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- Some weird Chicago Cubs Tivo listings today
- Negotiating the Largest Contracts in Sports with Professional Baseball Attorney Scott Boras
- Where do baseball players go when they die?
- RIP Jerry Manos - peanut seller to Cubs fans outside Wrigley Field from 1978 to 2006.
- Tales of catching a baseball at the Cubs ballpark ... 1905
- Ron Santo voted in to Baseball's Hall of Fame !
- TV listings for Chicago Cubs Fans Offseason 2011-2012
- Free agents for Spring 2012
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- Austin Jackson exits game after suffering abdominal strain
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- Brett Lawrie isn’t exactly contrite
- Pirates fans attack a PNC park security guard and police officer; guard loses a finger
- Brett Lawrie’s suspension is ridiculously light
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Idea for location of new Wrigley Field
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2012-04-25 14:28I'm not a superstitious person, but I have noticed that the Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series in their "new" ballpark, which was built on the site of the former Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary.
When they played at their previous location, they were involved in World Series Championship series in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910 and were World Series Champions in two of those years.
Source: http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/
After moving to their current location...yeah, you know the story.
Anyway, I had an idea.
Some weird Chicago Cubs Tivo listings today
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2012-04-25 02:10Some weird Chicago Cubs Tivo listings today.
1. Ever since "Next Year is Here" aired on opening day on WGN at 12:30pm on a Thursday, I'm getting a "Cubs special" listing for that time slot on Thursdays.
2. Today's Cubs/Cardinals game didn't show up in the Tivo search I have set up. It did show up when I looked up 1pm on WGN. The search is set up for something like Sports / Baseball / Cubs.
3. WGN's Lead Off Man and 10th Inning show are now called something else. I'm concerned that the name (something like MLB Pre game / Post game show) will be less unique are more difficult to sort out just the Cubs related programs.
Its hard enough trying to track down where the next Chicago Cubs game will air, why are they trying to make it even more difficult?
Negotiating the Largest Contracts in Sports with Professional Baseball Attorney Scott Boras
Submitted by diana on Fri, 2012-02-24 12:23
UC Davis School of Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society presents “Negotiating the Largest Contracts in Sports History” with Professional Baseball Attorney Scott Boras on Monday, February 27 from 3:30pm – 4:30pm at the UC Davis ARC Ballroom.
Where do baseball players go when they die?
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2012-02-08 11:26I ran across this webpage today regarding the locations of deceased baseball players graves and other related info.
http://www.baseballundertaker.com/
Quote from page:
The Baseball Necrology includes all of the following information I could locate for any deceased person who ever played in a major league baseball game, and also some other baseball personalities such as umpires, managers, owners, administrators, announcers, sportswriters and those who played in the Negro Leagues:
• The number of years played in the major leagues and the primary position played
• The number of years as a field manager, if applicable
• Hall of Fame indication
• Date and place of birth
• Date and place of death
• Military Service, when fou
RIP Jerry Manos - peanut seller to Cubs fans outside Wrigley Field from 1978 to 2006.
Submitted by diana on Tue, 2012-02-07 14:41Manos, Jerry Age 70.
Infamous peanut seller to Cubs fans outside Wrigley Field from 1978 to 2006. Owner in the early 70's of Jerry's Hot Dogs on Ridge in Rogers Park.
http://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=155781882
Tales of catching a baseball at the Cubs ballpark ... 1905
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2012-01-11 15:27
"Go back to 1905, when a Cubs fan named Samuel Scott was arrested after catching a foul ball but refusing to hand it to an usher. The team president signed a larceny complaint against him. The charges were dropped with Scott threatened to sue for assault and false arrest. Eventually, Cubs owner Charles Weeghman allowed foul balls to be kept. In 1916. It was lauded in Baseball magazine as a "common-sense policy," even if other owners refused to go along with it."
30 baseball books in the 30 days of '11: Day 29 -- How to have a ball, with a ball, for less than the (auction house) price of a game-used ball
By Tom Hoffarth
The book: "The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals and Secrets Beneath the Stiches"
http://insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2011/04/30-baseball-boo-61.html
Ron Santo voted in to Baseball's Hall of Fame !
Submitted by diana on Mon, 2011-12-05 12:58Woo hoo! Ron Santo has been voted into Baseball's Hall of Fame.
Sadly, one year and two days after he passed on.
I was thinking that if Ron Santo's ashes were still in an urn, they could bring that with to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony. I'm guessing thats not going to be possible. http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/pos...
I think this is pretty much the best Ron Santo audio/video files page. Check it out at: http://www.wgnradio.com/sports/baseball/...
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TV listings for Chicago Cubs Fans Offseason 2011-2012
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2011-11-30 12:56TV listings for Chicago Cubs Fans Offseason 2011-2012
Comcast Chicago Sports Chicago Cubs page
http://www.csnchicago.com/baseball-chica...
Chicago Baseball Hot Stove (LIVE)
5pm Tuesday, December 6, 2011
http://www.csnchicago.com/chicago_hot_stove
Also see:
http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/2011/11...
Yard War: Baseball
Neighboring Cardinals and Cubs fans compete to design baseball-themed backyards with the help of expert contractors and MLB Network analysts Mitch Williams and Dan Plesac.
Wed 12/07 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM| MLB Network
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrf...
Aramis in "The Shredder"11/29/1105:27
Free agents for Spring 2012
Submitted by diana on Wed, 2011-11-30 10:12
Looking thru this list of Free agents for Spring 2012 I see a lot of former Chicago Cubs players.
http://mlbcontracts.blogspot.com/2004/06/free-agent-position-players.html
The one that caught my attention was Derrek Lee.
I was at the 14-3 game vs the Marlins where he hit two home runs for the Cubs. Oddly enough, a friend of mine caught one of those home run balls...Derrek Lee's 200th home run!
My photos of Derrek Lee from that game.
http://chicagocubsphotos.blogspot.com/2005/08/derrek-lee-stolen-base-home-run.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=250828116&prov=ap
Here is the box score for that game:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200508280.shtml
Movies about the Chicago Cubs
Submitted by diana on Mon, 2011-11-28 13:14This month I watched three different movies with a Chicago Cubs theme. I'm rather surprised that WGN or Comcast...or even ESPN haven't aired these three movies. Hey, there's no pro basketball these days, may as well entertain ALL those Cubs fans out there...
If you're a serious Cubs fan, you'll want to watch all three of these movies.

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