Random Cubs Musings

[Derwood]

Cubs announce pitchers and catchers report Feb 19th. Position players on the 24th.

 

As of today (I'll round up to Tuesday), only 89 days until Cubs-Cards season opener.

 

That's too far away. Gotta look forward to Spring Training first.

 

I never look forward to Spring Training.

I really don't get you. For most of our lifetime that is the best time to be a Cubs fan. There is something so optimistic about the spring training, the coming of better weather, seeing the green of the diamond, seeing the young kids who you pin hope for the future on, just everything about it is great.

 

I mean you love college football and all it is is a six month exhibition season followed by a beauty contest.

 

If Spring Training was, say, 2 weeks long, it would be great. But it's endless and boring and by the first week of March, it's a slow, painful march towards Opening Day.

[Butterscup1679666578]

the first few days when players are rolling in and theres pics of all the new guys practicing, that's cool. but i don't care about all the games at all and barely pay attention to it other than that.

[Cubs Fan Dan]

I normally feel the same way about Spring. It has been more fun and should be more fun with the possibility of getting some looks at Russell, Schwarber and Bryant.

[Tyrant]

i like spring training, but it's definitely too long.

[Guest]

I mean it is too long, but I'd still rather have it starts when it starts than have it start later. And you can't really start the regular season any earlier, either.

 

Most of it is boring and terrible but it's nice to be able to watch sunny baseball on a miserable February day, even if it's meaningless terrible baseball that I'll stop paying attention to after an hour.

[jersey cubs fan]

Spring Training is like spring itself. The first sign of warming weather, the first 60 degree and sunny Saturday, is amazing. But as spring goes along you still get stuck with crappy weather dampening the spirits. I absolutely look forward to spring training, as well as opening day. But baseball really isn't at its best until at least June, when you can attend games without coats.

[Guest]

Spring Training is like spring itself. The first sign of warming weather, the first 60 degree and sunny Saturday, is amazing. But as spring goes along you still get stuck with crappy weather dampening the spirits. I absolutely look forward to spring training, as well as opening day. But baseball really isn't at its best until at least June, when you can attend games without coats.

 

And with shorts.

[jersey cubs fan]

Spring Training is like spring itself. The first sign of warming weather, the first 60 degree and sunny Saturday, is amazing. But as spring goes along you still get stuck with crappy weather dampening the spirits. I absolutely look forward to spring training, as well as opening day. But baseball really isn't at its best until at least June, when you can attend games without coats.

 

And with shorts.

 

hells yeah

[Guest]

Flip flops, too, if that's your thing.

[Sammy Sofa]

[Banedon]

Cubs announce pitchers and catchers report Feb 19th. Position players on the 24th.

 

As of today (I'll round up to Tuesday), only 89 days until Cubs-Cards season opener.

 

That's too far away. Gotta look forward to Spring Training first.

 

I never look forward to Spring Training.

 

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[Guest]

Our spring training facility is now going to be named after a toilet/urinal flush valve company

 

Chicago Cubs ‏@Cubs 3m3 minutes ago

Welcome to Sloan Valve Company as our official water efficiency partner and new #Cubs Spring Training facility naming rights holder.

 

[SouthSideRyan]

Who was our old water efficiency partner?

[wvcbxl]

Who was our old water efficiency partner?

 

The Weather Channel?

[MWV]

Who was our old water efficiency partner?

Ricketts chiding players to take shorter showers?

[Guest]

Who was our old water efficiency partner?

Ricketts chiding players to take shorter showers?

lol - also, if it's yellow let it mellow

[Guest]

Who was our old water efficiency partner?

Ricketts chiding players to take shorter showers?

Wish I had time to search for a .gif from Major League.

[Banedon]

Jake Johnson, from The New Girl, wrote an open letter to Cubs fans on Grantland.

 

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/chicago-cubs-jake-johnson-curse-new-girl/

 

Caution: it's debunking the already debunked Billy Goat Curse and the various curses.

[Guest]

I mean

 

Do people really believe there is an actual curse? If so, those people lack sanity, cannot be reasoned with, and are not worth talking to.

[SouthSideRyan]

I mean

 

Do people really believe there is an actual curse? If so, those people lack sanity, cannot be reasoned with, and are not worth talking to.

 

http://k41.kn3.net/69DF9FD17.jpg

[Guest]

pic doesnt work

 

just blows my mind/cracks me up when lunacy like that needs "debunking"

[Proven Veteran]

pic doesnt work

 

just blows my mind/cracks me up when lunacy like that needs "debunking"

Did you read the article? He's not debunking anything, he just says that cubs fans need to stop freaking out immediately when the cubs are back in the playoffs.

[Guest]

pic doesnt work

 

just blows my mind/cracks me up when lunacy like that needs "debunking"

Did you read the article? He's not debunking anything, he just says that cubs fans need to stop freaking out immediately when the cubs are back in the playoffs.

 

No, i was mainly responding to Brandon's post

 

No way I was gonna read that long ass article about what you just said, either, though

[Brian]

The only place I actually see this stuff (Curses and Bartman) talked about is fans of other teams saying Cubs fans are idiots for believing it (or otherwise using it to mock).

[SouthSideRyan]

The only place I actually see this stuff (Curses and Bartman) talked about is fans of other teams saying Cubs fans are idiots for believing it (or otherwise using it to mock).

 

Or the bleachers.