Cubs Trade Sam Fuld To Yankees For PTBNL
by Al Yellon on Apr 1, 2010 7:00 AM CDT
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MESA, Arizona -- Just four days before Opening Day, and only two days after the Cubs disappointed outfielder Sam Fuld by optioning him to Triple-A Iowa, the ballclub sent Fuld to the New York Yankees early this morning for a player to be named later.
With Tyler Colvin playing so well in spring training, and Xavier Nady already on the bench as the fourth outfielder, there was no room for Fuld, who delighted fans with his hustle on the basepaths and his penchant for diving -- literally -- into walls to catch long fly balls.
With only four true outfielders on the Yankee roster, GM Brian Cashman said, "We can use someone of Sam's versatility to back up all our outfield spots." Manager Joe Girardi, who has a soft spot as a manager for ex-Cubs such as Dontrelle Willis and guys who were rumored to become Cubs such as Curtis Granderson and Chan Ho Park, added, "I'm partial to players who are shorter than I am."
Fuld, though initially shocked by the trade, welcomed the idea of more major league playing time and to be able to be closer to his wife Sarah and infant son Charlie, who now live in New York City.
For more on this deal follow me past the jump.
Now that all of you -- especially you, Jessica -- have picked yourself up off the floor (and Jessica, I hope you don't need extra blood pressure medication), please look at the top of this post and remind yourself what today's date is.
Thanks to Mike, who draws all the great cartoons here, for the Photoshop job.
Enjoy the rest of your April 1. Today's game is in definite danger of being rained out. And Sam Fuld is still in the organization.
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Nice way to wake up.....
unless you’re Jessica!
"For the charming if somewhat curious branch of mankind known as Cub fans, spring is a sanguine time.. Every spring holds the blithe hope that perhaps this is the season in which Satan will grow weary and ease up on the headlock in which he has diabolically held Chicago's mightily struggling National League baseball team since 1908..." Lonnie Wheeler- "Bleachers"
Dagnabit Al!!!!
You got me. Crap. That isn’t funny!
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
the first two paragraphs held me
but the third one obviously makes it a joke. Nice one.
Obviously I didn't get that far
before I had a conniption. What makes me even more of a fool is that the thought occured to me yesterday that I should watch out for people posting gags on here today.
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
Almost bought it
As I was reading it but wondered why other sites—Tribune, Sun-times and Daily Herald—that I usually check before here had nothing on it.
Nice try might make some sense for another team to pick him up but think the Cubs like him as a spare/insurance for defense, mainly. If they were configured differently—like with Alou and Sosa on the corners at start of last decade!!—he’d be fine everyday CF.
Al...
You are a friggin genius! Best post EVER!
"...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"
by HoSs. on Apr 1, 2010 7:23 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
One of these years, a Cubs player
really WILL be traded on April 1st, Al will report on it…..and no one will believe him.
You got me last year as well. Lol.
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'.
It'll be somebody important, too.
Somebody like, say, Z. Or Lilly.
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
nice one Al
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Hey I wasn't involved this year.
I suppose that’s a plus.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Apr 1, 2010 7:32 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I actually came here this morning
to see what April Fools post Al had put up this year. I wasn’t disappointed.
Nice.
"Manny Trillo is coming in to pinch run. You know, for a lot of teams, you would pinch run for Manny Trillo." - Harry Caray
Ayy!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Apr 1, 2010 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Me too!
What was the past last year? I’m too lazy to look it up…
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air...
Derrek for Matt Cain.
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'.
well played Al
"You've got to get your damn shirts rolled up and go out and kick somebody's ass. That's what you've got to do. Period." -- Lou Piniella
Think you should have just let that last paragraph off the post, Al
good job though…!
Just win the next game...!
Is there a way to block that photo?
It’s going to burn my eyes out every time I come to the home page this week. Well I suppose it could be worse. You could have made him a Cardinal.
