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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383

    lolobugg said:

    Hell yeah, Speedy! One of my best childhood memories is coming home from school and watching the Cubs on WGN with my grandfather. Back before the lights! Back when the buildings on Waveland & Sheffield were apartments and the dozen or so tenants would watch on the rooftops instead of a bunch of corporate scumbags. Back when we had the Shawon-O-Meter. When Ryno would go 0-for-the-month-of-April. When "Jod-yyyy, Jody Davis" was an auto sales jingle. And on and on.
    I no longer have the opportunity to watch a Cubs World Series game with my grandfather. But it would've meant the world to me so I know exactly how ya feel.

    Day games in the mid-80s are the reason for my fandom.
    WGN always pre-empted my GI Joe to show the Cubs.
    funny so many of us have the same memories..... kids today get left out with the WS starting at 930 EST
    The late world series games I associate with the 89 world series I didn't have a concept of West coast time. My dad let me stay up and watch 4 or5 innings, but that was it. I remember getting ready to watch the game when the earthquake hit.this predates 24 hour news cycles,but my dad let me stay up and watch the coverage of the aftermath. Afternoon world series games should comeback. I know they never will.

    I loved watching the cubs on WGN in the 80s and 90s. Some of my very earliest memories are watching the cubs and eating Popsicles I'd get from the ice cream truck. Harry Carey and ate Estonia were my favorites.
    Would like a WS day game but only on a Sat or Sun, preferably Saturday. WS game could be at 3 or 1 and NFL push most of their games to the early or late window to not compete, although they never would since the nfl is a bunch of greedy bastards. This is why Sat makes more sense, yes you are competing with college fball, but the marquee college games are mostly at night, where the nfl only has 1 primetime game.
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Also MLB does itse6no favors having playoff games fully completed while the majority of the country is at work. I get during the LDS you have 2 days of 4 games potentially and LCS 2 days of 2 games potentially. It'd be ok to have them overlap. If 4 games have a 5, 6, 7 and 8 start (central time) if 2 a 5 and 8 start. Games at 11 or 12 or 1 or 2 during the work wk is asinine. Was po'd cubs cards had mid afternoon weekday gms in last yrs playoffs. The Cubs are easily the biggest draw and will hopefully get primetime billing this yr.
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
    Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Some jackass already went and got a tattoo on his fucking leg. Has the C logo with a goat in the middle where the prancing bear normally is, and two ribbons saying "Curse Reversed" and "World Champions 2016."
    Of all fanbases, this fucking jackwagon should know better than to go do something stupid like this. What with the talk of 108 years and curses and blah, blah, blah. (Not that I believe in curses, but still... don't yank the lion's tail!)
    Fucker better be prepared to enter witness protection if they don't win.
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557

    Some jackass already went and got a tattoo on his fucking leg. Has the C logo with a goat in the middle where the prancing bear normally is, and two ribbons saying "Curse Reversed" and "World Champions 2016."
    Of all fanbases, this fucking jackwagon should know better than to go do something stupid like this. What with the talk of 108 years and curses and blah, blah, blah. (Not that I believe in curses, but still... don't yank the lion's tail!)
    Fucker better be prepared to enter witness protection if they don't win.

    :giggle:
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,306
    damn, I'm tired of seeing this thread at the top of the AET every time I check in :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557

    lolobugg said:

    Hell yeah, Speedy! One of my best childhood memories is coming home from school and watching the Cubs on WGN with my grandfather. Back before the lights! Back when the buildings on Waveland & Sheffield were apartments and the dozen or so tenants would watch on the rooftops instead of a bunch of corporate scumbags. Back when we had the Shawon-O-Meter. When Ryno would go 0-for-the-month-of-April. When "Jod-yyyy, Jody Davis" was an auto sales jingle. And on and on.
    I no longer have the opportunity to watch a Cubs World Series game with my grandfather. But it would've meant the world to me so I know exactly how ya feel.

    Day games in the mid-80s are the reason for my fandom.
    WGN always pre-empted my GI Joe to show the Cubs.
    funny so many of us have the same memories..... kids today get left out with the WS starting at 930 EST
    The late world series games I associate with the 89 world series I didn't have a concept of West coast time. My dad let me stay up and watch 4 or5 innings, but that was it. I remember getting ready to watch the game when the earthquake hit.this predates 24 hour news cycles,but my dad let me stay up and watch the coverage of the aftermath. Afternoon world series games should comeback. I know they never will.

