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Baseball Season Preview: Chicago Cubs

RectumDamnNearKilledEm — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:18:13 EDT

@Rob Iracane: I suck? Have fun spending money as an excuse to get outside this summer.

RectumDamnNearKilledEm

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Skillet — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:49:17 EDT

The MSM is nodding its collective head in approval of this blog post.

Skillet

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Tuffy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:17:37 EDT

I approve of this occasionally factual message. Also, Fukudome's Japanese.

But such hatred for the turn of the 20th Century! What did the invention of modern air conditioning ever do to you?

Tuffy

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CARArunner — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:04:44 EDT

This has to be a joke...

CARArunner

Baseball Season Preview: Chicago Cubs

Uecker Seats — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:04:36 EDT

This reaffirms everything I hold to be true about Cubs fans.

1. Not knowledgeable
2. Think they are & all too willing to drop their "knowledge"
3. Hung like a thimble*

*unable & unwilling to verify this data

Uecker Seats

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Unleash the Dragon — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:32:38 EDT

@LeNoceur: "signing" Roberts, "landing" Soto, having the wrong 5 guys in the rotation the day after Lou names the rotation? Methinks this is the worst satire ever.

Unleash the Dragon

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PenFoe — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:29:08 EDT

If this preview was supposed to be indicative of Cubs fans with its lack of knowledge of the team, then I demand that the Cardinals preview be wearing jorts, tank tops and have no more than 9 teeth.

PenFoe

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KittyLitterKing — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:27:41 EDT

Is "Mike Bruno" the new nom de plume for Weintraub? Yeesh.

KittyLitterKing

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J-No — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:23:42 EDT

@Yinka Double Dare: That is a blessing.

J-No

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Yinka Double Dare — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:15:01 EDT

@J-No: At least they got rid of Will OhMan I Suck.

Yinka Double Dare

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J-No — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:49:28 EDT

@Yinka Double Dare: Marquis de Suck.

J-No

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Crookednose — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:14:37 EDT

Looks like he lashed together a few raw facts and a little bit of negro wisdom. I approve.

Crookednose

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Yinka Double Dare — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:09:09 EDT

When a fair portion of White Sox fans (to say nothing of the actual die-hard Cubs fans) know more about the Cubs than the author of a Cubs preview, I think there is a problem. Especially when the Cubs actually made the playoffs last year -- you'd think a fan would at least know who played for them last year (i.e. Pie and Soto).

Jason Marquis is the expensive, crappier version of Micah Owings.

Yinka Double Dare

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RonZookonRedBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:56 EDT

@RBS: I'd almost rather have Drew Peterson representing Chicago on national TV than Jim Belushi.

RonZookonRedBull

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:02:27 EDT

@LeNoceur: Usually satire is based on a twist of the facts, not an unapologetic fuck up of them.

Besides, if incorrect facts were funny, then ESPN really ought to forward some of Chris Mortenson's segments to Last Comic Standing, because he's sitting on a goldmine.

BruschisBrewsky

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LeNoceur — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:54:42 EDT

@BruschisBrewsky: But the wrong facts make it even funnier. Because they were clearly on purpose. Once again, satire flies directly over Americans' heads with plenty of room to spare.

LeNoceur

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VTBen — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:51:53 EDT

Too bad the Fukudome couldn't have gone to the other Chicago team.
[sports.aol.com]
WordUpThome: WE PLAY IN AN OUTDOOR PARK

VTBen

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Dan Serafini — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:46:16 EDT

And, there is nothing about the Reed Johnson pickup!

Johnson?

Dan Serafini

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thefess — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:46:03 EDT

Should have been Al

thefess

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Farneyismycopilot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:45:07 EDT

@JohnCocktosten: They're not real Cubs fans. They're guys like Bruno who drive in from places like Tipp City, Ohio and Portland, Indiana with price tags still hanging from their hats talking about 'Kelly Wood.'

/no animosity meant toward real Cubs fans, just those dolts

Farneyismycopilot

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UncouthSloth — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:37:39 EDT

Nyjer, Please. Tell me this "preview" was meant to be satirical. If so, sublime, very much so.

Otherwise, it royally blew.

UncouthSloth

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:37:05 EDT

@Dr. Michael Mancini: The snark might have been better received if he had, you know, gotten any of his facts about his team correct...

Just sayin...

BruschisBrewsky

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Dr. Michael Mancini — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:34:58 EDT

This preview was hilarious fun. I thought Deadspin readers were smart enough to realize it's a guy talking himself into his team. Hey, why appriciate something for what it is-- "This is not meant to be factual, or dispassionate, or even logical"-- when we can just call him a hack.

