Vote: message on 2008 Cubs page @ baseball-reference.com
by _pistol_ on Aug 7, 2009 1:50 PM EDT
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Hey fellow cub fans antagonists...
I've sponsored the 2008 scrubs page @ baseball-reference.com so we cards fans can have a little fun at the cubs expense. I, as the sponsor, get to add my own message to the page, and i'm open for suggestions. My thought (actually all4tookie's) is to take suggestions from VEB for the next few days, and then put the top 5 or so into a poll.
The guidelines for messages are fairly lax, but let's keep 'em clean, clever and painful.
BTW, If you'd like to chip in on the cost of the page, use this paypal link. The page cost me $65, so any small donation is appreciated.
Alright folks: Sorry for using VEB in an inappropriate manner. This was never intended to be meanspirited.
chuckb: Your criticisms are noted. If you'd mentioned your disapproval on Wed when you posted, I'd have ended the discussion then. I don't believe that i've broken any of the Community Guidelines, but I understand why you'd be uncomfortable with what i did. I wasn't attempting to incite anger from anyone.
Let's move along.
_pistol_
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umq
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Aug 5, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's easy to say that...
while you’re lighting your cigars with twenty dollar bills. Richie McRicherson.
by mynameistyler on Aug 7, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Submissions...
There’s always next year…to get past the first round of the playoffs.
The best first round playoff exit money can buy.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Aug 5, 2009 1:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jim Hendry — Your 2008 NL GM of the Year? Proving again, that sun shines on a dogs ass some days.
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Aug 5, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Ahhh...Junior High....I loved pulling pranks like that.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
awww
cubbies fans are coming over and get their feelings hurt over something on a B-R page.
You’d think after all these years of being the laughing stock of major league baseball, you’d have thicker skin.
by dcfcblues on Aug 5, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, my feeling....you hurt it.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're posting on a Cardinals blog
so you’re clearly hurt enough to come into enemy territory and act like a tool.
by dcfcblues on Aug 5, 2009 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great choice.
Pick the year the Cubs won the division – far and away – and led the league in runs scored to talk about how much they suck. Good luck recouping your money.
I've committed to tweeting about the Cubs for the rest of the season. (Does that sound as ridiculous as I think it does?) Anyway, if you're on Twitter, you can follow me here.
by dat cubfan daver on Aug 5, 2009 2:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TWSS
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey pistol, while we're at it...
let’s go over to Spain’s Wikipedia page and post some snarky stuff about them losing the Spanish-American War. We totally own Guam and Puerto Rico now!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I'd rather win 83 games and a WS than win 97 and get swept out in the first round
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Aug 5, 2009 5:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That team won 94 games, really.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 5, 2009 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Touche
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Aug 5, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
pistol...
… if the Cubs fans are really bothered by this, then why not offer to sell them the rights for $150?
put up or shut up, eh?
by kindred on Aug 5, 2009 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
But then how could they afford to get into that big bar
they have with the pretty ivy on the wall?
by Hardcore Legend on Aug 5, 2009 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
says the guy
whose stadium is named after a brewery
by CalCalender on Aug 5, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
OH SNAP
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 5, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Technically that's not even true.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Aug 5, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's wrong on a variety of levels.
Akin to saying Wrigley is named after chewing gum.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 5, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Its Clydesdales vs.
goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely.
"I'll be glad to have Ryan [Braun] help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy." - Doug Melvin
by all4tookie on Aug 5, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
not named after a brewery
named after the Busch family.
nice try though.
by dcfcblues on Aug 5, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True...
and like your stadium, your organization has some great recent history involving alcohol.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and your named after santo?
interesting
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Aug 5, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
you're, excuse me
How depressing is it being you? Is it closer to being a lifelong cubs fan or being born without lips? - Janitor
by themanthemyth on Aug 5, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ENGAGE MIDWESTERN NICENESS!
Thank you for your witty remarks, please hang around for some cobbler!
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 5, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 11 recs
rec'd
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Aug 5, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you mean, like, opening bottles of champagne
following a post-season game? Or 3?
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
by SleepyCA on Aug 6, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about
Congratulations to the 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers.
by Michael_68_1999 on Aug 5, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We haven't even voted and it's already working perfectly.
15=/=25
by hazel on Aug 5, 2009 5:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
alright people,let's get back to inventing clever messages.
Here’s some inspiration:
by _pistol_ on Aug 5, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"A century of ineptitude"
Gotta throw the word “century” in there somehow
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Aug 5, 2009 5:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"Hey, anyone can have a bad century"
Not afraid to nitpick
by joker24 on Aug 5, 2009 5:49 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Go literary.
100 Years of Suckitude
the truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark/ it scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark -- macmanus
by tom s. on Aug 5, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Best Team To Get Swept In The First Round Of The Playoffs, Ever.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 5, 2009 5:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
twice in a row.
it's Clydesdales vs Goats. Actually sums up Cards vs. Cubs quite nicely. -all4tookie
by SleepyCA on Aug 6, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
O yeah
cubbie fans my pic is dedicated to you also, XOXO
by from First to Third on Aug 5, 2009 7:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
F*** Billy Beane... actually, I kinda like Holliday
by vivaelpujols on Aug 5, 2009 7:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I believe that something simple and to the point is in order here....
Philles announcers about Toronto:
"Well they go out West after this series, this weekend, against the Tampa Bay Rays"
by RiverRat on Aug 5, 2009 7:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
rolf
they used to be chicago orphans
Of course, hope means being cut down on some street corner, as you run like mad, by a random bullet.
by prophetjohn on Aug 5, 2009 9:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn't think of a good saying for this but...
any Cubs fans who can remember when the Cubs were even in a WS are now senior citizens
by waino on Aug 5, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I really hope that at some point the oldest person living on Earth will have been born after 1908
Therefore, NOBODY ALIVE was living when the Cubs won their last Series
Chlorophyll? More like borophyll!
by jd is legend on Aug 6, 2009 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
to even remember it you'd have to be like 110
and if ur that old, you probly wouldn’t remember it
The poster formerly known as JoeyBombs.
by RasRoY on Aug 6, 2009 1:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
getting close...
