Is this just Wishful Thinking?
No one was talking again … except for one Lakeview resident in a purple T-shirt who believes he spoke to Epstein on Saturday morning at a Starbucks in Lincoln Park.
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Lol..
Why couldn’t he take a picture? I’m waiting on some real news. If it’s gonna happen with him, great .. if not, let’s move on to someone else.
'Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.'
Francona's on Fox.
And Epstein’s in Chicago. What the hell is going on.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Then he's probably heading to Anaheim
Since there aren’t any Dunkin Donuts in California.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 10, 2011 1:55 AM CDT up reply actions
Theo to Toronto
Where there are no Dunkin Donuts. There are Tim Horton’s, which is Canadian for Dunkin Donuts and just as ubiquitous.
"Just shut up and play" - Matt Garza
by RiskyBusiness on Oct 10, 2011 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
In related news
I saw Fatty Arbuckle at a Starbucks in Burbank. I asked him if he was Fatty Arbuckle and when he said “Who the #*!@ is Fatty Arbuckle?” I knew it was him. I think he’s going to buy the Dodgers.
thats just because he hates "Fatty". Rosco, please.
"Enough foreplay- let's get crackin'"- Fred Garvin
Wow
That’s got to be one of the dumbest articles to actually be published by a major newspaper that I’ve ever read. It’s embarrassing really.
That said, I hope it’s true! Haha.
by WiscCubsFan on Oct 9, 2011 2:05 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I saw someone that looks just like Shanghai Badger in Shanghai this week
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you're lucky it wasn't the Honey Badger, he's nasty
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Badges?
Oh. You said BADGERS. Never mind. Carry on.
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What
I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
by cub in louies nest on Oct 9, 2011 9:34 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
What's wrong with Honey Badger?
Besides the fact that it may have been the smallest & most expensive cup of coffee I have ever had.
I sometimes hate my phone!!
I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
by cub in louies nest on Oct 9, 2011 9:36 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I just saw
a commercial for pistachios and a honey badger was smashing pistachios with it’s tail.
DEJESUS!!!
did you ever see the YouTube video?
it’s funny
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Oct 9, 2011 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
There's about 10 videos of the Honey Badger...
…and they’re all pretty funny.
"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes." - Bob Uecker
Looks like...
… Sullivan’s editor asked him to write 500 words about the Cubs again.
That Starbucks is not very far from my house. I can tell you that there’s no way someone from out of town would stop there on the way to Wrigley Field. It’s out of the way and you kind of have to know it’s there.
What utter nonsense that article was. If I had written it you guys would have laughed at me for a week.
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That was one of
the most ridiculous articles I’ve ever seen in a major newspaper. If someone posted that on the Cubs.com message board the moderator would have deleted it for lack of content and believability.
DEJESUS!!!
Since when is Sullivan believable?
We usually laugh at him no matter what he writes.
I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.
by cub in louies nest on Oct 9, 2011 9:39 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Jewish holiday?
would it be unusual for Epstein to be in Chicago during a Jewish holiday? wouldn’t he be with his family in Boston?
I'm going to call wittenmeyer and tell him I saw Jesus at the local Payless shoestore buying sandles
by Nunyabidness on Oct 9, 2011 8:40 AM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Jesus just left Chicago...
…and he’s bound for New Orleans.
Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.
Who knew
a Paul Sullivan article would be what brought the entire BCB community together in 100% agreement. We should all sing Kumbaya and then call the Trib and let them know what a hack Sullivan is.
With all the fantastic writers losing their jobs in the print media industry, it’s amazing to me that people like him continue to be gainfully employed.
DEJESUS!!!
Sullivan needs to go
total and utter hack, could the Trib please put some new blood on the Cub beat, please? Sullivan constantly gets beat by Wittenmeyer anyway.
Did you know that Wittenmyer has been known to simply make things up?
He’s a good writer, but knows little about Chicago and Cubs history.
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i'm not saying either are great
but he seems to get better stuff than Sullivan, IMO. I could live w/o either but enough is enough of Sullivan. The guy has been on the way beat way too long and needs to go.
And BIlly Joe Bobby Sue done seed
the Loch Ness monster, coming out of Lake Michigan.
I asked him, is you the Loch Ness Monster?, and he smiled, and said “I get the alot”.
But it was him, I know it.
Really, that article reads like a very bad sci fi movie from the 70’s.
Wow, I thought the articles couldn’t get any worse, I was totally, and completely wrong there.
Al, you need to save this article for anyone who bashes your writing topics in the future.
some guy in a purple shirt told me he saw jimmy hoffa buying donuts the other day
I'm a happy panda.
I also heard that Sully...
Is writing an article on old baseball players being cloned for a new all clone baseball team…
Speachless...
And
Elvis was just spotted at the mall……honest it was him. He was singing Hound Dog, with his Blue Suede shoes.
Guess Sully was desperate for some news but then he usually is.
Two Things. 1) Every other white guy in Lincoln Park looks like Theo Epstein...
and 2) I think the story was less about Theo Epstein being in Lincoln Park and more about how the speculation has reached such a ridiculous level. Next thing you know, Theo’s face’ll be seen on a tortilla. Sullivan’s not that dumb, people.
We have to demand more!
by copingwiththecubs on Oct 9, 2011 9:44 PM CDT reply actions
Theo’s face’ll be seen on a tortilla
This calls for someone with better Photoshop skills than I have, to do this.
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It the article was supposed to be about the ridiculousness of the rumors
Sullivan did a terrible job of conveying that – and he had great source material to work with.
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by Brett Taylor on Oct 10, 2011 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
right, Enrick did a better job of conveying that in just the title of his fanpost and one sentence :)
"Well-behaved women seldom make History"---Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
by cooliogirl47 on Oct 10, 2011 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions
And, repeated
on WGN’s “Instant Replay.”
by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Oct 9, 2011 10:58 PM CDT reply actions
I doubt this is true
but oddly I remember a quote about Epstein that mentioned he could not go to Starbucks in Boston without being recognized. Weird.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either
Which would be another reason
that this isn’t true. If the Cubs were bringing Theo Epstein in to Chicago for a secret interview, what are the chances that he’d just stroll down to Starbucks for a cappuccino? His agent doesn’t have an intern who could do that?
Beyond that, if the Cubs were going to interview Epstein, it probably wouldn’t be in Chicago. They’d probably both fly to a neutral site.
And I’ve spent way too much time debunking this stupid story.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 11, 2011 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Beyond that, if the Cubs were going to interview Epstein, it probably wouldn’t be in Chicago. They’d probably both fly to a neutral site.
Actually, I could see the Cubs flying him to Chicago. But I can’t imagine a random stop by him at an out-of-the-way Starbucks on a Saturday afternoon.
Oh, and in a Honda Pilot (according to the article). What rental company rents Honda Pilots?
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My problem with him flying to Chicago
is that everyone at the airport would recognize him. Even flying in to a private airport, there would be way too much chance of him being recognized.
It’s possible he’d go into Chicago, but if they want secrecy, Omaha might be a better choice.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 11, 2011 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Maybe.
The private plane thing would likely work, though.
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I doubt that they'd fly him into a private airport
In a private plane, perhaps. But not a private airport — that’s one that you need the owner’s permission to land, not an airport that doesn’t accept airline traffic.
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by Shanghai Badger on Oct 11, 2011 7:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Not a "private" airport
…. but one like Palwaukee, not O’Hare or Midway.
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That's what I was getting at.
Two very different meanings.
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Oct 11, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
(Josh said private airport)
Step Two: Develop an organizational plan
by Shanghai Badger on Oct 11, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
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