And The Prize Goes To...

[mlpeel]

Lately, I've been thinking NSBB owes a bit of recognition to posters who've helped make it a more interesting place. The unique flavor of each online community comes from the mix of contributions by all of its posters, not just those of an elite few; but at the same time, high quality contributions from the top posters make that flavor a bit more mouth-watering. Circumstances conspired to make this a good time to honor such a poster, so Tim and I conferred to decide who it should be.

 

Our choice: HoopsCubs, who helped keep the Hot Stove cookin' here at NSBB with his willingness to thrash out trade ideas (peppering these discussions with insights gleaned from his vast correspondence), relentless search for online articles discussing possible player moves, and painstaking salary number crunching. In particular, while the board has seen some thought-provoking discussions, it's tough to beat "Is Choi For Lee On Anyone's Radar?" (a thread Hoops started less than an hour before news of the trade splashed all over the Internet) for topicality. For his efforts, Hoops wins the 1st annual (?) NSBB Award for Posting Excellence. Please join Tim and myself in extending our thanks to Hoops for helping to make our online community a little more interesting.

 

As a token of our appreciation, we've given HoopsCubs a ticket to this weekend's Cubs Convention.

[rawaction]

Congrats Hoops! Well deserved!

[BeerHere]

Nice job Hoops.

 

[Tedward]

Lately, I've been thinking NSBB owes a bit of recognition to posters who've helped make it a more interesting place. The unique flavor of each online community comes from the mix of contributions by all of its posters, not just those of an elite few; but at the same time, high quality contributions from the top posters make that flavor a bit more mouth-watering. Circumstances conspired to make this a good time to honor such a poster, so Tim and I conferred to decide who it should be.

 

Our choice: HoopsCubs, who helped keep the Hot Stove cookin' here at NSBB with his willingness to thrash out trade ideas (peppering these discussions with insights gleaned from his vast correspondence), relentless search for online articles discussing possible player moves, and painstaking salary number crunching. In particular, while the board has seen some thought-provoking discussions, it's tough to beat "Is Choi For Lee On Anyone's Radar?" (a thread Hoops started less than an hour before news of the trade splashed all over the Internet) for topicality. For his efforts, Hoops wins the 1st annual (?) NSBB Award for Posting Excellence. Please join Tim and myself in extending our thanks to Hoops for helping to make our online community a little more interesting.

 

As a token of our appreciation, we've given HoopsCubs a ticket to this weekend's Cubs Convention.

 

Way to go Hoops !!!

 

Enjoy the convention !

[CubsInNC]

Congrats hoops. Hopefully you bring us back a scoop from the convention, and lock up the award for the next season...

[DCFan]

Thanks Hoops, congratulations, but also thanks to Mark and Tim, who add a lot of baseball and specifically Cubs knowledge to the board.[/code]

[Jon]

A much deserved honor, Hoops. And once again, thanks to Tim, Mark, and everyone else who helps to keep this place running smoothly. I don't know what I'd do without it.

 

By the way, Hoops, you could probably get close to $150 for that pass on eBay. Just a suggestion. :wink:

[Laura]

Congrats, Hoops!!! :D

[BigbadB]

Big congrats Hoops. I admire your ability to find hot new information. However, I sincerely respect your ability to always debate a topic in the friendliest of manner.

 

 

Well deserved award!! :D

[Burtonbell]

Congrats, Hoops! I can all thank everyone who posts here for a well done job in regards to all the message boards! (especially the transactions boards! Shout out to Mushimus for his info!)

 

Lets go Cubbies!

[brinoch]

Congrats Hoops!! This is a well-deserved honor, and I'm glad to see a small thank you for all your contributions -- never think they aren't valued here by all of us!

 

Tim and mlpeel, great gesture!

 

Way to go all!

[LuckyPup]

Congrats Hoops!

 

You're the NSBB's Ambassador of Kwan :wink:

[wade]

Congratulations Hoops.

 

Indeed, the Choi/Lee radar post is the one that got me absolutely addicted to this sight. Suffice it to say there are friends of mine who have had to endure my praise of "a guy on the internet named HoopsCubs" (and others on this board by the way) for insight and opinions on the Cubs.

 

One caveat, I will be gunning for you in 2005 :lol:

 

Wade

[CubFanPhilly]

Congrats Hoops! When do we get the acceptance speech? :wink:

[CuseCubFan69]

Congrats Hoops! This must a special award because I've never seen ML post that early!

[Bull]

Congrats Hoops! When do we get the acceptance speech? :wink:

 

Speech! Speech!!!

 

a well deserved honour

[TenzilKem]

Congrats! You help make this site the best source for Cubs news on the net.

[NCCubFan]

Well deserved, and more meaningful than the old Poster of the Week on the cubs.com board.

 

Of course, we expect a detailed report on the convention now. :D

[SCCubbieFAN]

Ata boy Hoops! Looking forward to seeing you at the convention.

[AlamoCub]

Congratulations!

 

Have a great time at the Convention. I look forward to any and all of your future postings.

[Roast]

!!!Congratulations!!!

 

[imb]

Speech!

[hawkeyecub]

Congratulations, your insight was greatly appreciated this offseason. I just registered for a name, but have been following things here since August when I heard about the site. Not sure how I would have gotten through this offseason without the insight given by you and all of the posters. It would be nice to get a report from the Convention for all of us who can't be there!

[series65cubsfan]

Accolades and kudos to Hoops for excellent posts. A very fitting honour and "prize". Well done.

 

p.s. Thanks Tim and Mlpeel for the site and "prize".

[Post Count Padder]

Congrats, Hoops! You're a great poster. Have fun at the covention!