North Side Baseball's Community Awards: 2025-2026 Offseason

[Brock Beauchamp]

Hello again, Cubs fans! Twice a year, we sit down and find the most popular posts and blogs on North Side Baseball, and their creators receive prizes for their contributions to this community. The Cubs had a wild offseason. In an attempt to win the National League Central, they signed Alex Bregman and traded for Edward Cabrera. We look at the most popular posts and most popular blogs created by our amazing community contributors.

Most Popular Post

This year, one thread rules the top posts, and long-time users will immediately see why. The most popular post of the offseason goes to @17 Seconds and this meme-based post. One of the best baseball moments of the past few decades is then-manager Bobby Valentine putting on a fake mustache and sneaking back into the dugout after an ejection. 17 seconds, private message me with your name and address so I can send you this Shota Imanaga bobblehead!

Most Popular Post Runner-Up

Same thread, different comment. @javy knows my name joined in on the fun with this post, good for the second-most-popular comment of the offseason!

Most Prolific Poster

We like to tip our caps to the poster who earns the most reputation points over an offseason. This year, taking the trophy yet again is @Sammy Sofa. I'd say "get a life, dude", but well, you know. Glass houses, stones, and whatnot.

Most Popular Blog Entry

One of the features of North Side Baseball is that we offer the ability for any of our users to create a free blog that will be read by hundreds of like-minded Cubs fans. This offseason, the most popular blog entry was from @ryanrc and this blog about how the Cubs should employ a Swiss Army knife approach to pitching. Ryan, to celebrate your win, private message me your name and address so I can send you this cool felt banner with the history of Chicago Cubs logos on it!

That's all for this winter, folks. Give a round of applause to all of those mentioned in this piece, and here's to a successful 2026 season for the Cubs!

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[Rob]

Guessing you posted an unfinished draft instead of the completed article?

[squally1313]

8 minutes ago, Rob said:

Guessing you posted an unfinished draft instead of the completed article?

I took it as a message from Brock that we needed to seriously step our game up. 

[squally1313]

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 hours ago, Rob said:

Guessing you posted an unfinished draft instead of the completed article?

Damn ittttttttt, somehow the entire article was deleted!

[Brock Beauchamp]

Okay, I quickly typed up a new, abbreviated version of what I wrote earlier.

[Post Count Padder]

May that thread live forever.

Congrats everyone!

[Sammy Sofa]

[javy knows my name]

First, but his was better!

[17 Seconds]

9 hours ago, javy knows my name said:

First, but his was better!