javy knows my name

From a broadcasting standpoint, I agree 100%. As a fan though, you have to appreciate his genuine enthusiasm and love for the Cubs. I'm not looking for a great broadcaster in the color man. Harry was the same as Ron. He was a horrible announcer, but he was well loved because it was like one of us was in the booth. He got excited when something great happened and he got pissed when something terrible happened. I didn't like Santo when I first heard him call games on WGN, but he really grew on me. I think he wants this team to win more than all of us combined and I love that. Brenly is boring and unfunny, despite countless attempts at humor. Kaspar may be OK with a different partner, but I doubt it. I didn't like Caray either. I heard some broadcasts of him way back when he first started with the Cubs and earlier, and I was shocked at how good he used to be. We got him at the end of his career when he was way past his prime. I wish you could have heard Harry Caray doing Cardinals games with Jack Buck back in the fifties. You simply would not believe it was the same person. In the 50's, Harry Caray was the quintessential baseball announcer. The guy who came to the CUBS in '82 was a bad caricature of that announcer who then began to degenerate into buffoonery. While I was never a big fan of Harry's during his years with the CUBS, I have to give him credit where it's due. His enthusiasm for baseball in general and the CUBS in particular was genuine and unparalleled. I don't believe the braintrust at WGN ever considered that hiring Harry Caray would be a good thing because of Caray's great broadcasting talent and knowledge of the game, but rather, because he could stir up the fans like few others ever have, and they could use that to sell their product. The same argument, to a lesser degree, can be made about Ron Santo. From that perspective, selling the CUBS, there was no greater success that Harry Caray. Ten years after his passing we still have a caricature of his likeness on display in the ballpark, there's a statue of him outside the ballpark, and we still have guest celebrities doing his 7th inning stretch bit. Best hire ever. Kudos to WGN. Fred, from now on, I'm referring to you as FRED.

If you want to love him more, read his blog on Cubs.com And I agree with you - he's a class act who plays the game right way with the rare combination of talent.

Glavine looks a little like Tom Seaver in that pic. I hope the Cubs anticipate an extra 6 in. of outside corner tomorrow night

well when others post things exactly like what you did there's no way to know your being sarcastic especially when you are the first to post. The smiley face or something would help though. Not my style. I'll use my cheesy, over-the-top internet shorthand instead.

Oh my.

Giles? He doesn't play CF. If he can play right at Petco, he can probably play center at Wrigley

What I said was totally tongue-in-cheek. I tried to make this as obvious as possible. Only one person has actually said "OMG, jinx" in this thread and I'm bummed I'm lumped in with him (despite all the wonderful contributions he's had since he's joined. (That was sarcasm)) That said, the only people more ridiculous than people who actually believe in the jinx stuff are the reactionaries and defenders-of-all-that-is-right that profess a poster's right to post whatever they damn well please while totally missing all the sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek comments that litter the board.

I'm sorta disappointed this guy isn't getting flamed.

Screw that. If and when it happens, it has nothing to do with that kind of crap. Wow. I...wow.

thnx for the jnx

Way too simplistic. Please change poll to "do you consider yourself a jerk, or a nice person?" Like I said in the thread, if I catch the thing on the fly, with what would be a bare hand, I'm leaving with the thing. If I pick it up on a lucky bounce, I'll give it to a kid that might have had a chance at it, as long as his Dad isn't claiming rightful ownership. EDIT: I voted "jerk"

I think you are severely underestimating Stone's knowledge of the game. If that is the only thing you took away from his broadcasts you weren't listening very much. You're right. Add button 'D' - "If he gets a hanging slider middle-in here, So-and-so is going to crush it"

Wow I wouldn't have thought he was k-ing at a higher rate this year than last. I'll still take it.

Like I say in pretty much every game thread, I love New Aramis

In a heartbeat

That was a make-up call for some borderline pitches falling the Cubs way. I was ok with that one.

I don't care, I still love new Aramis

What a fantastic PA from Theriot

wow lou has decided he would rather not win this game

I'm not sure what I would've done if Reed had gotten thrown out there

Guys, I've decided I'm gonna drink till Marquis is good at pitching

Possibly Angelina Jolie related? :good:

If he nets us Sabathia, I will not miss him

:D "Hey, Zambrano's had a pretty good year" :-s "Thanks for not being a troll, that's nice to see" :evil: "He was banned for being a troll" :-s "What did he post that was trolling?" :evil: "He said that Zambrano was having a pretty good year." :-s "What a dick" Yeah, I liked how deferential the guy was to that ass of an admin. "How DARE you have a contradicting opinion!?"