How 'bout those Cubs
 

well, c'mon, it COULD happen this year

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I love the Cubs too.....but it is September.

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Don't hold your breath.

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chuck, can't hold my breath that long, it's not that important LOLOL
however, I do say a little prayer

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I think the Cubs have a real good chance. I will be rooting for them on the NL side and the Tampa Bay Rays on the AL side.

Should they both make the World Series, I have to go for the Rays since I am an AL fan. Unless the dreaded Red Sox Nation gets in (fat chance) then I am for the Cubs.

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zcaveman, I grew up near Comiskey Park (White Sox) so I'm truly a White Sox fan, but also a Chicago fan.

Somehow, even with a good team, the Cubbies fold at some point, it's just understood.
But I'll root for my teams anyway.

But I like the Rays and Red Sox too. Good luck.

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Being born and raised in Chicago, I have to say that all Chicago Fans are extremely loyal. They come out in all kinds of weather, whether their team is winning or on a losing streak. Once a Cub fan, always a Cub fan. Do any of you remember the popular bar across the street from the the ballpark called "The Cubbie Bear". Some wonderful times there.

So, go Cubs! 040 040 040 I'll love'em whether they win or lose! :#1:

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Yes, I remember the bar. My husband says we should go to Chicago, if the Cubs make the World Series, even if we can't get tickets. The atmosphere will be something. Would love to watch the games at one of the bars, by Wrigley.

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if the Cubs make the world series, ANY Chicago bar will be hoppin'


*fingers crossed*

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Even sitting at the Billy Goat would be something special!

Cubbies clinch their division!!! GO CUBS GO!!!!!!!!!!

time to start singing the Go Cubs Go song,
at least til the playoffs start

I am so depressed! :( I have lived in the Chicago area my entire life and I honestly thought that this might be the year, but the Cubs probably played the worst series all year in the first round of playoffs. I can second guess Pinella and complain about people like Soriano and Ramirez, but I am numb. Oh well, at least the Bears won today. :)

Ouch

Do they still sing the Blues in Chicago? ? ?
 

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_cubs.shtml

There's always next year....

Right - there's always next year if you're a Cubs Fan; cause it sure ain't gonna be this year!


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Better Days Ahead . . .
 

awww, well. Once a Cub fan always a Cub fan. Maybe next year. Hope springs eternal. :eclipsee_gold_cup:

holding my little Cubs pennant in one hand and White Sox pennant in the other

:(:(

We all were humbled a bit by the outcomes this week. If both made it to the Series, I could not imagine the town here. Alas. not to be, even partially.

Look at the surviving NL line-ups: see a number of fairly recent ex-Cubbies, and a stray Ex-WSOXer as well. Not sure what that really means, however.

Need to shift gears and Cubbie & WSOX fans close ranks to back Da Bears now. ( I think Chciago halso has a Hockey & Babskeball Pro teams, but not certain what towns they play in)

Cubs win WS! Cubs win WS!
 

http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/9808

No this is not April Fool's Day.

Oh, somehow, the cubbies will find a way out of this dire predicament
too much pressure ... LOL

Chicago Cubs Talk
 

The famous and much loved Chicago Cubs 3rd baseman passed today at age 70.


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Heard the sad news of Ron Santo's passing yesterday on the news. Very sad for Ron's family and the whole Cub Nation....actually, now that I think about it....sad for baseball fans everywhere. I am not a Cubs fan by any means. In fact, I would listen to Ron and Pat Hughes on the radio from our home here in West Lafayette, IN just to hear Ron's comments and anticdotes while I was rooting for the Cubbies to go down big. Ron was a great inspiration to those with diabetes and I know he has raised countless thousands of dollars for his cause. I do feel like a legend has passed. Wish he would've gotten into The Hall while he was with us.
RIP Ron. You will be missed by this White Sox fan.

As you can imagine, there has been a lot of coverage on local TV about Ron's passing, especially on WGN.

It's been nice to see footage of when he was playing and inteviews with some of his former team mates and other players. Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins, Mark Grace, Johnny Bench and others. A different era.

I liked him as a player and a broadcaster. He wore his emotions on his sleeve and truly loved the game. RIP Ron.

He was a class act.
 

