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Top 10 Sports Celebrities That Might Cause Me to Poop My Pants If…
Blogbuster Sports Page | 8 hours ago by Chanin Bissinger
I had a dream last night that I was a friend of Ben Roethlisberger. I assume it was because of watching his performance on Sunday Night football and who wouldn't want to be his friend after that. So I started thinking about all the athletes I have lo read more
New Era: Chicago Cubs Custom 59Fifty Fitted Hat
RepCodes | Air Jordan - Nike Air Force One - Nike SB - Custo… | 10 hours ago by RepCodes
Even thought the Chicago Cubs are done for the season, you can still represent your “Lovable Losers” with this new custom Chicago Cubs New Era Fitted Hat. This hat is all white with royal blue pinstipes on the front, sides, and back of th read more
Playoffs A Crapshoot
Tyler's Articles | 15 hours ago by Tyler Hissey
One thing that bothers me about the postseason format is that it rewards the “hot” teams and not necessarily the best teams.Look at the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, who won only 83 games in the regular season and then went onto to shock the basebal read more
MLB postseason new standings
Booking' Daily - Sportsbetting, Price Per Head and Bookie St… | 18 hours ago by The Bookie
National League: The Cubs basically didn’t have a chance against the Dodgers, whom swept them in 3 games to advance to the NL finals. Now is the chance for Los Angeles to measure their strengths against the Phillies, whom beat the Brewer read more
It’s Official..Jesus Hates the Cubs
Sports And Chicks | 18 hours ago by Goomba
So before game 1 of the NLDS, a greek priest was spotted in the Cubs dugout giving a blessing and spraying holy water allover the place apparently trying to exorcise the curse of the cubs. Well we all know how that turned out, which results in my th read more
CRYIN’ CUBS AND ONE BAD CENTURY
Population Statistic | 19 hours ago
I was kinda hoping to not have to post the above image. But with an ignominious sweep at the hands of the Dodgers, those Chicago Cubs managed to hit triple-digits on the World Series drought-o-meter, i.e. from 1908 to the present year. And so, the te read more
FSD History Flashback: October 6
Fantasy Sports Depot | 19 hours ago by David Funk
On October 6, 1945, a moment of popular sports lore had taken place. It was on this day that the Chicago Cubs hosted the the Detroit Tigers at Wrigley Field in Game 4 of the 1945 World Series. The Cubs had a 2-1 lead in the World Series as Game Four read more
Chicago Cubs Cursed Again - Dodgers Move to NLCS
Midwest Sports Fans | 21 hours ago by Jerod Morris
The Los Angeles Dodgers move to the ALCS as the Chicago Cubs find themselves cursed again. read more
LA Dodgers complete series sweep of Cubs
olympic spirit | October 6th 2008 by li wei
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a three-games sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 3-1 victory on Saturday to advance to the National League Championship Series.Starting pitcher Chad Billingsley of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws a pitch t read more
BLACK (AND WHITE) MONDAY
Is Mark Evanier Mentally Ill | October 6th 2008 by Dan McFan
BLACKANDWHITE----Tales to Astonish #96 Art by Bill Everett and Vince Colletta--Captain America #328 Art by Neary and Colletta--Touche' by Che Rippinger-=So it was written (by me!) on August 18th after attending a Marlins-Cubs game, so it has come to read more
Joe Biden now playing for the Chicago Cubs
Spudart: a new idea every day | October 6th 2008 by Matt Maldre
While Joe Biden was smacking down Sarah Palin on the Vice-Presidential Debates, the Chicago Cubs were suffering their second playoff loss to the Dodgers. Since Biden was so dominating, he should have gone over and played for the Cubs! They could use read more
White Sox beat Rays, close playoff deficit to 2-1
olympic spirit | October 6th 2008 by li wei
CHICAGO - The Chicago White Sox beat Tampa Bay 5-3 to trim the Rays' lead in their Major League Baseball playoff series to 2-1 on Sunday.Game 4 in the best-of-five American League Division Series is on Monday in Chicago, with Gavin Floyd facing Tamp read more
ALR Smorgasbord II
Welcome to the Randomblog blog where you find posts from a r… | October 6th 2008
Sorry I took a week off, folks. I was moving to Chicago and getting settled and whatnot. But now I am HERE and I have another Smorgasbord a-coming your way! I’ll confess… it isn’t as good as last time because last time I went read more
Townie’s Top 5: Most Creative Excuses For The Latest Chicago Cu…
Bugs & Cranks | October 6th 2008
I’m trying to remember the words of that one song. I think it goes… Go, Cubs, Go. Hey, Chicago, what do you say — Cubs might score a run today? Hey, Chicago, what do you say about getting down on a ****ing groundball, or taking a read more
Dodgers: Cubs buckled
Spitting Seeds | October 6th 2008
Whether or not we buy it, the Dodgers are saying that pressure got to the Cubs. Joe Torre may know a thing or two about the pressure of the postseason."Starting in Chicago may have been a benefit for us," Torre said. "Because I just thought that wit read more