… the third-oldest man just died at 107. there are a few more super-old women than men, but it’s getting rare indeed.
by kindred on Aug 6, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of the oldest people tend to be Japanese, right?
They wouldn’t count.
Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.
by mattybobo on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
racist.
"I usually don’t read other peoples sigs." -Cuttah
by Alxfritz on Aug 6, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
everyone knows Japanese people are too smart to be Cub fans
"Ludwick, I could kiss you on the nuts!" - the red baron 7-29-09
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
by mattyfrommo on Aug 6, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Irish-American
great-grandmother lived to be 111.
"If I prepare myself, my stuff is good and I'm going to get outs. That is a fact." - Chris Carpenter
by spants on Aug 6, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mine died a month before 100...
… and her twin sister lived to 97. that ain’t 111, but man those Irish women are something.
by kindred on Aug 6, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's play two ...(World Series winning seasons in 130+ years!!!!!!!)
by mattyp on Aug 6, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
The best line is the one that's already there:
“All Cardinals fans sponsor(s) this page.”
But something along the lines of “Cardinals fans everywhere salute the Cubs’ century of shame” would be OK too.
I never would slip you Mickey! It is merely rhinoceros horn. This makes the champagna bubble.
by The Continental on Aug 6, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"Don't worry, the 28 other teams didn't win a playoff game either"
"If you believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."
by tigr on Aug 6, 2009 12:26 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The fine folks at Viva El Birdos say: Viva 'L', Cubbies!
or,
Q: what do you get when you combine the words ‘Piniella’ and ‘playoffs’? A: Three ’L’s.
or
“Knock, Knock.” “Who’s there?” “2006 Playoffs.”
or
“(sh)it’s gonna happen!”
or
“9 NLDS losses in a row? Wait ’til next year!”
or
“The 2008 Cubs: Don’t get excited, we were just kidding!”
or
“Cards fans aLLL over saLLLute the 2008 Cubs’ pLLLayoff run!”
or
maybe I should go to bed now
by meat on Aug 6, 2009 1:48 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
All these are great...
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Aug 6, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah...
… for some reason i think i like the first the best. but all good.
by kindred on Aug 6, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My favorite is the next to last one...
but that’s possibly because I use that one to needle my brother all the damn time via Facebook….
"I just wish that the late Harry Caray were still around so I could hear him mispronounce 'Kosuke Fukudome' every fukun' night" -- Dennis Miller
by fourstick on Aug 6, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PLEASE DO NOT
ATTACH THE VEB NAME TO THIS ENTERPRISE. DO WHAT YOU WANT W/ YOUR MONEY BUT PLEASE DO NOT SUGGEST THAT VEB PLAYED ANY PART IN THIS.
by chuckb on Aug 7, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cause they only had 100 years to lose (or win?)
Not sure if anyone will catch the song reference.
by Cardfanintherock on Aug 6, 2009 8:50 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rules might not allow it
But I would love to have someone whip up a National Enquierer-style headline with the picture of the Jesus-in-the-dog’s-butt, stating, “Image of the Son of God proclaims Cubs to be 2009 World Series Champs!”. Then have a disclaimer saying, “Not really — even a dog’s butt doesn’t think that’ll happen.”
Don’t have a link handy on my Blackberry, but the likely-Photoshopped image is currently making the rounds, and should be easy to find.
Don't argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - anon.
by Solanus on Aug 6, 2009 9:19 AM EDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Choke: The official drink of the Chicago Cubs
Cubs baseball: An alternative to winning since 1908.
Cardinals baseball: Helping the Cubs lose since 1908. (that may not be what you were
wanting but I still think it’s funny).
My favorite though is: I would rather my sister be a prostitute than a Cubs fan.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2009 10:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
oooo, nice burn
at least she won’t smell like pee when she comes home
by from First to Third on Aug 6, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you kidding?
Hookers always smell like pee – at least the good ones.
by _pistol_ on Aug 6, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So then
Hookers and Wrigley Field have something in common.
by Michael_68_1999 on Aug 6, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you enter either you're going to leave smelling like pee?
by Cardfanintherock on Aug 6, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No...
Very rarely do you get what you pay for, and when you do it stays with you for 100 years
"I'll be glad to have Ryan [Braun] help if he wants to. I'll give him a badge and he can be my deputy." - Doug Melvin
by all4tookie on Aug 6, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should have said "My fiance's favorite" but I think it's pretty damn funny myself
If you go to the “flair” section on facebook, they have really good stuff slamming the Cubs.
by MaytheForschbewithyou on Aug 6, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ed: A goat, 100+ years of no-show and faces only their momma can love.
Carnac: Things related to Cubs fans.
by OKCARDSFAN_411 on Aug 6, 2009 9:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
just post this pick. it says all that needs to be said
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by gdm426 on Aug 7, 2009 2:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This is really a stupid exercise, pistol
If you want to waste your money w/ stuff like this — well, you’ve got more $ to waste than I do — but this is beneath this website. This is supposed to be a place for some halfway intelligent baseball discussion. This is not the bathroom wall at your favorite sports bar. Go to the p-d forums to do something like this. As part of the sbnation, we’re part of a larger community that includes our friends over at BCB.
You have what you need to name your website. Comments are now closed on this fanpost.
by chuckb on Aug 7, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions 8 recs
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