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
We would've known right away.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
If that had happened,
I would have gouged my eyes out.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Who cares if he's a Cubs fan? This is a football forum! He is a PACKER fan as well. So, from now until March, I’m sure he’ll dedicate a lot of his time here. In late March, then we can be enemies during the baseball season. Besides, the Cubs have perhaps the most loyal baseball fanbase in the country. You have to respect that.
Go Pack!
by Jabooty on Jan 25, 2010 2:58 PM EST
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Apr 1, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
First thing in the morning
and I’m sitting here wondering how Al got that photo so quickly. Then I think, oh, they’re all together at Spring Training so maybe Fuld just drove over and tried on a Yankee uniform … then I realize that the Yankees are on the other side of the continent, but I still didn’t get it! Need another cup o’ joe. Fun stuff, Al.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
I must say: Its an April Fuld Joke
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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by eths on Apr 1, 2010 8:10 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
He sure Fuld me.
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Apr 1, 2010 8:13 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I feel so Fuldish, I fell for it completely.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Fuld me once shame on...
…shame on… on you. Fuld me twice… can’t be Fuld again.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
by Phubbies on Apr 1, 2010 8:52 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
YYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!
Thankfully, Fuld won’t be going to the Casa de Steinbrenner to meet the new Boss, who is, in fact, pretty much the same as the old Boss.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
by Phubbies on Apr 1, 2010 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
Lmao. Nice. Green.
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'.
I'm a sucker for bad puns
Recd
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
I haven't heard from Jessica yet and she hasn't posted here.
Think I should have someone check on her?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Last I heard, she is busy preparing a giant big gulp to drown you in.
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
The second time today
And its only breakfast. I’m going to need to be more alert or I’m going to do something really stupid today.
Funny.
I remember a few years back
Al announced on April 1st that the Cubs traded Matt Murton to the Brewers for Carlos Lee. In hindsight that would’ve been an awesome deal!
HA!
I knew immediately it was a joke lol. Can’t fool me :P
"They say you don’t win a pennant in April, but you can sure lose one." - Ryan Dempster
Touché, Al. Touché.
Got me good. Lol
A-well-a Byrd, Byrd, Byrd, well the Byrd is the word.
by mikegncb34 on Apr 1, 2010 8:26 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
You had me for a bit
But then i looked at the Uniform. The NY is too big.
"I won't be like A-Rod" - Z, 3/17/09
the 2nd button is out of place
“It’s up too high. The 2nd button can make or break the shirt.”
Just win the next game...!
it's a visitors shirt
that’s been shopped. Most visitor jerseys have the second button higher because the name of the team is across the front of the shirt.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Apr 1, 2010 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions
"It's in no-man's-land, you look like you live with your mother."
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
"You do of course try on, when you buy?"
I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted - George Best
Lol. Seinfeld.
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'.
Doesn't look any bigger to me than the one on Jeter's jersey in the photo above.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Maybe it's the fact that Fuld is a lot smaller
NY logo is the same size, yet on a smaller body looks bigger.
Doesn't seem too far off does it?
Anyway – Nice joke. Thanks for making the morning.
"I won't be like A-Rod" - Z, 3/17/09
by Ihatethecards on Apr 1, 2010 8:46 AM CDT up reply actions
He's a small guy.
Wouldn’t the NY look bigger on him?
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
Like they would have had a formal picture in uniform already!
Duh! How could I have been so stupid? I need more coffee.
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
It's actually not at all uncommon for the AP to photoshop players into their new uniforms.
Or… look at all of the baseball card SNAFUs in which they photoshop people into the new uniforms and make pretty terrible mistakes.
Oh my ... I fell for this too.
I can only imagine what will happen when Jessica sees this. She might take it seriously.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Who cares if he's a Cubs fan? This is a football forum! He is a PACKER fan as well. So, from now until March, I’m sure he’ll dedicate a lot of his time here. In late March, then we can be enemies during the baseball season. Besides, the Cubs have perhaps the most loyal baseball fanbase in the country. You have to respect that.
