Getting Excited For Baseball Season

by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 2:05 PM CST

Hey Guys,

I am a huge Cubs fan. I just joined BCB a few weeks ago and this is my first fanpost on here. I was bored and searching around on youtube watching old Cubs' highlights/big plays and have posted some to share. Enjoy and Go Cubs!

May 30, 2008 Cubs/Rockies "The Rally" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD5XYL575qA

June 20, 2008 Ramirez walk off on the Sox - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dwm6E2_9GE&feature=related

June 12, 2008 Jim Edmonds Game Tying Homer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChdLyXwEVuw&feature=related

August 14, 2009 Cubs 10 run inning - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP0JOfHId3Y&feature=related

August 28, 2008 Ramirez Grand Slam against the Phillies - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtOaPjkk7kE&feature=related

April 18, 2009 Ramirez Walkoff vs. STL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqQyhryprWE&feature=related

August 8, 2008 Blanco walkoff single vs. STL - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94MQbpjRDyk&feature=related

March 27, 2011 Colvin Grand Slam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4224TMVsxpI&feature=related

May 28, 2008 Soriano Walkoff Single - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjp0zHZTkLQ&feature=related

A lot of videos from 2008, what a great regular season that was.

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MLB nukage in 5...4...3....2...1...

Just wee-un.

by jesus christos on Feb 12, 2012 2:17 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

he forgot to link BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE

Condoms prevent minivans

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 12, 2012 2:35 PM CST up reply actions

I think Reed Johnson's catch is one of my fav's

Tried to find it but couldn’t

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 12, 2012 3:01 PM CST reply actions

the Nationals one or where he robbed Prince Fielder of a grand slam in Milwaukee?

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by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 5:13 PM CST up reply actions

The grand slam is cooler

But the Nationals one is my favorite.

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 12, 2012 5:47 PM CST up reply actions

ha yea where he stood up and the bill of his hat was flipped up.

what a catch

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by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 7:26 PM CST up reply actions

I was there for the catch in Milwaukee.

I’ll never forget it. Prince hits the ball and all the Brewers fans cheer loudly thinking a grand slam has just been hit. I’m watching the ball sail as if I’m a country boy looking up a skyscraper for the first time ever. The ball is about to clear the fence and I see Reed from the corner of my eye already up the wall. He reaches over, pulls his arm back, lands on the ground. I’m thinking, “there’s no way he caught that ball.” Still watching Reed, he reaches into his glove, and a small white speck comes out. Now I’m thinking, “wait, is that the feaking ball! Oh my goodness, Reed caught the ball!”

The moment he pulled the ball out of his glove, there was a complete 180 as to which team’s fans were cheering. One second, the Brewers fans are going off, then the Cubs fans get the last laugh.

That awesome moment was brought to you by: “The Man, The Myth, The Legend… Reed Johnson.”

Jack Brickhouse: "Hey! Hey!" Harry Caray: "Holy Cow!"
Vince Lloyd: "The Chicago Cubs are on the Air!" Len Kasper: "Oh Baby!!!!"
Ron Santo: "YES!" "All Right! Let's do it!" "Ohhh Nooooo!" "Gee Whiz! Come on!" AND... "This Is The Year!"

by #1 iowan cubs fan on Feb 13, 2012 8:28 PM CST up reply actions

Everything you need to know about how great that play was...

Prince Fielder tipped his hat to Reed Johnson. Then he took his hat off his head and tipped again, with a finger point, to make sure Johnson saw it. Respect and class.

by CJK on Feb 14, 2012 7:15 AM CST up reply actions

As noted above, those will probably be nuked by MLB.

However, most of them are available on MLB.com. I don’t have links, but they should be easy enough to search for.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 12, 2012 5:15 PM CST reply actions

Took your advise and regoogled

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=4120099&c_id=mlb

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 12, 2012 5:53 PM CST up reply actions

Have have several of them bookmarked.

There’s the National’s one.
Here’s a good one.
This one was fun too.

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by katie casey on Feb 13, 2012 7:38 AM CST up reply actions

I watch very few games on tv

I happened to be watching that one

Thanks

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 13, 2012 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

Which one?

There are three different links there.

