Jae Onasi Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 It's spring training time again, Cubbie fans! (and if you're a Cardinals fan or a Cubs basher, go start your own thread. ) It's warming up here in the Great White North. Ron Santo and Pat Hughes are back on the air on WGN radio for some of the games (and if you've never heard them broadcast a game, you must--they're hysterical). Woods and Prior are throwing pretty well, Juan Pierre's on the team, Rafael Furcal's not, and hope is in the air. Who knows how far the team could go this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallucination Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Uhh, this might not be the best thing to ask in this thread, but what sport do they play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Baseball. Cubs are in the National League. I'm happy to report the Cubs won their spring training game today against the Brewers, 11-5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 It's spring training time again, Cubbie fans! (and if you're a Cardinals fan or a Cubs basher, go start your own thread. ) GO CARDINALS!!!!!!! Ron Santo and Pat Hughes are back on the air on WGN radio for some of the games (and if you've never heard them broadcast a game, you must--they're hysterical). I will give you that they are the best broadcast team. I loved it when Pat Hughes made up the name for the non-roster players who came up at the end of the game. "So Hugh Beaumont strides to the plate, with Barbara Billingsley on deck...and the Cubs pitcher strikes out Hugh Beaumont of Leave It To Beaver fame to end the game." Who knows how far the team could go this year? 55 and 107, with 19 losses to the Cardinals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I don't like the Cardinals or the Cubs as I'm a Reds fan, but I despise the cardinals more out of the 2, because they beat up so bad on everybody in that division. But from what I have heard the cubbies are off to a good start in spring training. Do I think they will do any good this year? No, sorry, I just don't see it happening. But who knows, the 2 longest WS droughts have been broken the last 2 years, maybe the cubs can make it the 3 longest in 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 55 and 107, with 19 losses to the Cardinals! 1000 Darkside points to you! I'll be laughing it up when the CUBS! beat out those heathen birds for the NL Central title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I am not a Cubs or Cardinal fan, me I like the Braves, and the Blue Jays. Though the only person the interests me on the Cubs is Derek Lee. I think they needed to keep Sosa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 Much as I liked Sosa, the Cubs dealt him away at the right time--he ended up on the injured list with the Orioles too, and I think he got released last year. I'm not sure if he's even playing in the majors this year. I'm hoping D Lee has another year like last year, too. He was a bright spot on the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Yeah, though maybe if he wasn't trade, he might not have been injured....meh. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I don't like the Cardinals or the Cubs as I'm a Reds fan Wait a minute! You live in Michigan and root for an Ohio team? Isn't that against the law or something? I know when I worked at The Ohio State University they made me sign an afidavit swearing upon penalty of death I would never cheer for "that school up north." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd1234 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 I don't really have a baseball team. I am from Colorado so, weyh, we all know how good the Rockies are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 14, 2006 Author Share Posted March 14, 2006 Hey, we like Colorado. It's a cool stadium, and lots of home runs get hit there. Sosa--he was injured for a good portion of his last season of the Cubs (toe problem, throwing his back out sneezing), and he put the last nail in his own coffin when he didn't bother to be around for the last game of the season (he left the game either really early or before it even started--I can't remember anymore). I had thought of him as a pretty classy guy, but that wasn't one of his better moments. I will say that his home run contest with MacGwire was one of the big things that brought people back to baseball (I'm not going to address the issue about them possibly being 'juiced' since that's a different topic altogether), and he's done a lot of terrific things for charity and such. He's made a boatload of money, but he's given a lot of it back to the community, too. I think he took his job as a role model seriously and didn't mess around doing really bizarre stuff in public. His good points definitely outweigh the bad, but Chicago wasn't happy with him his last season with the Cubs, and he clearly wasn't happy on the Cubs team, so it was probably the best for both the Cubs and Sosa that he went to another team. We do miss his monster home runs and his upbeat smiling face and his signature finger tapping kisses to his mom and his fans. I hope once he retires completely from playing the game that he can find some way to still be involved in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus Q'ol Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 This year, [b]if [/b] the Cubs make the playoffs, maybe they should keep the fans away from the front row. That was too disheartening. What was that guy's name again? that poor, unlucky soul. ...he could of at least caught the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 This year' date=' [b[i']]if [/i] [/b] the Cubs make the playoffs, maybe they should keep the fans away from the front row. That was too disheartening. What was that guy's name again? that poor, unlucky soul. ...he could of at least caught the ball. Steve Bartman. Isn't that just the quintessential Cubs moment (joyful sigh from a Cardinals fan). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 15, 2006 Author Share Posted March 15, 2006 Hey, come on--any of us would have gone for the ball. The poor guy's had death threats over this. His interference didn't lose that game for them--they were ahead in that game when the incident happened. They had another game after that, and if they had won that one, they would have gone to the Series and we wouldn't even be talking about poor Bartman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Wait a minute! You live in Michigan and root for an Ohio team? Isn't that against the law or something? I know when I worked at The Ohio State University they made me sign an afidavit swearing upon penalty of death I would never cheer for "that school up north." I dislike Ohio State very much, but I like all the other Ohio teams. All of my extended family lives there, and they're all big sports fans, so their teams grow on me. I've come to like the Bengals more than the Lions and the Reds at least equal with the tigers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Obi-Wan Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Anyway, I hope my Blue Jays do well, they'll do better than the Cubs. Watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus Q'ol Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Without Wood, Prior, and that other pitcher, my BREWERS might actually be the team to give the Cards a run. GO BREWERS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Man Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Without Wood, Prior, and that other pitcher, my BREWERS might actually be the team to give the Cards a run. GO BREWERS!!!! Nooo!! I don't want to fight the traffic as I drive by Miller Park. With all the road construction in Milwaukee, I have to go right by the stadium to get home from work. As long as the Brewers continue their losing ways, I won't have to worry about bad traffic. Ever notice how the TV broadcasts never show crowd shots at Miller Park? That's because there is no crowd--except when the Cubs fans come up from Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 You're all wrong! The Red Sox are going to win it all this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnus Q'ol Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 You're all wrong! The Red Sox are going to win it all this year! Maybe so, but I doubt it. Hey, What's with Damon, is that him wearing pin stripes? (pauses to gag...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthLinde Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I'm a Sox fan (yea, yea, dirty south-sider) but the Cubs are my secondary team (in case the Sox suck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaV™ Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I doubt the Cubs will do much this year other than be the whipping post of their division, if the Reds can figure out the hell they are doing (Reds fan.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted March 26, 2006 Author Share Posted March 26, 2006 I'm a Sox fan (yea, yea, dirty south-sider) but the Cubs are my secondary team (in case the Sox suck) Since the Brewers switched from AL to NL, the White Sox are now my favorite AL team. I'm always happy to watch really good baseball, no matter what the team (and yeah, I know you're wondering why I watch the Cubs then.... ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted April 3, 2006 Author Share Posted April 3, 2006 Ahh, happy day--Cubs win the Opening day game against the Reds, 16-7. There's hope for this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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