Go Pack!
by Jabooty on Jan 25, 2010 2:58 PM EST
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Apr 1, 2010 8:44 AM CDT reply actions
Check swing. (and a tip of the hat to you, sir.)
You almost had me, Al. I started to go for it, but held up. I would’ve fallen for it if my wife hadn’t already pranked me this morning. Nicely done, Al. Nicely done.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
The thought of this was nice
Although a joke, at least maybe then the love affair with Sam Fuld et al would end. I mean c’mon slow news days when we continue to talk about 5th outfielders.
Sheesh – this is when I figured out I was sick, when at spring training last week I am discussing the merits of Fuld vs. Colvin with the guy sitting next to me – yeeech
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
Sorry Al
I did not fall for it. A little to obvious.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
Well a little too over the top
Besides you want me to have heart attack?
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:18 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought that photo alone might have been enough.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
definately jarring when you you see it first thing.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
If he did play for the Yankees, you could see him in person more often.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Nothing would ever induce me to watch Yankee games
for any purpose other than hoping they lose.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Not as obvious as this
http://prosportsblogging.com/nhl-hockey/chicago-blackhawks/joel-quenneville-fired/
Yet a couple people did start to fall for it.
Just win the next game...!
Second time I've been had this morning.
But, Al – yours was much better. A tip of the cap to you sir.
Now, I need to get thru my first mug of coffee before talking to anyone else today!
So I was looking...
…at google’s annual April Fool’s day joke and I thought, “wow, everyone realizes that today is April 1st, no one should be fooled by anything”
Sure enough, I head over here and start panicking when I read the post title.
:)
Google's April Fool's joke...
… was, IMO, pretty lame this year.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Changing their name to "Topeka"...
… or taking all the vowels out of my gmail? Because that was kind of funny.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 1, 2010 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
I thought it was pretty lame, especially since the “no vowels” thing was only on the Gmail homepage.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
It was exactly what i want in an online April Fools joke.
Not trying to hate on what you did here, Al, but everybody “makes up news” on this day. Yours was well executed, and came with the great added touch of the photo, but in general April Fools on the internet has become pretty predictable. I got to all of my key sites every April 1 knowing there will be an entirely fictional piece. It is what it is.
Google took the time to code the vowels out of one of their biggest properties. Their backup story was just as funny as anybody else’s, but the action itself got my attention.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 1, 2010 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the best April Fools things...
… are plausible. If Google really wanted to fool me into thinking they were taking the vowels out of my Gmail, they should have figured out a way to actually do that in code.
The “Topeka” thing was really lame, because it was 100% not believable. They did better in past years.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I think if its purely a news post, it should be plausible.
That is why yours worked, as opposed to Zipcar’s “we are adding the El Camino to our fleet!” that i just saw.
But i also give credit for a good prank that isn’t just telling me a lie and seeing how long i’ll get wrapped up, and google, this year, pulled that off.
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Damn.
I might actually sign up for Zipcar service if that were true!
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
Its like a car... and a truck... MIXED TOGETHER!
Whats not to love?
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Maybe Google should have changed its name to Zipcar.
Now THAT would have been funny.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Good April Fool's Joke
And the eighth and final rule: if this is your first time at Fight Club, you have to fight.
One of the great April Fool's jokes of all time
For background. This comes from Panorama which was a VERY serious news magazine and no one would have imagined anything they ran could not be true
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
That's outstanding.
I had heard about this one, but never saw the original video until now. Thanks for posting.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Do you think the climate in IL would be suitable for that?
I’d really like to get one of those trees.
"Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air."-Pat Hughes
That is funny, thanks for posting.
It was early and I was groggy, but I sniffed Al out pretty quickly. My GF did not fall for my attempt this morning, either. Told her I got a job in FL and was moving. Ok, she bought it for a little bit.
