afterward.
Cubs better win now or snicker-fest could cross to Year One being mocked and mercilessly beaten like a drum by everyone who ever writes about the Cubs once they falter, making Year One potentially the new Bartman.
If they follow this up with a Sam Waterston Year One TV ad all will be forgiven. Woo could probably have fun with it too.
"I'd rather hit home runs you don't have to run as hard." -- Dave Kingman
by BucknerKongCardenal on Feb 18, 2010 9:49 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think it's any different than fans seperating themselves from the 100 years bit
by simply acknowledging that they’ve only been alive for xx years of it. Rickett’s may be taking over control of a franchise that hasn’t won in 100+ years, but this is HIS year 1. It’s his team, he can call his ‘reign’ whatever the hell he wants as long as he spends intelligently and often, fixes up Wrigley, improves the conditions for our players and keeps everyone happy.
I’ll call the man whatever he wants if he brings us to the promised land!
Year 1 is cocky and I like it.
We’re never going to get away from the 100+year tag. Might as well own it.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
I sure hope it doesn't mean...
that they are “building a new tradition”
See the Cubs 2010 schedule (now with game times) at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2010.html
Also see what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Uh oh
They won 73 games in ‘82, which puts them right on pace with BLou’s prediction!!
Yabbut don't forget....
… the 1982 team was coming off a year with a .369 winning percentage (in a strike season: that would have produced 102 losses in a full season). They had a much longer way to go than this year’s team does.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
And, they did build a new tradition.
The awful, awful teams of the ‘70s soon gave way to the best Cubs team of my lifetime. I’d take this year matching 1982 if it meant two years from now has a team of the caliber of the 1984 squad.
by Orval Overall on Feb 18, 2010 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
An attempt to suggest a fresh, new start?
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by eths on Feb 18, 2010 11:22 AM CST via mobile reply actions
This is the perfect setup for late October
when the Cubs have an unveiling of a championship banner and new team slogan
“YEAR WON”
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
at least they didnt make it look like an UNO card
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But then they could do a cross promotion with Uno Pizzeria
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i got to ask
photoshop or legit?
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They're a legit product
I saw them at Convention, actually. Get your own here!
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by cubbiebluekdawg on Feb 18, 2010 3:43 PM CST up reply actions
I will also confirm that
My daughter saw the Cubs Uno game and just had to get it.
See the Cubs 2010 schedule (now with game times) at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2010.html
Also see what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
i dont know if that is cool
or fkin cool. i think i may need to get one myself
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Legit
Laugh all you want… I own it.
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 18, 2010 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
not laughing at all
just wanted to make sure
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
There's also a Cubs Monopoly game out there.
I think the Kidsnips where I take my daughter still sells it, even though it’s obviously way out of date.
I refuse to buy the one with Sosa as Park Place.
I’ve also seen one with Soriano. I don’t feel either deserves that honor. I’m waiting for a better version.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
i have seen Monopoly in so many forms
but Uno not so much
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I have the Harry Potter Uno….but that is truly amazing….I have to go back and look at it again
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by cooliogirl47 on Feb 19, 2010 7:04 PM CST up reply actions
doesnt surprise me
Muppet Show Uno – “Mayhem card: the player who plays it causes everyone to swap hands. The direction of the swap is determined by the player playing the card.”
AWESOME!
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I think it's kinda like a
Were starting over type of thing.
"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver
by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 18, 2010 10:19 PM CST via mobile reply actions
I like it. I think it's the Ricketts way of saying we are in for the long...
…run and we are committed to restoring gold glory to this franchise. I also like the way it says “Forget about the past. This is now.”
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by Ryno Runner on Feb 18, 2010 10:52 PM CST up reply actions
"Forget about the past. This is now."
ricketts should have totally hired mcgwire to the hitting coach then
by jesus christos on Feb 18, 2010 10:55 PM CST up reply actions
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