Dr. Michael Mancini

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The Diesel — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:34:20 EDT

@Windier E. Megatons: Old Style is good to drink when you run out of Bud Light. And Miller Lite. and Keystone. and Red Dog. and Country Club. And Maddog 20/20. And there isn't anyone around to pee in your mouth. Then, and only then is Old Style good to drink.

The Diesel

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UpstateUnderdog — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:32:45 EDT

@CubsDynasty: here is the link again from With Leather. his site has been shut down.
Did he put all of this information on that site? Crazy if he did.

[withleather.com]

UpstateUnderdog

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pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:32:13 EDT

@J-No: yet, Whittlz remains awesome in spite of EW

pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:28:44 EDT

@Farneyismycopilot: I'm pretty sure the Reds front office loves Cubs fans since they fill your stadium every time

JohnCocktosten

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Sheepblog — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:27:48 EDT

Not.A.Chance
Bet.The.Farm
Goat.Bartman.Padre

Sheepblog

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Steve Trachsel, Ace — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:21:39 EDT

There is no way this is a legitimate Cubs fan. Not enough angst.

Ive been to offseason gatherings of Cubs fans, its like an AA meeting without the fun criminal stories.

Steve Trachsel, Ace

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Windier E. Megatons — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:21:33 EDT

I think Will sabotaged the preview by giving it to this fraud. Go drink four more Old Styles, you hack.

Windier E. Megatons

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CubsDynasty — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:20:08 EDT

@UpstateUnderdog:
thank you whois
Administrative Contact:
Rosen, Matthew mlrtist@hotmail.com
1846 N Milwaukee Ave #2R
Chicago, Illinois 60647
United States
(312) 933-7447

CubsDynasty

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J-No — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:19:12 EDT

Mike Bruno is an editor for Entertainment Weekly . Enough said.

J-No

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Rob Iracane — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:18:52 EDT

@RectumDamnNearKilledEm: You suck.

Rob Iracane

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J-No — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:16:25 EDT

Will,
I nominate Tuffy to write the Cubs Preview next year.

Thanks,
J-No

J-No

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Farneyismycopilot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:14:08 EDT

I hate to break it to knowledgable Cubs' fans, but guys like Bruno are why most baseball fans hate the Cubs and their fanbase ... uninformed and only follow the Cubs because they're on WGN.

/truth hurts

Farneyismycopilot

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Its The Beer Talking — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:27 EDT

C'mon guys...you've been around long enough, you know that living in NYC or writing for a "legitimate" publication always trumps actual sports knowledge when it comes to writing these guest columns.

SSW, anyone?

Its The Beer Talking

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Dan Serafini — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:12:21 EDT

@RBS: +1 about the Funniest Living Belushi

@HoneyNutTheriot: +1

@RectumDamnNearKilledEm: I have been to the Curling World Championships in Kamloops. Much more tedious than even preseason baseball.

Dan Serafini

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:11:14 EDT

Let's just be glad James Frey is finding work again.

OchentaYcinco

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RBS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:10:23 EDT

@Its The Beer Talking: Please note that also as a rule of thumb it is difficult not to have a "career year" in your first full season.

RBS

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:10:17 EDT

@Phony Gwynn: Dear GOD you are right. He doesn't even know how to spell Piniella

JohnCocktosten

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RectumDamnNearKilledEm — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:37 EDT

Baseball:sport::Guitar Hero:music

Cub fans, I was one of you. Let it go. The world becomes brighter when you stop pulling for a terrible horse in a terrible race. Curling is more exciting than baseball.

RectumDamnNearKilledEm

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:12 EDT

@HoneyNutTheriot: Actually, as of yesterday, Kerry Wood is closing.

OchentaYcinco

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:09:08 EDT

This preview makes less sense then when Ozzy Osbourne sang the 7th-Inning stretch

JohnCocktosten

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Stev D — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:08:13 EDT

100 years, 100 Jeers: A celebration of Phil Mushnick's cybertronic heart.

Stev D

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metrobulls — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:08:10 EDT

Isn't the Fukodome where the Sox and A's are playing right now?

metrobulls

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:07:47 EDT

@RBS:

I'm surprised he didn't recall going to night games at Wrigley back when he was a kid in the 70s.

UkraineNotWeak

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Phony Gwynn — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:07:26 EDT

I'd be more impressed with this if he had spelled his manager's name right.

Phony Gwynn

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:06:14 EDT

@Camp Tiger Claw: John Gibbons is glad somebody finally understands his beef

BruschisBrewsky

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HoneyNutTheriot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:06:08 EDT

@RBS: beat me to it RBS, drags

HoneyNutTheriot

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BigTenObsession — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:46 EDT

@OchentaYcinco:

I'm sad that he took the site down. Now where will I go to enjoy the misery of others?

