Cubs Enjoy Caviar During Pre-Game Meal; Seriously Guys?
The Trib reports the Cubs were eating caviar at Monday's pre-game spread.
Regardless of whether you think this article is designed to enlighten or enflame, ...seriously Cubs?
What are you thinking? ... ARE you thinking? Symbolically, this doesn't read well no matter how you spin it.
Now if it had been fried bologna 'daisies', perhaps...
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I didn't understand this, either.
What was the point of it?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I don't get it
What exactly is wrong with it and how does it hurt anyone?
And why the heck is it newsworthy. What’s next a detail on their pregame bathroom routines?
Formerly known as cubstoseriesby100. Thanks Al for letting me change my outdated screenname.
Hooray for Sullivan making an idiotic comparison between sports and a real life disaster
“but the mere idea of serving caviar to a fifth-place team that began the day 17 games out of first place was akin to the chairman of BP going yachting during the height of the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster.”
No, no it’s not Paul it’s not remotely “akin”
Exactly
And some bozos were on the radio saying How dare they eat caviar when so many people are struggling right now.
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by puckishcubsfan on Aug 17, 2010 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions
oh lord
"Wait, are you saying I'm a sunshine-pumping, koolaid-drinking, Soriano-loving, rainbow-rising, unicorn-riding, double-clutching, Sweet Lou-backing, Hendry-supporting, hey hey whaddya saying, Cubs are going all the waying, glass is overflowing, Rothschild is all-knowing, Cubs fan? - ballhawk
Yet another reason I don't listen to sports talk radio.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Paul Sullivan's hair is akin to the oil spill, however.
"One of the things I like about baseball is that between innings you can go to the restroom.'' ~Manny Acta.
Bizarre story
If a nutritionist thinks eating caviar will help the team, I don’t see the reason why we should care. It’s for the sake of their diet, not to celebrate while sipping vodka.
News in the Central time zone comes on at 10, not 11
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
They should be celebrating!
What an awesome year they are having!
They had a 2 game winning streak, why not celebrate! I completely understand with the bar set as high as it is, when you reach it, you have to let off some steam!
I think
I think if they had had caviar every day we’d be on the way to 100 wins instead of possibly 100 losses.
Lack of caviar is the reason the Cubs haven’t won the world series in 102 years.
The reason Lee is having a down season is because he has never had caviar.
I think they should have caviar before every game, take baths in it and rub their bats with it.
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Wow...
Was this a pointless rant.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. -- Albert Einstein
by Worf on Aug 17, 2010 8:42 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Perhaps it was merely a deal with Romanoff
The Official Caviar of the Chicago Cubs.
"Lou Piniella's been a great manager for a long time and I stand by him completely"
Jim Hendry
Ask Tom Hellman
Tom Hellman is the Cubs Clubhouse attendant. While I’m sure the new nutritionist has some input, Tom is the guy running the kitchen.
You can stop with the Ricketts-Hendry-Piniella machiavellian plots. It was one pre-game meal selected by the clubhouse manager. That’s all.
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
Who gives a crap
what they ate. The media, and some on BCB, are making mountains out of mole hills. Leave it to Sullivan to fuel the fire and his piss poor analogy.
I could care less what they eat for their pre-game meal. It’s their play on the field that matters and the meal has no blessed effect on that. They probably won’t be serving it again anyway since only a couple of guys ate it.
Oh by the by, can we please have a post that matters instead of a pointless rant.
That is all.
by Swoosie on Aug 17, 2010 10:49 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
1000 BCB points for using "couldn't care less" correctly.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
It's a huge pet peeve of mine.
I’m seeing the “could care less” in “mainstream” journalism recently and it’s really cheeving me off! Rawr!
I could care less about your pet peeve lol
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 17, 2010 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Supposebly, that's the worst of the wroths
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. -- Albert Einstein
Can I get a hug?
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 17, 2010 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, I know the proper
phrase…………so sorry I didn’t proof it right. Actually I’m not sorry, but you get my drift.
The phrase “couldn’t care less” is originally British. The term “could care less” was coined in the US in the 1960s and is one of the most misused phrases. There is history behind it, but that’s for another day, maybe.
That is all.
Uh, I wasn't ranting with this post. I just provided a link to the CT article, which is one of the points of a Fanshot.
Sully was the ranter.
I don’t really care what was served, but I was commenting on the "image’ connected with serving caviar. Just seems like an odd choice to me.
We have met the enemy and they are us! ~ Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1971
And I was replying to Swoosie Al, not you.
Sorry for the reply fail.
We have met the enemy and they are us! ~ Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1971
Stupid article.
No one cares. Just looking for anything to get readers at this point in the season.
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 17, 2010 12:34 PM CDT reply actions
This is eggs-tremely silly.
What a stupid thing to be carping about.
"Fasten those seatbelts!"-Pat Hughes
As long as nobody eats anything before that game that makes them have to go to the sturgeon
We’ll all be okay.
"You’re playing a baseball game. You’re not playing Tiddlywinks. There is competition, for God’s sake."— Lou Piniella
Yet people yell about it
Until they are beluga in the face!
"You’re playing a baseball game. You’re not playing Tiddlywinks. There is competition, for God’s sake."— Lou Piniella
Just more ammo for
Cubs managment baskers to steak their claim on.
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
by RiskyBusiness on Aug 17, 2010 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I won't have a cow
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
by RiskyBusiness on Aug 17, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
But I will go Horse screaming over this!
"They come to see me strike out, hit a home run, or run into a fence. I try to accommodate them at least one way every game." - Gorman Thomas
by RiskyBusiness on Aug 17, 2010 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Just say Neigh.
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 17, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
BREAKING NEWS!!!
BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE WEALTHY, EAT WELL AND ARE PAMPERED!
"Don’t belittle entire fanbases or neighborhoods…simply because they are within proximity to some people who don’t operate (or look) the same way you do." - AndrewJStone 6/29/2010
Caviar Controversy...
I heard a bit about this on the radio today. I know some here might think I’d use this issue to bash the Cubs, but sorry, not this time.
They served the Cubs caviar? Fine with me. I don’t know why this would cause anyone outrage. They’re professional athletes, which in essence is just another form of entertainment. They generate huge sums of money. They get paid well. They eat well. They served them caviar. I’m fine with it.
"Don’t belittle entire fanbases or neighborhoods…simply because they are within proximity to some people who don’t operate (or look) the same way you do." - AndrewJStone 6/29/2010
Have you ever had caviar?
It fucking sucks
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted. -- Albert Einstein
Neither is caviar when you get down to it
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
It does.
I swear most people eat it just to show they have the money to afford it.
Starlin Castro singles on a pop up to catcher Jason LaRue.
Ryan Theriot scores. Two out -Gameday 7/23/10
by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 17, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Like anything else
You either like it or you don’t.
RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010).
Free BLou
don't forget the Chesterfields!
"There are no curses here...Games are won and lost on the baseball field" - Lou Piniella
and the babes. he had a lot of babes...
…cause he was BABE Ruth…
We have met the enemy and they are us! ~ Walt Kelly, Pogo, 1971
Aren't there caviars
that aren’t all that expensive nor decadent?
Another tempest in a teapot.
by Not Bruce Froemming on Aug 18, 2010 12:55 AM CDT reply actions
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