Gary Gillette Chat on ESPN.COM:

[C.C.]

Andrew ( Chicago): Who will be the Cubs manager next year?

 

SportsNation Gary Gillette: (2:57 PM ET ) Not guaranteed, but I think there's a reasonably good chance it's Girardi. I think he's history in Florida unless they go to the NLCS and, if he's willing to negotiate a buyout, he could quickly become the leading contender for the Flubs' job.

 

Goose (Chicago): Flubs, that hurts. Do you see the Northsiders spending a ton of money this offseason to keep their fans? I have a feeling they will not sell out in record time like they did this year unless some serious changes are made.

 

SportsNation Gary Gillette: (3:02 PM ET ) I think the Flubs will open their checkbook again, but they've got to get a lot smarter or it won't have the right effect.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I get it! It's cause it sounds like Cubs! The cleverness! The wit!

[NorthsideAvenger]

Andrew ( Chicago): Who will be the Cubs manager next year?

 

SportsNation Gary Gillette: (2:57 PM ET ) Not guaranteed, but I think there's a reasonably good chance it's Girardi. I think he's history in Florida unless they go to the NLCS and, if he's willing to negotiate a buyout, he could quickly become the leading contender for the Flubs' job.

 

Goose (Chicago): Flubs, that hurts. Do you see the Northsiders spending a ton of money this offseason to keep their fans? I have a feeling they will not sell out in record time like they did this year unless some serious changes are made.

 

SportsNation Gary Gillette: (3:02 PM ET ) I think the Flubs will open their checkbook again, but they've got to get a lot smarter or it won't have the right effect.

 

Now if Gary Gillette would quit spending sp much time to find names that make the Cubs look silly, maybe he would be taken seriously.

 

I bet he spent ALL NIGHT thinking about "Flubs."

[TruffleShuffle]

HAY WHAT ABOUT THE WHITE Sox

[Banedon]

I get it! It's cause it sounds like Cubs! The cleverness! The wit!

 

OMGLMFAO!!111oneone

 

We should call the Cardinals the "[expletive]-inals" cuz that would be teh funny.

 

Edit: hey, the word filter isn't supposed to work when I'm trying to make a joke!

Edited September 7, 2006 by Banedon

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Haha

 

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[Banedon]

Haha

 

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Fixed :D

[C.C.]

Or course he had to say it twice because he's so witty!

[Brian]

Wow it's alright if fans use phrases like "flubs" but this guy is suppose to be a professional. And by professional i mean he's getting paid to have an opinion about sports.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I think it lowers a writer's credibility when they do things like that. It's not like Gilette has shown to have much knowledge or credibility anyway.

[snoodmonger]

That's some seriously weak sauce.

[Geech]

The term "flub" is pretty much right on for this team, though.

 

flub

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1. to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.

–noun

2. a blunder.

[MPrior]

Beyond the whole "Flubs" thing, however you feel about that, he's still pretty much right, isn't he?

[ToupeeOnFire]

Who cares what Fairy Gillete says.

 

Get it, Fairy, Gary, Fairy/Gary. It rhymes, you see, and is therefore gutbusting hilarious.

 

Unforunately though, he is absolutey correct in what he says...and that is so depressing.

[littleburr24]

My dad has been using Flubs ever since I was born... along with the White Slops.

[JeffH]

The term "flub" is pretty much right on for this team, though.

 

flub

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

1. to perform poorly; blunder; bungle: He flubbed the last shot and lost the match.

–noun

2. a blunder.

 

The Chicago Blunders.

 

I like it.

[soccer10k]

My dad has been using Flubs ever since I was born

 

My dad has also. It's either Flubs or Flubbies. But he's not a writer for ESPN.com.