Wrigley Field, you say?

BigTenObsession

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RBS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:36 EDT

This is the written equivalent of watching Jim Belushi represent Chicago on Monday Night Football.

RBS

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:18 EDT

@RBS: I demand a REDO.

JohnCocktosten

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Its The Beer Talking — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:11 EDT

These guys both had career years last season, and... well that's darn near certain to continue in 2008 (name one reason why not).

Um...luck? Regression to the mean? I could really go on for days here.

Its The Beer Talking

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HoneyNutTheriot — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:05:10 EDT

Dempster is closing. Soriano is batting second. Pie is not making his major league debut. They did not "land" Soto, they already had him. Lieber is in long relief and there is no mention of Dempster as one of the starters... This preview is weak.

HoneyNutTheriot

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Gourmet Spud — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:04:46 EDT

@Brazil Thrill:

Chapter 2: The Japanese Make Very Good Workers

Gourmet Spud

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:50 EDT

Should have just let Mariotti write the article, at least he would have been entertaining while bashing the Cubs chances, calling Zambrano fat, and ranting on why Ozzie Guillen should be deported.

BruschisBrewsky

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Camp Tiger Claw — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:49 EDT

No one should like Ted Lilly that much.

Camp Tiger Claw

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:43 EDT

You don't supposed he was confusing Matsui with Hideki Irabu, do you? I mean, technically Irabu won a World Series with the Yankees. On the other hand, he was a fat toad.

OchentaYcinco

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CIALIS COOPER — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:03:42 EDT

@Doyle McPoyle: Yes, I believe that is it. Thank you, kindly.

CIALIS COOPER

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Gourmet Spud — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:02:25 EDT

100 Years, 100 Leers: Town Celebrates Milestone Birthday of Centenarian Pervert

Gourmet Spud

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RBS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:01:28 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: I'm assuming this is a great Cardinal fan conspiracy. First I get an Illini fan writing the Hoosiers preview for the tourney, now this?

RBS

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OchentaYcinco — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:01:25 EDT

Thanks to the saga of Matthew and Helen, today is the day I went from not caring about the long-suffering of Cubs fans to actually rooting for it to continue.

OchentaYcinco

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:00:58 EDT

@RBS: I have pointed most of these points out and am ashamed as a Cubs fan that this dick doesn't know jackshit

JohnCocktosten

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Brazil Thrill — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:59:15 EDT

@Gourmet Spud:
An excerpt from Mike Bruno's new book, "Corporate Tactics And Whatnot"

1) Give all your employees a guaranteed 6-year advance on their salaries.
2) ...
3) Profit!

Brazil Thrill

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Doyle McPoyle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:59:04 EDT

@CIALIS COOPER: Yes, and that word is "revolting".

Doyle McPoyle

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:54 EDT

I am ashamed for Cubs fans everywhere that this guy wrote this preview.

We get it, you didn't like Michael Barrett. I'm sure you HATED him the year he won the Silver Slugger Award for Catchers when with the Cubs.

This preview sucks. (Just like the Cardinals)

JohnCocktosten

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:46 EDT

Will, I thought you were editor of Deadspin. How could you post something on your site with two major howlers in the second paragraph? Wrigley wasn't open in 1908 and the Cubs didn't beat the Pirates in the World Series that same year.

UkraineNotWeak

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SlantedAndDisenchanted — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:43 EDT

That Cubs-Cardinals rivalry is just so...damn...yawn...well, whatever.

SlantedAndDisenchanted

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RBS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:37 EDT

Ok....I'm starting to wonder here......

1. No mention of the fact Dempster's the third starter
2. Saying that Pie is making his "big league debut"
3. Stating that the Cubs "landed" Soto in the offseason
4. Marmol and Howry should get in done at closer
5. "With Barrett finally gone..."

RBS

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Stev D — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:58:19 EDT

100 years, 100 cheers: The Arizona Cardinals at 100

Stev D

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CIALIS COOPER — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:57:45 EDT

Any word on Pie's testicle.

CIALIS COOPER

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:57:44 EDT

So, Jason Marquis, he of the near 6 second half ERA, is a satisfactory #4 starter?

/Steve Phillips nods in approval

BruschisBrewsky

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Carlton_Whitfield — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:57:11 EDT

Much of this argument seems to rely on strict conditionals. Simply stating that Zambrano will jump from potential to actual doesn't make it so. If that worked, Adam Kennedy would have been great for us last year.