    I loved watching the cubs on WGN in the 80s and 90s. Some of my very earliest memories are watching the cubs and eating Popsicles I'd get from the ice cream truck. Harry Carey and ate Estonia were my favorites.
    Come home from school, watch the Cubs. When I was a kid every loss would eat me up, couldn't rest easy until the next game.
    I take it a bit easier now that I've grown up :wink:
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,371
    Wobbie said:

    damn, I'm tired of seeing this thread at the top of the AET every time I check in :lol:

    We aren't going away!
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  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,371
    Last day of the regular season. Hoping for a Giants loss and a Cardinals win..Then game 163 for both teams tomorrow.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • PJ-Cubs
    PJ-Cubs Posts: 3,377
    Friday cannot get her soon enough.
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,371
    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • Gtilley8
    Gtilley8 Detroit Posts: 985

    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!

    I can really appreciate that. Enough of that though...... It's time for some postseason baseball. Friday can't come soon enough. Let's see a pennant, baby! Let's see a world series game at the friendly confines. We're not entitled to it, but we sure as hell deserve it. Going to have 3 generations of my family watching the game together Friday. Go Cubs Go!
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  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    Gtilley8 said:

    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!

    I can really appreciate that. Enough of that though...... It's time for some postseason baseball. Friday can't come soon enough. Let's see a pennant, baby! Let's see a world series game at the friendly confines. We're not entitled to it, but we sure as hell deserve it. Going to have 3 generations of my family watching the game together Friday. Go Cubs Go!
    Gonna be a tough series vs ny or sf. At least we won't see madbaum or synd till game 3, makes it that more important we hold serve at home.
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
    Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    pureoc said:

    Gtilley8 said:

    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!

    I can really appreciate that. Enough of that though...... It's time for some postseason baseball. Friday can't come soon enough. Let's see a pennant, baby! Let's see a world series game at the friendly confines. We're not entitled to it, but we sure as hell deserve it. Going to have 3 generations of my family watching the game together Friday. Go Cubs Go!
    Gonna be a tough series vs ny or sf. At least we won't see madbaum or synd till game 3, makes it that more important we hold serve at home.
    I want revenge vs the mets
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383

    pureoc said:

    Gtilley8 said:

    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!

    I can really appreciate that. Enough of that though...... It's time for some postseason baseball. Friday can't come soon enough. Let's see a pennant, baby! Let's see a world series game at the friendly confines. We're not entitled to it, but we sure as hell deserve it. Going to have 3 generations of my family watching the game together Friday. Go Cubs Go!
    Gonna be a tough series vs ny or sf. At least we won't see madbaum or synd till game 3, makes it that more important we hold serve at home.
    I want revenge vs the mets
    Im leaning twoards hoping we get ny too. They dont scare me as much as sf. SF has better starting pitching but ny has the better bullpen.
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
    Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,371
    Strasburg out for NLDS and likely NLCS according to Dusty Baker.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,371
    Wtf are we supposed to do all week now?
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    edited October 2016
    pureoc said:

    pureoc said:

    Gtilley8 said:

    For anyone keeping track, despite winning today, the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs.

    What a great day!

    I can really appreciate that. Enough of that though...... It's time for some postseason baseball. Friday can't come soon enough. Let's see a pennant, baby! Let's see a world series game at the friendly confines. We're not entitled to it, but we sure as hell deserve it. Going to have 3 generations of my family watching the game together Friday. Go Cubs Go!
    Gonna be a tough series vs ny or sf. At least we won't see madbaum or synd till game 3, makes it that more important we hold serve at home.
    I want revenge vs the mets
    Im leaning twoards hoping we get ny too. They dont scare me as much as sf. SF has better starting pitching but ny has the better bullpen.
    Only 38-28 (.576) vs the East & West divisions this year (19-14 vs each). EVERYONE in the playoffs scares me! But hey, we only need to go 11-8 (.579) in the postseason so the odds are still close. One step at a time, let's get the first 3 W's!
  • pureoc
    pureoc Posts: 2,383
    8pm Friday
    7pm Saturday
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98, Alpine Valley 10/8/00, Champaign 4/23/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Grand Rapids 10/3/04
    Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Milwaukee 6/29/06, Milwaukee 6/30/06, Lollapalooza 8/5/07
    Eddie Solo Milwaukee 8/19/08, Toronto 8/21/09, Chicago 8/23/09
    Chicago 8/24/09, Indianapolis 5/7/10, Ed Chicago 6/29/11, Alpine Valley 9/3/11 and 9/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Moline 10/18/14, Milwaukee 10/20/14
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,306

    Wtf are we supposed to do all week now?

    worry.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24