"75 wins is optimistic with this staff. Optimistic." and "Cubs are looking at 4th place in 2010." BLou, March 17, 2010.
by BleedsbluinMI on Apr 1, 2010 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
The BBC is a serious organization?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrxmpihCjqw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzhDsojoqk8
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
They were in 1957
That is what made it so amazing.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I think the BBC is no longer as good as they once were - As always blame Thatcher
[no more politics]
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
the funny thing is...
not only is this plausible, but it would be GOOD for Fuld. A Yankee? Most kids growing up dream of playing for the Yankees.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
Actually not that plausible
The Cubs pretty much need to stash Fuld now because there is a pretty long drop off in the OF food chain after him and even they know they have some issues with the current ones. I don’t doubt they would trade Fuld but not for PTBNL. I emailed Al , that I probably WOULD have fallen for this had it been Cubs trade Fuld, & Cashner for the Blue Jays for Frasor. Not to mention the Yankees don’t seem to be needing an OF.
This is however EXACTLY what Hendry would do if the Cubs had little need of Fuld. He would trade him to a team who could get a chance to play with rather than letting him rot either in the minors or in Lou’s dog house.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions
There's no way the Cubs make that deal, though.
The Yankees really do only have four legitimate OF on their 40-man roster: Gardner, Granderson, Swisher and Winn.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Really?
I think the Cubs would make that trade . Last night someone on The Cub Reporter posted a "rumor’ that the Cubs were trading Colvin and Caridad for Frasor and I did believe it for about a minute till realized the date.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Frasor has been named the Blue Jays closer.
They’d want a major league ready closer in return. Cashner isn’t that.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I agree
but I thought you said the Cubs would not make a deal for Frasor.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions
And they wouldn't have, because the Jays were asking too much.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
You think Cashner and Fuld would be too much for Frasor?
Obviously you mean the Cashner part but wow. I would do that deal, Fuld included.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 9:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, I do.
Cashner is going to be a very good major league pitcher.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Could we get them to throw in
ADAM LIND?!?!!?!!?
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
FYI I am flattered
Al went to so much trouble to cause me a heart attack.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
I figured you'd at the very least...
… need extra blood pressure meds today.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I will go for a double dose
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
LSA!
Got me!
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
The real April Fools joke
is that it isn’t true… Oh well, we have to have a Murton, EPatt, Halfpower or Fuld around here…
Halfpower...
I like that… LOL…
"Why people who have not committed any punishable offense, listen to Country and Western music is absolutely beyond me" - John Cleese
Nice one, Al!
You had me until this:
Manager Joe Girardi, who has a soft spot as a manager for ex-Cubs such as Dontrelle Willis and guys who were rumored to become Cubs such as Curtis Granderson and Chan Ho Park, added, “I’m partial to players who are shorter than I am.”
Gotta share this one in case people missed it.
A coupla years ago, IGN.com got people with this one. Still my favorite April Fools Joke of all time.
This is gonna be a whole lot funnier for the video game nerds in all of us, but a lotta people were up in arms about this one.
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? - Jim Bouton
Sigh, here's the link, first one didn't work
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? - Jim Bouton
Kinda OT
Our company created a April Fool’s video and launched it today. Thought you business/web type folks might enjoy it :)
How to Market on the Web: http://websmart.tv/fun/how-to-market-on-the-web/
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by digitalbenjamin on Apr 1, 2010 10:31 AM CDT reply actions
This was my favorite part of that...
Look for top-shelf synergy and pro-active infrastructures in order to incentivize frictionless markets. With accessible elocution, strategic visuals, and scalable architectures, you will appear relevant to today’s metrics.
Outstanding. Two full sentences with multisyllable words that said absolutely nothing.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Thanks Al...