Carlton_Whitfield

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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:56:47 EDT

100 Years, 100 Smears: Celebrating a Century of Cervical Cancer Prevention

Sir Hotbod Handsomeface

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Slothrop — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:56:40 EDT

they're playing real games in Japan tomorrow.

is it today or tomorrow in Japan right now? but what about this morning? was that tomorrow? today? dammit I hate time zones.

Slothrop

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:56:36 EDT

Also, how the hell did this guy get to write the Cubs preview?

Wrigley Field in 1908?
Matsui on the Yankees LAST century?

PICKED UP SOTO IN THE OFF-SEASON? Dude, the guy was on the team last September!

JohnCocktosten

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RonZookonRedBull — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:56:11 EDT

Many's a year when the Cubs are predicted to do well, win the World Series, etc. and every year they seem to find new and creative ways to crap themselves. Everything is looking up for them again, so I can't wait to see how they blow it this year.

RonZookonRedBull

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GrinNBarrette — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:55:46 EDT

I would give my left nut to see Harry Carey come back to life to pronounce Kosuke Fukudome

GrinNBarrette

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UpstateUnderdog — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:55:26 EDT

Maybe this Cubs season preview will mend Mathhew's heart.

UpstateUnderdog

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The Teufel Shuffle — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:54:12 EDT

I would like to get Ozzie Guillen and Pinella drunk and lock them in a cage at third base. That would be more interesting than watching this team.

The Teufel Shuffle

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pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:56 EDT

WE PLAY IN AN OUTDOOR PARK

pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:44 EDT

Also, Matsui didn't come over to the Yankees until 2002-2003. Forget which one.

JohnCocktosten

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Dead Wrestlers Society — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:35 EDT

@Dead Wrestlers Society: player(s)

Dead Wrestlers Society

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The Diesel — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:29 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak: Me too. And watching Belushi finally perish without seeing his precious team win it all. I call that, "According to the Diesel."

The Diesel

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Dead Wrestlers Society — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:19 EDT

@JimmyChitwood: The rumor is the O's will send Roberts and Payton to the Cubs for young player and Marquis. DO NOT WANT.

Dead Wrestlers Society

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TheLou-Do — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:10 EDT

Let's face it, the Cubs could finish 5 games under .500 and still win the NL Central.

TheLou-Do

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Carlton_Whitfield — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:53:09 EDT

Which means (yes!) that the Yankees haven't won a Series in a century either.
This seems like slightly spurious logic, no?

Carlton_Whitfield

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:12 EDT

Not much of baseball fan this writer. According to the first paragraph, the Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates for their last World Series win. Dude, they've both always been National League teams so that is impossible.

UkraineNotWeak

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:51 EDT

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but Wrigley wasn't open in 1908.

JohnCocktosten

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RBS — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:51 EDT

"they also landed one of the top prospects in all of baseball this off-season with Soto"

Que?

RBS

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JimmyChitwood — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:37 EDT

Oh No! A Cub fan who thinks Marquis is serviceable.

/disgruntled Cub fan

JimmyChitwood

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tater — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:23 EDT

When my girl broke my heart all I had to lean on was the Chiefs and the Royals it isn't all bad buddy.

tater

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the earl of weaver — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:13 EDT

So. This Fukudome chap. He's Korean you say?

the earl of weaver

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JohnCocktosten — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:50:30 EDT

Woooheeewww!!!!! CUBBIES!!!!!
I have my tickets already for a trip down to Philly the weekend of my birthday (April 11th) to see the Cubs take on the Phils

JohnCocktosten

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UkraineNotWeak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:49:24 EDT

Already looking ahead to their second century of misery.

UkraineNotWeak

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rdldr1 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:49:17 EDT

Yay Cubs! Personally, I'll be happy with whatever their record is as long as Trib owner Sam Zell doesnt screw over the team and the city.

rdldr1

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Gourmet Spud — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:48:31 EDT

Zambrano's trouble in the past has been focus, but now that his financial well-being is taken care of with a guaranteed extra few million, Z can finally focus and fulfill his obligation as the team ace.

Yep, I'm pretty sure that's how it works.

Gourmet Spud

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BruschisBrewsky — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:48:23 EDT

My question: did the Cubbies fully research the possible effect of the early season Wrigley winds on Fuko's seemingly abnormally large head paired with his little leaguers body?

Gotta think of these things, people.

BruschisBrewsky

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ArkansasFred — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:46:59 EDT

100 Years, 100 Schmears: Celebrating A Century of Goldfarb's Deli.

ArkansasFred

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Big Daddy Drew — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:46:58 EDT

You missed the most important issue: Will they ever mend Matthew's heart after Helen broke up with him?

Big Daddy Drew

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UpstateUnderdog — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:46:41 EDT

but can the Cubs mend his broken heart?

[withleather.com]

UpstateUnderdog