Favorite Cub

[apete6]

@thekapman is posting this on his radio show, so I figured I would ask this board. Do not count anyone who hasn't played a major league game, so Baez, Bryant, etc... don't count.

 

I'll admit, this is heavily balanced from the 80s to present as that's when I have been a fan. Included a couple of guys from the 70s, but they sucked anyway, so probably didn't miss anyone huge.

[Sammys Boombox]

I am Sammy's Boombox.

[Omar]

Other: Neifi Perez

[ConstableRabbit]

Sammy got me into the game, but Aramis is my favorite.

[mul21]

And where's Theriot????????

[UMFan83]

Man, I don't think I have a clear favorite.

 

If there was WAR like statistic that measured my cumulative like of a player over a period of time, Sosa would win for his performance from 1996-2003. But I don't think he'd be in my top 3 anymore.

 

Grace was awesome, but I was an innocent early teenager during his main years as a Cub so I didn't appreciate his partying and slump busting ways, and when I was old enough to Sosa overshadowed him.

 

Loved Ryno, he is a contender but not quite. 11 year old umfan was pissed he retired, and then he sucked when i was more impressionable. Plus he didnt have the personality.

 

Kerry Wood might be a my choice. Obviously never lived up to the potential but his 1998 season was the stuff of legends for a 15 year old, the love was cemented for his performance down the stretch of 2003 and the NLDS that year, and then it grew when he kept coming back from stupid injuries and kept finding new roles to help the team, then retired in a classy way. He's always seemed like a cool dude and has embraced Chicago as his home and has been active in the community.

 

Aramis was just consistently awesome, and a sort of overshadowed star during his peak years. Quiet dude, but he had some clutch hits for us and was the centerpiece of 2 of my 3 favorite Cubs memories since 2000, the Grand Slam in the NLCS and the GW HR against the Brewers in 2007.

 

Choosing between Kerry and Aramis. I'll choose Aramis because it would piss Kaplan off and that's always fun.

[Cubswin11]

Sammy. But Wood, Aramis, Lee and Prior are all close.

[MWV]

I voted for Starlin because I am a traveller from the future, where he is the most beloved of all Cubs.

[Guest]

I have to vote for Sandberg. He was my favorite player growing up, and an all-time great at his position. His post-playing career dims my enthusiasm a bit, but with the more temporal nature of modern players(Look at how many on this list were Cubs for 5 years or less) I can't really find a player I like better.

[Post Count Padder]

No Mark Bellhorn = sham

[imb]

I have to vote for Sandberg. He was my favorite player growing up, and an all-time great at his position. His post-playing career dims my enthusiasm a bit, but with the more temporal nature of modern players(Look at how many on this list were Cubs for 5 years or less) I can't really find a player I like better.

 

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. Dawson is the only one that comes close.

[mul21]

 

Kerry Wood might be a my choice. Obviously never lived up to the potential but his 1998 season was the stuff of legends for a 15 year old, the love was cemented for his performance down the stretch of 2003 and the NLDS that year, and then it grew when he kept coming back from stupid injuries and kept finding new roles to help the team, then retired in a classy way. He's always seemed like a cool dude and has embraced Chicago as his home and has been active in the community.

 

Aramis was just consistently awesome, and a sort of overshadowed star during his peak years. Quiet dude, but he had some clutch hits for us and was the centerpiece of 2 of my 3 favorite Cubs memories since 2000, the Grand Slam in the NLCS and the GW HR against the Brewers in 2007.

 

Choosing between Kerry and Aramis. I'll choose Aramis because it would piss Kaplan off and that's always fun.

 

This was very similar to my thought process and I also ended up picking ARam.

[Sammy Sofa]

Sammy, ah-durrrrrr.

[davell]

Big Z. I'm serious.

[UMFan83]

Big Z. I'm serious.

 

Big Z held my favorite Cub belt for several years his downfall was spectacular. Circa 2006 him and Andres Nocioni were my 2 favorite Chicago athletes. I need to make better choices in life.

[NOLA]

No Shawon Dunston?!? He was and is my favorite Cub of all time.

Close behind: Wood, Jody Davis, Maddux.

[Sammy Sofa]

Andres Nocioni

 

True story: I found out my mom is totally a "DEY TOOK ER JERRRRRRRBS"-type when it comes to non-Americans in American pro sports because of Andres fuckin' Nocioni. Of ALL of the people to inspire such a terrible, terrible rant, HE'S the one that does it??!?

[mul21]

Andres Nocioni

 

True story: I found out my mom is totally a "DEY TOOK ER JERRRRRRRBS"-type when it comes to non-Americans in American pro sports because of Andres [expletive]' Nocioni. Of ALL of the people to inspire such a terrible, terrible rant, HE'S the one that does it??!?

 

I had to read that like 6 times before I figured out WTF you were trying to say.

[ConstableRabbit]

Andres Nocioni

 

True story: I found out my mom is totally a "DEY TOOK ER JERRRRRRRBS"-type when it comes to non-Americans in American pro sports because of Andres [expletive]' Nocioni. Of ALL of the people to inspire such a terrible, terrible rant, HE'S the one that does it??!?

 

I had to read that like 6 times before I figured out WTF you were trying to say.

Yeah, from what I can gather, N&G's mom has Tetanus and is apparently a Bengals fan.

[Sammy Sofa]

[expletive], I'm not even a big South Park fan and it seems like everyone knows that stupid episode/joke.

[Andy]

Sammy, but Aramis and Z aren't far behind. Mark Prior was my favorite of the 2003 team but obviously he wasn't around long after that.

[Guest]

Andre Dawson for me. I wish he would have played his career in Chicago.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Mark DeRosa.

[treebird]

either sosa or prior, but sosa's relative longevity holds sway for me.

[pitchcs]

Grew up on Sandberg and had like 800 of his baseball cards.

 

So him.