http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-cubs/2011/1/13/1933255/chicago-cubs-mlb-fernando-perez-blog
― omar little, Friday, 14 January 2011 23:05 (fourteen years ago)
the tumblr:
http://outfielding.tumblr.com/post/2715500194/in-soft-news-i-was-traded-to-the-cubs-this
― omar little, Friday, 14 January 2011 23:07 (fourteen years ago)
have a feeling the cubs are going to be godawful this season
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 14 January 2011 23:35 (fourteen years ago)
He reads Pitchfork Reviews Reviews?
― Andy K, Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
interesting dude:
Perez went to Columbia University where he studied American studies and creative writing, training he later used to become the first Major League Baseball player published in Poetry Magazine.[2] At Columbia, he played baseball for three years before being selected by the Rays in the 7th round (195th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. Perez was one of six Ivy Leaguers on major league rosters at the beginning of the 2009 season.[3]
― omar little, Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)
That's why I'm surprised he reads Pitchfork Reviews Reviews.
― Andy K, Saturday, 15 January 2011 01:44 (fourteen years ago)
<3 him
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 January 2011 02:49 (fourteen years ago)
http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lesijoYBMc1qbbd4xo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1295207351&Signature=lvko%2FTcDTn93vFXN4oXfofFjIwg%3D
― omar little, Saturday, 15 January 2011 19:49 (fourteen years ago)
Fernando Perez is now officially my favorite baseball player ever.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:33 (fourteen years ago)
carlos zambrano is adopting a kid, pretty cool: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110119&content_id=16459048&vkey=news_chc&c_id=chc&partnerId=rss_chc
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 20 January 2011 21:01 (fourteen years ago)
is it wrong for me to mentally picture the adopted as that kid on modern family except with hilarious violent outlashes?
― sanskrit, Friday, 21 January 2011 00:43 (fourteen years ago)
holy shit they can call him Lil Z
― sanskrit, Friday, 21 January 2011 03:55 (fourteen years ago)
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― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:10 (fourteen years ago)
have they made any moves since offloading all their good players at the end of last season?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:11 (fourteen years ago)
they definitely seem like a distant fourth in this division
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:18 (fourteen years ago)
surely soriano can carry them over the line?
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:19 (fourteen years ago)
can he carry himself over the mendoza line first?
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 February 2011 15:21 (fourteen years ago)
Jon Paul Morosi has a nice little profile of Cubs manager Mike Quade, but he buries the lede. Namely, that in Dusty Baker's last season in Chicago, someone left a going-away present for him.
"At the very end, somebody took a dump right where I stood in the dugout every day," Baker said Monday morning. "That was the low point. The grounds crew guy cleaned it up. He said, ‘Oh, I think it's dog crap.' I said, ‘No it ain't. That's human crap.'"
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:32 (fourteen years ago)
hard to believe someone beat you to a poop story, but it's being covered here: 2006 Cubs Thread- It's Never or Now
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:33 (fourteen years ago)
DAMN IT
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)
i think that is hilarious.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:08 (fourteen years ago)
like we haven't all wanted to show an old douche-bag boss what we thought of them in dookie form.
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:09 (fourteen years ago)
Supposedly there was a brawl in the Cubs dugout during today's game involving Carlos Silva..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 2 March 2011 21:22 (fourteen years ago)
14 errors in five games, eh?
― Shirley MODOK (Andy K), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:02 (fourteen years ago)
Fielder Fielding Practice
― Shirley MODOK (Andy K), Thursday, 3 March 2011 00:03 (fourteen years ago)
Neyer: Don't Sleep on the Cubs
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 23:32 (fourteen years ago)
Carlos Silva doesn't want to go to Des Moines.
― Andy K, Saturday, 26 March 2011 18:36 (fourteen years ago)
Aaron Boone said "gee-AH-vuh-knee suh-TOE" earlier
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Saturday, 26 March 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
The wayback machine:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1003528/index.htm
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 28 March 2011 19:08 (fourteen years ago)
Just got some behind home base opening day tix and I'm stoked - jeez if they can't beat the bucs in the opener, what hope is there? ... Finding myself liking Quade ... hope Castro and Byrd shape up more early on ... can't believe Mr. April Fukudome is still seen as valued ... would much rather see Perez out there ...