We had lots of fun doing it (and poking fun at people who speak this way)
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by digitalbenjamin on Apr 1, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
LOL
You “will appear relevant.” That’s exactly right. There’s a difference between appearing to be relevant and being relevant. Very good. The language reminded me of so many people….
by Fraggin Judge on Apr 1, 2010 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Nice one, Al!
But it’s good to still have Sammy “the Fuld” in the organization.
I don't suppose your name on here...
is in reference to the mountain (Mt. Shasta)?
by CubsWin!Oregon on Apr 1, 2010 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
He gets more cred
if its for the brand of immitation soft drinks.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
♫Don't wanna pop...♪
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Apr 1, 2010 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
:)
I believe those are actually named after the mountain too (the distributor started as a bottled water company that took water from the natural springs on Mt. Shasta). So it could be a win-win.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Apr 1, 2010 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Hehe
Hey no complaints its cheap and as a kid I was glad to get my sugar fix on ’em
Funny went from drinking cheap sodas as a kid to cheap beer as an adult
- Go Figure!?!
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
I might have believed it.
If I didn’t just come from another SB Nation site (Bolts from the Blue) that was reporting that Phillip Rivers was just traded for Brandon Marshall and 2 undisclosed draft picks. Uh huh.
+1 BCB
-1 BftB
You know what else I heard?
The Green Bay Packers just traded Aaron Rodgers to the Bears. Oh wait, remember what day it is!
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Who cares if he's a Cubs fan? This is a football forum! He is a PACKER fan as well. So, from now until March, I’m sure he’ll dedicate a lot of his time here. In late March, then we can be enemies during the baseball season. Besides, the Cubs have perhaps the most loyal baseball fanbase in the country. You have to respect that.
Go Pack!
by Jabooty on Jan 25, 2010 2:58 PM EST
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Apr 1, 2010 10:55 AM CDT reply actions
And Brett Favre is coming back to play for the Vikings!
Oh wait, that is not an April’s Fool joke.
by Fraggin Judge on Apr 1, 2010 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
And I wish it was.
I didn't believe it last August, but it turns out that love survives.
Who cares if he's a Cubs fan? This is a football forum! He is a PACKER fan as well. So, from now until March, I’m sure he’ll dedicate a lot of his time here. In late March, then we can be enemies during the baseball season. Besides, the Cubs have perhaps the most loyal baseball fanbase in the country. You have to respect that.
Go Pack!
by Jabooty on Jan 25, 2010 2:58 PM EST
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Apr 1, 2010 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
that's a Groundhog Day joke
and get used to it, cuz it’s gonna happen every year until he croaks.
And even then, I’m guessing he’ll find a way to wait until the last moment before he decides he’s returning from the grave…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
"Brett Favre dies. Still undecided on retirement. Vikings fan erect billboard overlooking cemetary"
"...the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck. It's a series of tubes." - Sen. Ted Stevens
You mean he still has NCAA eligibility?
Great! We’ll take him back here at Cal! ;-)
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
Totally fell for it
and immediately thought how Jessica would react to this news. Good one, Al.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
Well played, Al.
I was calling over my son, a Yankee fan, to read this and wondering whatever would happen to the Yankees’ 4th outfielder, Brett Gardner, when I kept reading and realized the date and the joke. Well done.
BTW, here is a curious fact: in Hispanic societies, there is a date equivalent to April’s Fool: Innocent’s Day is a day for pranks and practical jokes, along with fake news stories. It’s on December 28th, the day Herodes supposedly ordered all first born children killed trying to exterminate the Messiah, according to the Christian Bible. This is the kind of story you would see on that date in a Hispanic news outlet. And don’t ask me to explain why would someone equate Herodes’ deeds with practical jokes, because King Herodes wasn’t joking.
I fell for it briefly
The GIrardi quotes are a dead giveaway though.
The problem with fooling Jessica is that she’d never believe that Fuld would get traded and that he wouldn’t tell his stalker before it hit the media. :-)
I never travel far without a little Big Star. R.I.P Alex
Ahem
I only stalk four legged doggies and have a somewhat mild interest in a two legged Doggie not named Fuld.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions
OK, that was a pretty good one.
