WS starting times are a serious bummer for European fans

Cubs Players on Twitter?

Hey all.... With all this playful trash talk between Ochocinco and the Bears this week I've created a twitter account (I can't believe myself). Haven't been a big fan of the whole 'tweeting' thing but I'll admit its pretty cool to follow athletes, especially ones from around here. So it got me wondering: Does anyone know of Cubs players that tweet? Or does anyone have anyone baseball / chicago sports related that they follow?

Being a Cubs fan has its perks

So I got pulled over for missing a stop sign. In my defense it was covered by bushes and really couldn't see it. The cop saw my license plate which had Cubs in it. He felt bad I was a Cubs fan so he didn't give me a ticket that I deserved. I'm out of state so you rarely see Cub fans up here. I'll take 1000 tickets for a World Series win in 2010.

2010 Opening Day Countdown Clock Added To BCB

I've added a countdown clock to Opening Day in Atlanta on April 5, 2010. As of now no official time has been set for that game; the clock is counting down to 6:10 pm CDT on that day. When the official game time is set, I'll adjust the countdown if necessary.

Slightly OT: Congrats Kerry Wood

With the season ending tomorrow, I think it's worthy of congratulating one of the Cubs most popular players in the last 10-20 years. Kerry Wood officially went an entire season injury free with no stints on DL. While he is no longer a Cub, I think the sentiment is the same that we all want him to be the best he can and as dominant as possible. Maybe one day, he does return to the team. While he started off pretty poorly this season, Wood managed to have a decent August and September. Hopefully he'll have a solid 2010!

Looking for Tix for Sunday

I'm strongly considering coming in Sunday for the last game. Seeing the cheap prices and the realization the season is over, I have the itch to go. Haven't been at all this year. Anyway, I would like to find some good seats at a good price. The fall back is to get bleacher seats - hopefully real cheap. Ballhawk, if you see this, what are your thoughts on that - some bleacher tix easy to get on Sunday? Also, how long before the game to get a decent seat if we go the bleacher route. I know some of this has been asked before, apologize for the redundancy. Not sure it being the last game/weekend game. There will be 2 of us, if anybody has any, let me know. Last, where are the best spots to buy them on the street if we are looking for good seats? Thanks in advance.

Wait 'til next year

Cubs tied in loss column with ATL & FL for WC

Yes they are all back 5-6 games but CO has lost three in a row and they are now showing signs of tension. The thing is the Cubs don't have to climb over ATL and FL, they just have to win the make up games on them. Yes Al, you are correct in busting Van Dyke's chops for his analysis about the playoff team wins in and trying to project that as a predictor in the playoffs. Cubs can win 94 games if they win out. My thoughts are that CO stil need to win 8 or 9 games or going 8-9 or 9-8 but if CO goes 5-12 down the stretch....finishing 87 wins the Cubs could catch them with a 14-6 finish.

Can we pre-emptively draft Dylan Lee?

I think he'd look real good at first in about 20 years or so...

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