102 facts about Chicago baseball (ESPN)

[CubbieBum]

It's an interesting read and learned some things I didn't know. One thing I did know was Dempster likes to make jokes but this one was really good.

 

Biggest misconception about the Cubs? "That we just want to make the playoffs. Everybody here wants to win a World Series. And it's not about the 100-year drought. We just want to be the 2008 Chicago Cubs. I mean, I vaguely remember 1908. I thought the next year we'd be back for sure, but we haven't won it since. It's tough. I'm getting old, and it's wearing on me. Hopefully this is the year."

 

Anyways here's the link http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3577154

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Who likes chick flicks? "Mike Fontenot. Sweet young man. Tender, even."

 

lol

[CubbieBum]

Who likes chick flicks? "Mike Fontenot. Sweet young man. Tender, even."

 

lol

 

yeah that one got me laughing too

[minnesotacubsfan]

lol

 

 

"Biggest eater? "Well, let's have a look around. Jon Lieber is a big eater. And then there's Bob Howry, who I swear has a funnel into a bottomless pit. The guy can eat a steak dinner and wash it down with nachos and cheese and walk away with a lower body-fat percentage. It's freak genetics."

[Brian]

(6) The basket protruding from the outfield wall at Wrigley Field was installed in 1970 in an attempt to keep objects from coming onto the field, not to mention Bleacher Bums.

 

Actually that was so all the fly outs that Ernie Banks had could turn into home runs, so they called it Banks Blvd.

 

/Joe morgan

[OleMissCub]

Harold Baines, who played for the White Sox three different times and is now their first base coach, had his No. 3 retired by the team in 1989, 12 years before he retired.

 

That's ridiculous.

[ctcf]

Geo Soto's favorite TV show is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

 

And I thought he couldn't get any cooler...