Favorite Cub

[apete6]

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

Close behind: Wood, Jody Davis, Maddux.

 

Dunston was a fairly bad omission by me and Davis to a lesser extent. Thought about Theriot for the awfulness of it all but didn't want to go that direction. Guys like DeRosa were left off for longevity. Looking back, Dempster should have been on there instead of Lilly, but he's a hypocritical d-bag in my opinion, so I don't feel so bad.

[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.

 

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

 

BOOO THESE MEN

 

 

Admittedly, the only Sandberg I watched was the crappy 96-97 one.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's going to sound unbearably "hipster baseball fan-ish," but I was never a big Sandberg fan as a kid. Yeah, I loved that the Cubs had him and respected him as a player (as much as a dumb kid can respect anything), but for whatever reason I don't remember going out of my way to get his cards or have posters or whatever like I did for guys like Dunston or Dawson or even Grace (yeeeeeesh).

[Guest]

When I first started watching the Cubs, I think my favorite players were Dunston and Brian McRae. I liked Grace somewhat.

 

I didn't like Sammy that much until 98. Wood was an instant favorite.

 

Then Prior. Then ARam.

 

Overall, probably Sammy.

[treebird]

grace was definitely my favorite player when i was little.

 

when i was like 12, some distant relative's spouse had some connection to a charity grace was involved with (probably giving underage girls a place to spend the night). my parents found out and got them to get me an autographed baseball that said "TO JOHNNY, best wishes," and then his signature. it was probably my most cherished possession for a while there. i still have it, but it now ranks a little ways down on my list of most cherished possessions. certainly behind my game-used kent mercker pants.

[mul21]

grace was definitely my favorite player when i was little.

 

when i was like 12, some distant relative's spouse had some connection to a charity grace was involved with (probably giving underage girls a place to spend the night). my parents found out and got them to get me an autographed baseball that said "TO JOHNNY, best wishes," and then his signature. it was probably my most cherished possession for a while there. i still have it, but it now ranks a little ways down on my list of most cherished possessions. certainly behind my game-used kent mercker pants.

 

So you're saying you've gotten into Kent Mercker's pants?

[XZero771679666304]

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.

 

I feel the same way. A big part of me wants to dislike him because of his views as a coach/manager, but he was by far my favorite player growing up. Sosa is right there, though, and the Hawk isn't far behind. Wood is up there for me, too.

[XZero771679666304]

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.

 

BOOO THESE MEN

 

 

Admittedly, the only Sandberg I watched was the crappy 96-97 one.

 

If you had been watching from the mid-80's to early 90's, you'd feel a lot differently, I'll bet. Especially if you were an impressionable kid at the time. Finding out what a tool he is was really disappointing for me.

[Sammys Boombox]

Grace was my favorite, but Sosa was a close second. Then 1998 happened and Sosa and Wood were the stuff of legends.

 

Prior was my favorite from 2003.

 

Wood's HR in the NLCS was the best moment of my sports life (over the Packers winning the Super Bowl).

 

Aramis was the best player over the best stretch the team has had (2003-2008).

 

Choosing between Wood and Sosa was very hard, but what Sosa did for that stretch of years was just awesome. So, that's why I went with Sammy.

 

I feel like I just regurgitated what half of you guys have already said.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

This is like a sting operation, right? Anyone who votes Grace or Sandberg gets banned?

[WrigleyField 22]

I don't know how I could choose anyone over Sammy. I'm fond of a lot of guys like Wood, but Sammy still wins. If I'm going with an upset choice it's Glenallen Hill because rooftop shots, and that only.

[SouthSideRyan]

This is like a sting operation, right? Anyone who votes Grace or Sandberg gets banned?

 

Yeah, I discovered I hate at least one person who voted.

[Sammy Sofa]

I don't know how I could choose anyone over Sammy. I'm fond of a lot of guys like Wood, but Sammy still wins. If I'm going with an upset choice it's Glenallen Hill because rooftop shots, and that only.

 

Yeah, given the timeframe we're talking about I just do not get how it could be anyone else but Sammy. The only other person who was consistently awesome was Sandberg, but he was a boring sentient fart with the nonsense of the "retirement."

[glavine93]

Big Z. I'm serious.

 

same, i think. maddux is possibly my favorite player in general, but he was already with the braves when i discovered baseball.

[imb]

Sandberg was my favorite during his era.

 

Sammy was my favorite during his era.

 

(dark ages)

 

Baez will be my favorite during his era.

 

Sandberg wins my vote because I was a kid when he was my favorite.

[Derwood]

Sosa, Aramis and Z in some order. Aramis was the only jersey I ever owned

[Guest]

Sandberg was my favorite during his era.

 

Sammy was my favorite during his era.

 

(dark ages)

 

Baez will be my favorite during his era.

 

Sandberg wins my vote because I was a kid when he was my favorite.

 

What the hell

 

you just characterized the most fun period I've experienced in 19 years as a Cubs fan as part of the dark ages

[imb]

Sandberg was my favorite during his era.

 

Sammy was my favorite during his era.

 

(dark ages)

 

Baez will be my favorite during his era.

 

Sandberg wins my vote because I was a kid when he was my favorite.

 

What the hell

 

you just characterized the most fun period I've experienced in 19 years as a Cubs fan as part of the dark ages

 

I really only had "fun" one of those years, and I guess you could name Aramis during that time period. But there were no compelling players, in my opinion, in that little three-year window. Not that Sandberg was compelling, but I was a kid.

[Guest]

Sandberg was my favorite during his era.

 

Sammy was my favorite during his era.

 

(dark ages)

 

Baez will be my favorite during his era.

 

Sandberg wins my vote because I was a kid when he was my favorite.

 

What the hell

 

you just characterized the most fun period I've experienced in 19 years as a Cubs fan as part of the dark ages

 

I really only had "fun" one of those years, and I guess you could name Aramis during that time period. But there were no compelling players, in my opinion, in that little three-year window. Not that Sandberg was compelling, but I was a kid.

 

07 was amazing after june too though

 

08 was awesome for pure domination and having like 1/3 of the all star team or something ridiculous and an .800 team OPS

 

07 was awesome for faking us out with a horribly disappointing first two months and then mowing down the competition for the and coming back from like 8 games back or whatever it was topped off by the walk off wild pitch against the Phillies to get us into a tie for first

[Andy]

Seriously, how in holy hell can anyone put 2008 into anything resembling the "dark ages"? That was, and probably always will be, the single best sports team I've ever followed day to day.

[NOLA]

Dammit, that 1989 team. They had 2 MVPs, a young Maddux, Grace and Dunston, a solid closer, the ROY and his runner up in the outfield. The years that followed were my first big reality check as a Cub fan.

[PackLandVA]

Bill Buckner, and it's not even close. Patterned my wiffle ball swing after him! One of my "proudest" Cub moments as a youth was when he won the batting title in 1980. Got to sit next to him on the bench (in spring training) for a bit in 1984. Nearly cried when he was traded later in the season. Did cry in '86 when the Mets came from behind on THAT grounder. Big fan of #22!!

 

Honorable Mention to Bobby Murcer, Rick Sutcliffe, Ryno and Dunston.

[bukie]

Wood was the same age as me, and even though I grew up watching Sandberg, the way he left and everything that's happened since has clouded my perception of him, whereas Wood is responsible for probably my two favorite Cub moments of the last 20 years, and has done nothing since to diminish that.

[J.R.]

I loved Dawson and Sandberg as a youngster, Wood, Aramis and Big Z later on, but the [expletive] that has been thrown on Sosa puts me firmly in his camp. The more they try to make me hate him, the more I support him.

[Guest]

 

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