Ron Santo was a class act. I grew up in a Cubs house and saw him play when I went to my first game at Wrigley Field when I was about 10. I think Wrigley Field used to serve Ron Santo pizzas in the late 1960's/early 1970's.
Ron Santo had his name on a chain of restaurants in the Chicago area about 15 years ago, but I believe they are all closed now. I used to eat at the Ron Santo's in Schaumburg near my home and always enjoyed my meal.

Yesterday late morning I called my dad (lifetime Cubs fan) thinking he had already heard the news...he hadn't, and I think he took it kind of hard.

Ron raised a lot of money over the years for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Too bad he never made it to the Hall of Fame while he was alive. A few years ago, Ron's son made a video of his father's story...This Old Cub, which is a great DVD.

Ron's wake and funeral will be held at Holy Name Cathedral on the near north side of Chicago this coming Thursday and Friday. The place will be packed.

He will be missed.

I heard his annual fund raising walks raised over $40 million. RIP

Ron Santo will be missed by every Cub Fan
 

I was a 10 year season-ticket holder. When I went to the game, I always brought my radio to listen to Ron's commentary about the Cub's game. Ron was a great man and loved Chicago. He will be missed by everyone!

I read the devastating news early Friday morning, on the Chicago Tribune website. As a life long Cun fan I saw him play many times. So sorry he didn't make the Hall of Fame. It was a real slap in the face. He deserved better.
HawkeyeBarb, I have been to West Lafayette twice this year, for Purdue games. Hope to get there once more for a basketball game. I assume you are an Iowa Hawkeye fan. At least they come to town every so often.

I was wondering if any of the baseball fans in the Chicago area that post on TOTV will be going to the wake or funeral of Ron Santo. I would be interested in what that was like. I am sure "the bleachers" will be full...
Yes, Sally Jo, I am an Iowa Hawkeye fan having been born in Cedar Rapids. Hubby is a Purdue grad tho, so it can get "fun" here at our house during the various Big Ten seasons!Football season is always fun...basketball season can be painfull for me (HA!) but the Hawkeye wrestlers make up for it!!!!
Back to another sporting question....
Last I heard they were divorcing....but according to the promo video from TV, Nancy Lopez and Ray Knight supposedly have a home in TV. Has any one actually seen either one of them in TV...either on a golf course or a ball field? Just curious.
Will be thinking of the Santo family and Cub fans everywhere.

Hi HawkeyeBarb. My wife and I are both from Cedar Rapids. We moved to Davenport and then to the Chicago YEARS ago.

I still follow the Hawkeyes though.

Hi, BobKat1. Great to know there are Hawkeye fans out there! Am hoping for lots of fun times with fellow Hawks when we get to TV.
Have to ask....did you go to school in CR? We moved away from there in 1978. Have lived in Tennessee, Georgia and now Indiana for the past 24 years.
Once a Hawkeye....always a Hawkeye, tho!

I have NOT been a Cubs fan for years . However I have been a Ron Santo fan as long as I remember. Great guy. RIP.:eclipsee_gold_cup:

Yes, we both went to school in C.R. Washington HS for my wife and Regis HS for me. We moved away around '74 or so. We love TV, but don't know if it's in the cards for a move. :(

HAWKEYEBARB, Yes, Nancy has a home here in TV. Both she and Ray have been around. Ray has done softball clinics and she gives lessons, plus has a charity event. We have seen her at restaurants, several times. I, also, heard that they were getting divorced.

My condolences to the Ron Santo family, friends, colleagues, and to the entire Cub nation.

It's always sad when someone who was a great ballplayer dies before he got inducted into the Hall of Fame.

RIP Ron.

When tinfoil hats aren't enough--Chicago Cubs in World Series.
 

I know, I know. But why not reach for the moon. Or, in this case would it be Neptune?

Cubs in the World Series in 2012. Seems to have been more than a 100 years since they won a World Series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-series/page/8

I'm a diehard Cub fan since 1950. This is the 2nd time (last time being 1969) in all these years that I have a good feeling for the future as Theo and gang seem to be doing the right things to get this franchise in the best direction. It will be fun to see the next few years if he can mold this team into a championship mode. Am I crazy or what?