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 28 March 2011 21:42 (fourteen years ago)
RIP Ryan Dempster
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:46 (fourteen years ago)
soriano made it 7 innings before getting booed -- he has to be feeling good about that
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 April 2011 21:02 (fourteen years ago)
also this second basemen they've got is god awful
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 April 2011 21:05 (fourteen years ago)
dempster fire
― ℳℴℯ ❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:10 (fourteen years ago)
the guy who's 2-for-4?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
yes, he's terrible
― J0rdan S., Friday, 1 April 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)
one of those hits was a bloop hit off a pitch that would've hit a lefty in the ankles
how is szmardijia still in the majors
ppl love their fighting irish
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 April 2011 21:17 (fourteen years ago)
love the new manager
http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/blogs/files/2010/12/Daniel-Benzali.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 1 April 2011 22:19 (fourteen years ago)
Quade is the man who will lead us to the promised land
either that or http://www.onionsportsnetwork.com/articles/chicago-cubs-cant-believe-theyre-doing-this-again,19870/
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 2 April 2011 16:37 (fourteen years ago)
lookin at those shiverin Wrigley optimists right now
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 April 2011 17:49 (fourteen years ago)
http://deadspin.com/#!5788201/yet-another-reason-to-hate-the-midwest-this-guys-cubs-favre-jersey
― ℳℴℯ ❤＼(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Saturday, 2 April 2011 18:29 (fourteen years ago)
trying to imagine watching yr team getting shut out by the Pirates in 35-degree weather
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 2 April 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)
lol
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 2 April 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)
The Cubs are 8-8 after Monday's 1-0, 10-inning win over the Padres. They have been 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7 and now 8-8 this season, which ties a club record for consecutive stops at the .500 mark to start a campaign
Never change guys <3
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:18 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQjt0Xzb5F8
― omar little, Tuesday, 19 April 2011 22:32 (fourteen years ago)
Another rough start today. Any chance of our pitchers coming back? Reliable pitchers + resurgent lineup could make serious contenders, more likely will hit every stop on the way to 81-81.
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Saturday, 23 April 2011 05:55 (fourteen years ago)
i have actually briefly met fernando perez, who is straight up awesome. as is his tumblr
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 April 2011 06:06 (fourteen years ago)
Bill James got an e-mail about that bizarre 9-9 start referred to above. Someone did some research, and it turns out this is only the fourth time it's ever happened: 1882 Reds, 1890 Dodgers, 1970 Mets, and the Cubs.
― clemenza, Saturday, 23 April 2011 22:44 (fourteen years ago)
Why didn't these guys trade anyone? What are they doing?
― polyphonic, Monday, 1 August 2011 18:23 (fourteen years ago)
i don't think anyone knows
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/926/the-inexplicable-non-decision-making-of-the-chicago-cubs
― J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 18:27 (fourteen years ago)
trade pena for some eyebrows for mike quade.. maybe a brain too.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:19 (fourteen years ago)
Yeah I thought this was weird until I realized that a lot of these guys were on 1-year deals, at which point it becomes absolute insanity. Like I realize there's a value to not trading your best players to help keep "fan interest" but the only thing they're playing for at this point is to not lose 100 games. That article really says it all.
― frogbs, Monday, 1 August 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
yeah its not like fans show up to wrigley to actually watch the team play.. theres a bunch of old style in there that needs a-drinkin
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 1 August 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)
Attendance is already way down this year so even that's not a good reason.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 1 August 2011 23:57 (fourteen years ago)
what the hell is with the pronunciation of quade's name? at first i thought joe buck was just being weird on saturday
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 00:06 (fourteen years ago)
these cubs are unstoppable
― mookieproof, Saturday, 6 August 2011 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
Wait, no, none of that makes any sense at all. Unless you believe the Cubs are about to roll up a 25-game winning streak and get right back in this thing. In which case, piss off, Jon Daniels!
getting closer...
― frogbs, Saturday, 6 August 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)
the cubs have signed their seventh-round draft pick, infielder trevor gretzky
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:30 (fourteen years ago)
OK then! Big Z! Dude!
