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Cubs Update

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 21, Sep 20, 2008.

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  1. joe

    joe Active Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Oh god, oh god, nooooo! [Harry Caray or Ron Santo -- your pick -- when the Cuds flame out]. And I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
     
    joe, Sep 21, 2008
    #37
  2. Hammer Pants

    Hammer Pants Active Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Cubs — 94-60 in a solid division.
    Dodgers — 81-75 in a division of fail.

    Cubs — Best batting average and highest-scoring offense in the NL.
    Dodgers — Nowhere near that.

    Also, the Cubs are a close second and actually lead several NL pitching categories.

    I believe in stats, not curses.
     
    Hammer Pants, Sep 21, 2008
    #38
  3. Scouter

    Scouter Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Guys, guys ... the Cubs are easily the best team in the NL and will go on to win the World Series. [/reversejinx]
     
    Scouter, Sep 22, 2008
    #39
  4. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    I'm indifferent to the Cubs, but I do love that song -- "someday we'll go all the way" cuts to the chase, has some fun with the history and doesn't come across as hokey.
     
    Oz, Sep 22, 2008
    #40
  5. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Fixed.
     
    buckweaver, Sep 22, 2008
    #41
  6. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Go Cubs Go was a WGN radio jingle about 25 years ago. I don't know what caused the comeback but it started last year.
     
    Armchair_QB, Sep 22, 2008
    #42
  7. 21

    21 Well-Known Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Go Cubs Go was written by the late (and very young) Steve Goodman, who died of leukemia in 1984, four days before the Cubs clinched the NL East. He also wrote A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request.

    Someone at the Cubs or WGN (not sure) heard an old album of Goodman's songs and recycled Go Cubs Go.
     
    21, Sep 22, 2008
    #43
  8. Oscar Gamble

    Oscar Gamble New Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread


    That song is just awful.

    I much prefer the 11-year old classic When The Cubs Win The World Series by Cleaning Ladys, a local Chicago band, who are all Cub fans.

    to listen +/or download: http://www.cleaningladys.com/mp3s/Cubs.mp3

    the Lyrics to the song:

    In the future far away

    We will live in outer space

    There will be a cure for cancer

    There will be one race

    When the Cubs win the World Series – Ryne Sandberg will be dead

    When the Cubs win the World Series – humans will have two heads

    Harry Caray’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son’s son

    Will do the play-by-play

    Every single country in the galaxy

    Will throw their guns away

    When the Cubs win the World Series – Mark Grace will be long gone

    When the Cubs win the World Series – Lee Smith will still be going strong

    Pitching, hitting, fielding, running

    Everything will click

    The Bleacher Bums have twenty thumbs

    They’re mutants from the sticks

    We’ll have a celebration at

    The place the team calls home

    At Addison and Sheffield

    Inside the Wrigley Dome

    When the Cubs win the World Series – on pay 3-D TV

    When the Cubs win the World Series – wait till next century

    When the Cubs, when the Cubs, when the Cubs

    Win the World Series

    -------------------------

    Written and performed by The Cleaning Ladys

    Published by Land O Ladys Music (BMI) Copyright 1997
     
    Oscar Gamble, Sep 22, 2008
    #44
  9. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    solid.
     
    Tom Petty, Sep 22, 2008
    #45
  10. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    Jimmy Buffett, who was a friend of Goodman, played it at the close of his Wrigley Field concerts over Labor Day weekend 2006.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Sep 22, 2008
    #46
  11. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    How are you on hunches?
     
    slappy4428, Sep 22, 2008
    #47
  12. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    Re: The 100th Annual Cubs Watch Thread

    I hate that fucking song. /rachel phelps
     
    Big Buckin' agate_monkey, Sep 22, 2008
    #48
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