Chicago Cubs Wikipedia Entry...

[soccer10k]

It is not uncommon for Wikipedia to get "hacked" into....it happens quite a lot.

 

The page for Chris Berman was all screwed up a while back due to the "Your with me, Leather" rumors.

What were the "Your with me, Leather" rumors?

 

And now it reads "incoherently managed by Dusty Baker"

 

Haha. Let's see how long this stays up.

[Andy]

Hmm, didn't know this.

 

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After the 1992 season, then-commissioner Fay Vincent thought the addition of the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies was the perfect time to realign the National League with a more geographic logic. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were to move to the Eastern Division while the Cubs and Cardinals were to go to the West. Many thought of this plan as brilliant, especially building a rivalry between Florida and Atlanta. But everything went sour when the Cubs opposed. They complained that Eastern viewers of their WGN superstation would be forced to watch games at later starting times. But what they did not know was that they would play more games against teams outside their division. As a result, a three-division structure was born in 1994.

[BigSlick]

Hmm, didn't know this.

 

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After the 1992 season, then-commissioner Fay Vincent thought the addition of the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies was the perfect time to realign the National League with a more geographic logic. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were to move to the Eastern Division while the Cubs and Cardinals were to go to the West. Many thought of this plan as brilliant, especially building a rivalry between Florida and Atlanta. But everything went sour when the Cubs opposed. They complained that Eastern viewers of their WGN superstation would be forced to watch games at later starting times. But what they did not know was that they would play more games against teams outside their division. As a result, a three-division structure was born in 1994.

 

I'm glad they did it.

 

3 divisions makes a lot more sense with as many teams as the NL has.

[RonnieWooWooSanto]

From Wikipedia:

Once hinted that if he was a woman, he would look like Star Jones.

 

This is mentioned under the section titled "Bizarre Comments".

 

Is this true?

[go_cubs_go]

perhaps the word should be "allegedly"

 

haha, good one

[NCCubFan]

Hmm, didn't know this.

 

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After the 1992 season, then-commissioner Fay Vincent thought the addition of the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies was the perfect time to realign the National League with a more geographic logic. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were to move to the Eastern Division while the Cubs and Cardinals were to go to the West. Many thought of this plan as brilliant, especially building a rivalry between Florida and Atlanta. But everything went sour when the Cubs opposed. They complained that Eastern viewers of their WGN superstation would be forced to watch games at later starting times. But what they did not know was that they would play more games against teams outside their division. As a result, a three-division structure was born in 1994.

I remember that. Under baseball rules, a team has the right to refuse to move to another division even if all other teams are in favor of it.

[BigSlick]

Hmm, didn't know this.

 

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After the 1992 season, then-commissioner Fay Vincent thought the addition of the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies was the perfect time to realign the National League with a more geographic logic. The Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds were to move to the Eastern Division while the Cubs and Cardinals were to go to the West. Many thought of this plan as brilliant, especially building a rivalry between Florida and Atlanta. But everything went sour when the Cubs opposed. They complained that Eastern viewers of their WGN superstation would be forced to watch games at later starting times. But what they did not know was that they would play more games against teams outside their division. As a result, a three-division structure was born in 1994.

I remember that. Under baseball rules, a team has the right to refuse to move to another division even if all other teams are in favor of it.

 

Thats really not good.

 

EDIT: However, the 3 division structure is so much better than the alternative, so I really shouldn't be complaining.