One For the South Side - Gavin Floyd f/x
Cubs f/x | October 5th 2008 by Harry Pavlidis
The City of Chicago had a good day on a bad morning for their sports teams. Waking up this morning knowing there would be no Cub game was an unpleasant feeling. I can't complain over a second straight NLCS title and a legitimate shot at another next read more
Still Baseball to be Played in Chicago
Bugs & Cranks | October 5th 2008
While disbelieving Cubs fans were wholeheartedly shifting their attention to the NFC North-leading Chicago Bears today, White Sox fans are still focused on following their baseball team in its quest to return to 2005 glory. By dropping two tough game read more
MLB: Cubs are Done
Sports betting, online betting and online gambling blog | October 5th 2008
It’s 100 years and counting.The Chicago Cubs once again ends this season as a non-World Champion. And that means the Chicago fans will be in for a long off season and a long season next year too. Because even if the Cubs win 120 games during th read more
Cubs' Collapse: A Junior High Basketball Analogy
Blue-Collar Baseball | October 5th 2008 by SDeaner
Last night, the Cubs were swept in the NLDS by the LA Dodgers. No big surprise. We all saw it coming. They're chokers. Chris Sabo's Goggles reminds us that Marty Brennaman predicted this long ago:“…they won’t win it because at the end of the da read more
a progressive American vignette
protein wisdom | October 5th 2008 by Jeff Goldstein
Found this in the Sports section of Saturday’s Denver Post: A 15-year-old Chicago high school sophomore was told to remover her replica Cubs jersey at school because the dean thought the last name on the back, Fukudome [a starting OF for the Cu read more
Could the Chicago Cubs Claim a Permanent Disability?
Leaving Treadmarkz Across the Universe | October 5th 2008 by Leaving Treadmarkz Across the Universe
by Treadmarkz The Chicago Cubs collected the most wins in the National League this year and yet they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that made the playoffs because they won their division, but had the least wins of all NL playoff teams. Why? read more
Chicago Cub Fans Should be Upset! The Cubbies Didn't even Show Up…
NoName247 | October 5th 2008 by Richard Chemel
If I was a Chicago Cubs fan, I would be upset too. The Cubs have not been in the World Series in over a century, and getting swept by the Dodgers wasn't fun for the fans or the team. Let's... read more
Fukudome to Triple-A?
Spitting Seeds | October 5th 2008
The Chicago Tribune offers some similar questions to Spitting Seeds on the future of the Chicago Cubs. The Trib also wonders if Kosuke Fukudome might start next season at Triple-A.One scout interviewed Saturday suggested a course of action that coul read more
Signable Cubs pitchers?
Spitting Seeds | October 5th 2008
With Ryan Dempster and Kerry Wood needing new deals for 2009, here's wondering how quickly the Cubs can act. With the team's sale taking a long time to get done, and with both players finishing off outstanding 2008 seasons, how deep into the pocket read more
Game 3: The View from Loneywood
Thunder Matt's Saloon | October 5th 2008 by Thunder Matt
First, condolences.I have many friends and loved ones who root for the Cubs and have no desire to see you go through this year in and year out. My own father is a long suffering Cubbie from the North Side. I had the advantage of growing up within ear read more
Dodgers Move On To NLCS
Time To Go Downtown | October 5th 2008 by David Wornica
The Cubs bats were silent last night as they fell to the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Chicago fans face total elimination this afternoon as their White Sox face the Rays who are already up 2-0. Fortunately for Chicago sports fans, they did get a series ch read more
Oh, Lord, The Cubs & Brew Crew Save Their Season; Playoff Relfect…
The Oriole Post | October 5th 2008
Oh Cubs fans, my lord.How could Chicago's finest not put up a fight against the Dodgers -- a team that only finished with 84 wins? Harden was shaky in the first few innings, and for the most part did his job; however, the Cubs could not hot or draw a read more
Further Dumbing Down!
Doc's Speak Easy | October 5th 2008 by Doc Phillips
It’s not bad enough that spelling was difficult for many. Now, text messaging shorthand is destroying our ability to spell, let alone pronounce, even more. Case in point: A fifteen-year-old girl who is a high school sophomore in Elgin, IL. hap read more
A Whole New Level of Losing
Seamheads.com | October 5th 2008 by Mike Lynch
After watching the Cubs crumble under 100 years of history, the author feels there should be an addendum to Bill Simmons’ “Levels of Losing.” In 2002, Mike Tyson fought then-champion Lennox Lewis for the heavyweight title. Lewis dominated t read more
Cubs Sink In the West
Chicago Cubs Baseball | October 5th 2008 by Corked Bat
At least it was painless. This time (or ever) there were no Bartman’s or Billy Goats or Black Cats to blame. There was only Chicago Cubs baseball and all of its mystifying, stupifying ways. From general manager Jim Hendry to the last the gu read more