I thought it strange that the trade was official here at BCB, and Cubs.com had no mention of it, but then I remembered who writes for Cubs.com, and I was not surprised that Al had beat her to the punch. All I was thinking was, “why didn’t Hendry insist on getting a relief pitcher for a versatile outfielder like Fuld.”
"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004
Like a lot of others, I bought it until the Girardi statements
Nice job!
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by Shanghai Badger on Apr 1, 2010 11:42 AM CDT reply actions
I just pooped a little.
United we stand and united we'll fall......down on our knees the day we win it all!
I think they call that a shart
"If you played the game the right way, played the game for the team, good things would happen." - Ryne Sandberg
got me
I have to admit.
"I lof to hit de home ron!"
So I go out last night to a soccer game and a taco dinner (bring on the stereotype jokes),
and when I get back, I have dozens of messages from my wife saying that Dreamy DeRo had been traded to the Cubs and that Soriano had been shipped to Oakland. I felt a rush of blood through my head. She will pay. She will suffer. She will wish she never did this.
I think I like your wife
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by eths on Apr 1, 2010 12:46 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Glad everyone was right
I knew Jim Hendry’s phone was ringing off the hook once we sent him down.
I am just surprised we didn’t get something a little better.
I’m just shocked it wasn’t ARod.
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by puckishcubsfan on Apr 1, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh
…would be even funnier if somebody played this joke on Sam Fuld. Well, funnier for us. Imagine how deflated Sam would have felt when he considered what day it was, and he wasn’t getting traded to a winning organization who might know what to do with an outfielder who can play defense, get on base and run the bases.
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You mean like THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nKKqPOiJxI
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 1:38 PM CDT up reply actions
kinda...
I think Fuld would take a job with the Giants on either side of the Pacific Ocean rather than be in this backwards ass franchise.
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by jameslcrockett on Apr 1, 2010 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Such a ray of sunshine, this guy.
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by AndrewJStone on Apr 1, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
THAT was hilarious.
"It's Spring Training. You know how many home runs Barry Bonds hit off me? One - in Spring Training." - Big Z
Someone take the sharp objects away from doggie stalker
I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.
~Earl Warren
What's great about the picture is the smug look on Fuld's face
“Yeah, I’m a Yankee. What’s it to you?!
"On offense, your most precious possessions are your 27 outs" - Earl Weaver
You should have said Ryan Theriot
Imagine half of BCB jumping for joy that he was traded to find out it was a joke.
I think if you wanted to excite BCB
It would be a trade of Fontenot and the call up of Castro. I think most of us would have fallen for that.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on Apr 1, 2010 1:40 PM CDT up reply actions
agreed
that would have kept us going for much longer.
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by jameslcrockett on Apr 1, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I was snookered.
Nice one, Al!
"With Chance on first, and Evers on third,
Great things from the Cubs will soon be heard."
I fell for it
My first thought was how the team had low cost options and how they were all sure as heck drying up fast. Fuld, assuming he does stick with the organization, is very likely to be called-up before Sept rolls around.
Another site
Another site got together with the person who ran a Sox site in the same group and changed everything over a few years ago. Or was it here?
IT was very funny.
Formerly known as cubstoseriesby100. Thanks Al for letting me change my outdated screenname.
That was here.
I did that with South Side Sox in 2005.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I remember
I wasn’t really a regular here or maybe I wasn’t here at all and now I remember someone saying “This cool Cubs site I am a part of did something really cool” and sending me a link.
Formerly known as cubstoseriesby100. Thanks Al for letting me change my outdated screenname.
by puckishcubsfan on Apr 1, 2010 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
that one got me
I thought he was going to be traded when I read the first few paragraphs but then I realized it was a joke.
Good one!
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