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by katie casey on Feb 13, 2012 9:38 AM CST up reply actions

the nationals one

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 13, 2012 9:44 AM CST up reply actions

I was at that game

in the front row of the outfield with a perfect view of the catch… Of course I was in the bathroom when the play happened.

by mph3 on Feb 13, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Good times

MLB will remove them. :(

RIP Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010) and Ron Santo (February 25, 1940-December 2, 2010).
If you disagree with me in any way, you are wrong.

by Ace Venom on Feb 12, 2012 5:31 PM CST reply actions

off youtube or BCB?

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by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 7:25 PM CST up reply actions

YouTube, probably.

I’m a little leery about having them here, but since they are not hosted here, I’ll leave them. For now.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 12, 2012 7:36 PM CST up reply actions

ok well dont feel bad for deleting it, I dont want to get anyone in trouble.

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by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 7:46 PM CST up reply actions

We're cool.

I’ll leave it. The links are great, while they’re still up. Nice work finding them.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 12, 2012 10:40 PM CST up reply actions

thanks, there were a few more I found like Soriano's walkoff grand slam against the Astros, etc.

but the dude who put them up formatted it backwards so the score, soriano, everything was backwards.

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by rsikes on Feb 13, 2012 6:29 AM CST up reply actions

Was Soriano running around the bases backwards?

That would be fun to watch.

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by Al Yellon on Feb 13, 2012 8:04 AM CST up reply actions

It's funny

At the end of the “August 14, 2009 Cubs 10 run inning” video, it says MLB Advanced Media 2009. So MLB is getting their credit. But I still think they want to control where their product is shown.

"Just shut up and play" - Matt Garza
"Pain is inevitable, suffering is an option." - Dale Sveum

by RiskyBusiness on Feb 12, 2012 9:01 PM CST up reply actions

MLB is like that big warehouse scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark...

…right after Indiana Jones asks what’s happening with the Ark

Maj. Eaton: We have top men working on it now.
Indiana: Who?
Maj. Eaton: Top… men.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 13, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

I think my favorites are the Rockies rally because of the radio call and Ramirez' grand slam because of how the crowd erupted.

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by rsikes on Feb 12, 2012 7:31 PM CST reply actions

The HR against the Sox

The crowd was amazing. Watched on my phone & I thought the speaker would blow.

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 Feb 12, 2012 11:14 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Edmonds ones are kinda funny

I was very against his signing & I was ready to bring cupcakes to his fan club meetings by the end of that year :)

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by shoemile on Oct 21, 2011 10:10 PM CDT

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 12, 2012 9:35 PM CST reply actions

I thought as I watched those

He was on the right side of the rivalry.

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 Feb 12, 2012 11:12 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

omgomg Tyler COLVIN!!!!

Supporter of Carlos Austin Boozer, and I don't want to see Dwight Howard in a Bulls uniform. Call me crazy.

by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 12, 2012 9:45 PM CST reply actions

That Blanco base hit

Got to the drawn in Itzurus so quickly he had no chance.

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 Feb 12, 2012 11:15 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I always thought it was funny how Ron would called Pat Hughes "Patrick"

RIP Ronnie.

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by rsikes on Feb 13, 2012 6:32 AM CST reply actions

Here is my favorite from last year.

The best husband in the world was on the Championship team at the 2012 Randy Hundley Cubs Fantasy camp!

by katie casey on Feb 13, 2012 10:00 AM CST reply actions

This is

the best “first post” I’ve ever witnessed here.

No random …’s. No ALL CAPS OMG. No ranting about crazy stuff you only heard about because your older brother (who actual knows about baseball) said it first.

Well done rsikes. Well done. Al should award you a pair of Campana signed hi-socks or something of equal value.

Ezekiel 25:17

by Tat14 on Feb 13, 2012 10:49 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

And it has a Tyler Colvin video.

Don’t forget that. I’m gonna miss him:(

Supporter of Carlos Austin Boozer, and I don't want to see Dwight Howard in a Bulls uniform. Call me crazy.

by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 13, 2012 2:36 PM CST up reply actions

you'll miss him like colvin misses pitches that bounce 10ft in front of the plate

Just wee-un.

by jesus christos on Feb 13, 2012 6:06 PM CST up reply actions

thanks man.

hopefully those Campana socks have been washed first.

I’m a knowledgeable Cubs fan at the tender age of 22, I was not around to witness the 1984 heartbreak, but I did see 2003’s disaster and 2008’s playoff disaster.

thanks again for the kind words.

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by rsikes on Feb 13, 2012 7:19 PM CST up reply actions