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So. This is good bye.

I chose 1989 as my "Farewell to Chuck" as it represented my favorite Cub team of my now middle aged life.

The 1977 team was one of the first I really enjoyed watching.  Big Daddy won 20 out of the team's 81.  Sutter was in his prime.  Jose Cardinal and his leaping fro.  George "he's due" Mitterwald.  Steve Swisher.  Mick Kelleher.  60-40 and in first place until August.  What wasn't to love?

1984 was senior year in high school and The Mother let me and some friends celebrate the clincher in Pitt with a bottle of Brut (Joe Namath was not invited).

But the 1989 team was the first team where I really knew the team.  I'd known of Dunston since they'd drafted him.  Maddux was becoming a brilliant pitcher.  Dwight Smith and the Anthem.  Sandberg was my first favorite player that I understood WHY he was my favorite player.  Andre Dawson.  Red Barron.  Lloyd McClendon's three run dinger.  2 outs in the ninth down 2 to Bedrosian.  Jeff Pico and Calvin Schiraldi blowing a lead in the Astrodome.  9-0 losing to Houston a few days later.  Mitch Williams.  Juice Walton.  Don Zimmer.  And that was a young team.  We all thought they'd be good for at least a few years.

So, in homage to my favorite Cub team that I knew, I bid you farewell.

Now, for a new moniker....

Quote from: Andy on September 21, 2006, 05:27:23 PM
I was psyched because I always enjoy a good look at Amanda Peet

The look is really, really good.

Then she starts to talk and move (I hear she calls it "acting") and the illusion is destroyed.

If I only had a Mr. Skin membership, I could download The Whole 30 Seconds of her career worth watching.

Quote• Seattle struggled on the offensive line. No Steve Hutchinson. We knew that. The all-pro guard went to Minnesota in free agency. But when Walter Jones went out for a few series with a sprained ankle in Detroit, the left side of the offensive line was Tom Ashworth at tackle and Pork Chop Womack at guard. That was ugly. So was the time of the game, Matt Hasselbeck told me. "First game of the year, East Coast game, 5 a.m. wake-up calls for us, our time, and not a Starbucks in sight,'' he said. "Not to make excuses, but these Eastern road games are tough for a West Coast team.''

Who the hell does Matty think he is?  Moises Alou?

My two faves are floaters and sinkers.

How's that colonoscopy going, Karry?

Quote from: tjbrown on June 09, 2006, 03:59:16 PM
Missed me by a day beserker.

Bastards!  I was right there Thursday.  Settled for a cheap hot dog at Costco (needed to buy some snacks for work).

Pickled tomato still served with the dog on a bed of fries.

Nah.  Dewey's just dealing crack with Huey and Lewy

Quote from: Andy on October 05, 2005, 12:52:40 PM
There's a reason movie tickets cost $8, $12 or even $14 a movie, and the ludicrous amount of money our addle-brained movie stars make is right up there.

Well, ticket prices are set to maximize profits, not by the cost of the films.

That said, you are correct that Julia Roberts's salary compared to Derek Jeter should be considered the same: They are entertainers.

Once you see that, it's hard to see how steroids are any diffferent than plastic surgery.  They enhance the entertainment value while not taking away from the nature of the performance (unscripted vs. scripted).

Quote from: Andy on October 05, 2005, 10:29:15 AM
Fox wants it to finish the season because the pre-orders for the season two DVDs have outsold even Desperate Housewives.

It's all about distribution, now.  The old media (fllm, TV, newspaper) are in for radical change.

Interesting column.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1860817,00.asp

Quote from: MrSpeed on September 19, 2005, 09:20:45 AM
Just a reminder that everyones favorite show starts up again tonight.  Season 3 is supposed to include the great actor Scott Baio and the beautiful Charlize Theron.

When do Erin Moran, Anson Williams and Donnie Most join the cast?

Quote from: CT on September 14, 2005, 03:39:47 PM
What does it say about the current GM that the last pick in the 2000 draft is still on the team, and our 1st rounder from 2002 has been cut?

It says that the draft is shorter today than it was years ago making the last guy drafted have a higher rating now than 10 years ago (Hilgenberg was undrafted in a 12 round draft!) and that the 2002 guy shreded his knee.

Quote from: The Uncouth Sloth on June 22, 2005, 02:36:52 PM
I went out on one of these sites the other day and made the statement that Lee is having the single greatest year EVER by a Cub.

Rogers Hornsby - 1929
http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hornsro01.shtml

AB      R     H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB   BB  SO    BA   OBP   SLG   TB   SH  HBP
602  156  229  47  8  39  149   2    87  65  .380  .459  .679  409   22    1 

Quote from: MrSpeed on June 21, 2005, 08:45:10 AM
Patterson, Hollandsworth/Dubois, and Neifi at the bottom..  That's something I could live with.

Gah!  What's worse?  That or Karros, A-Gonz, Damian?

I'm hoping Korey's game tonight finally gets Walker bumped up in front of Lee.

And if Korey stole on his own, I'll shoot him myself.

Quote from: Brian on June 14, 2005, 10:54:51 PM
Chuck, was his comment in context of "why didn't you go for the triple?" 

Exactly.