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 01:10 (fourteen years ago)
Wow, the Braves chased him all the way out of baseball!
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 13 August 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)
Aramis: "I've never seen somebody just pack their stuff and leave."
― polyphonic, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:06 (fourteen years ago)
what a badly formed joek
― mookieproof, Saturday, 13 August 2011 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
BIG Z RIP
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 13 August 2011 06:15 (fourteen years ago)
he is just the worst
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 13 August 2011 16:08 (fourteen years ago)
the worst? if I were a Cub fan I would love this! isn't he owed $18 million next year?
― frogbs, Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:07 (fourteen years ago)
I do not for the life of me get how they haven't gotten rid of this asshole one way or the other, he's fucking toxic
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)
i kind of love big z :( he obviously has problems but they seem to all stem from getting mad at himself and not being able to channel that anger properly, which i can relate to.
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 14 August 2011 02:21 (fourteen years ago)
oh, he gets mad at other things too
― mookieproof, Sunday, 14 August 2011 03:50 (fourteen years ago)
jcrasnick#Cubs announce they've fired GM Jim Hendry and have replaced him with interim GM Randy Bush.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Friday, 19 August 2011 15:22 (fourteen years ago)
Long overdue imo
― polyphonic, Friday, 19 August 2011 17:33 (fourteen years ago)
Now they just need to fire everyone else.
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 19 August 2011 17:36 (fourteen years ago)
Big Z for GM
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 19 August 2011 17:37 (fourteen years ago)
lol @ "Randy Bush"seems like a Cubbie
― frogbs, Friday, 19 August 2011 19:10 (fourteen years ago)
i first read it as players can't be GMs elided Randy Wolf and Dave Bush or somethin
― sanskrit, Saturday, 20 August 2011 03:32 (fourteen years ago)
oh marmolpaws
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:39 (fourteen years ago)
jeeeez
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)
the cubs have literally 5 decent-to-very good players and it looks like 2 of them are going to be gone.
― omar little, Saturday, 24 September 2011 19:58 (fourteen years ago)
:p
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 24 September 2011 20:21 (fourteen years ago)
Trib guy on BP podcast last week thinks they get Theo
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 14:06 (fourteen years ago)
they do get theo
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:40 (fourteen years ago)
don't know what I think of it
spending all the money we do wisely seems so inappropriate
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:41 (fourteen years ago)
too bad reagins got fired in anaheim.. they need to ditch soriano's contract asap.. or teach him how to 'play' 2b again.
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)
Congratulations Cubs on winning the World Series!
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:14 (fourteen years ago)
lol ok
― frogbs, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:22 (fourteen years ago)
someone on btf suggested zambrano play right field next year.. SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK LETS DO THIS THEO
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:33 (fourteen years ago)
looks like hoyer is going to chicago to be with his master theo in chicago.. theo will be pres of baseball ops and hoyer will be gm. if I was a sd fan Id be kinda pissed off..
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:26 (fourteen years ago)
I wish we'd kept Towers, yeah.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 20 October 2011 17:30 (fourteen years ago)
Olney on Hoyer: "When your owners are willing to let you walk away from their top job for basically nothing, it's a good time to leave."
― polyphonic, Thursday, 20 October 2011 19:43 (fourteen years ago)
so remind me why they got rid of towers in the first place?
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 21 October 2011 16:25 (fourteen years ago)
new owner wanted his own guy.
― polyphonic, Friday, 21 October 2011 20:32 (fourteen years ago)
rip mike quade
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:47 (fourteen years ago)
not very surprising. hoping they bring in francona.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
Cubs were such an afterthought this year I had to look up who that is.
(let alone that it's pronounced KWAH-dee)
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:35 (fourteen years ago)
paging ryno
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:38 (fourteen years ago)
Chicago now has a managing vacancy, but the club's new president, Theo Epstein, said Wednesday that he will only hire someone with prior Major League managing or coaching experience. Sandberg has none.
nm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 20:41 (fourteen years ago)
i think they finally figured out that mike quade isn't related to dennis or randy
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:37 (fourteen years ago)
Or Lone Wolf Mc
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 22:01 (fourteen years ago)