General Cubs Chit-Chat

[David]

That article was only posted 3 weeks ago? I feel like I read it in May.

 

Good thing I posted that disclaimer. Damn.

 

It does seem older than 3 weeks, though.

[Derwood]

Bryzzoss?

[David]

it's so jarring when an opinion on something, which is obviously a subjective thing, is so way off as to basically be objectively wrong

 

[tweet]https://twitter.com/nburzych/status/770034930394992640[/tweet]

[Tracer Bullet]

We really shouldn't be screwing our kids up by telling them that their opinions can't be wrong. Just b/c it's an opinion doesn't mean it's not so stupid that it's wrong.

 

[if this weren't nsbb, I wouldn't feel the need to state that I'm not actually suggesting that we teach children this]

[ConstableRabbit]

People hating Len is just flat-out baffling. He's so good at what he does.

 

agreed... he's a little bit of an acquired taste, i think, though. at least, for me, when he first got hired, i hated his voice. he had to win me over with the things he said.

His voice and HR call are annoying (*pinches nose* "A three. Run. Hohmurr") but he's a really really good broadcaster. The back and forth banter with JD is also phenomenal, even though he seems to get a lot of his takes from Twitter/boards. They talk about analytics but in an approachable, unpretentious way.

 

I don't get how anyone could hate them as a broadcast team.

[Gilby]

Len and JD might be my favorite thing about the Cubs and there are a hell of a lot of things to like about the Cubs these days.

[squally1313]

Speaking of taking things from the boards/twitter, I was at Wrigley on Saturday for reasons I don't really want to talk about and the people outside selling the t-shirts had one that looked a ton like someone's old (maybe still current?) signature. It was just a list of the key names vertically, with the "&" sign next to all of them, so like...

 

Bryant&

Rizzo&

Arrieta&

Lester&

Russell&

Heyward...

 

There might have been first names for some of those, can't really remember. Was that an original idea from here or did that come from somewhere else?

[Banedon]

Well the concept is hardly exclusive to NSBB.

 

 

http://www.howdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/Experimental_Jetset_helvetica-226x300.png

[David]

Speaking of taking things from the boards/twitter, I was at Wrigley on Saturday for reasons I don't really want to talk about and the people outside selling the t-shirts had one that looked a ton like someone's old (maybe still current?) signature. It was just a list of the key names vertically, with the "&" sign next to all of them, so like...

 

Bryant&

Rizzo&

Arrieta&

Lester&

Russell&

Heyward...

 

There might have been first names for some of those, can't really remember. Was that an original idea from here or did that come from somewhere else?

 

it was originally a beatles shirt but the cool one is the NWA one

 

[BigSlick]

I have no idea where that T-shirt meme formed, but its freakin ubiquitous

 

EDIT: ah, the Beatles

[Tim]

it was originally a beatles shirt but the cool one is the NWA one

false

[Tim]

Or maybe I'm just old.

[squally1313]

Oh so I was only like 40 years behind the times on this one. Perfect, carry on.

[Derwood]

Where the hell is Yella? Stupid shirt...

[David]

Or maybe I'm just old.

 

if you're too old to appreciate the NWA one you must be like fred's age

[David]

Where the hell is Yella? Stupid shirt...

 

there is actually another version

[David]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/CarrieMuskat/status/770370344813199360[/tweet]

[Omar]

Or maybe I'm just old.

 

if you're too old to appreciate the NWA one you must be like fred's age

 

What about NWO?

[Clem Fandango]

TMI, Carrie. TMI.

[Banedon]

TMI, Carrie. TMI.

 

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Or maybe I'm just old.

 

if you're too old to appreciate the NWA one you must be like fred's age

 

NWA is awesome. Except for Dre. I'd think this board would have a huge problem with him.

[Derwood]

Or maybe I'm just old.

 

if you're too old to appreciate the NWA one you must be like fred's age

 

NWA is awesome. Except for Dre. I'd think this board would have a huge problem with him.

 

what the what?

[Banedon]

 

if you're too old to appreciate the NWA one you must be like fred's age

 

NWA is awesome. Except for Dre. I'd think this board would have a huge problem with him.

 

what the what?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre#Violence_against_women

[Derwood]

ah, thought he was talking purely form a music point of view

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm more amused by the idea that everyone else in NWA aren't scumbags except for Dre.