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Sat Sep-27-03 06:17 PM
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We're in!!!!!
Oh, baby! And a double play to end it! Chicago Cubs are playing Atlanta in the first round playoffs! Woo hoo!!!!!!
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:17 PM
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And they're going to be playing the Braves right here in ATL. I couldn't be happier. :)
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:36 PM
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I'll need to start construction of an ark, just in case they make it to the World Series. :P
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:43 PM
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10. Elbow To Fingertips I believe |
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I'm ordering the lumber as we speak.
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:21 PM
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2. Congrats to Cubs fans! |
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:38 PM
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9. How long can you tread water??? |
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Lessee if anybody gets that reference......
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:10 PM
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19. Well change one of them! |
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:37 PM
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Bill Cosby's "Noah" routine...right?
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:17 PM
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:26 PM
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Yes, God.
Of course I get it! That was back when Cosby did standup.
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tsipple
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:21 PM
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3. First Division Championship in 28 Years! |
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Edited on Sat Sep-27-03 06:24 PM by tsipple
Rooting for a Cubs-Red Sox World Series! :bounce:
On edit: Well, I don't know for sure about that 28 years business. But who cares? They're in! They're in!
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:24 PM
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Yankees - Cubs World Series !!!!!!!!!!!
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RichV
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:33 PM
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First in 14 years. We won it in '89 too. And '84. :)
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:45 PM
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The Cubs haven't been in the World Series since '45.
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:50 PM
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But they've won their division since. Just didn't win the National League championship to make it to the World Series.
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:29 PM
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28. We was robbed in '84! |
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:24 PM
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Been waiting a long time for this. Of course it wasn't televised...
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:34 PM
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7. let the looting begin! |
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look out, michigan avenue.
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:28 PM
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21. If one has EVER encountered one of "Chicago's finest"... |
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They will have to be VERY brave to loot anything! "Lil' Richie" doesn't approve of such unseemly activities--- thinks it gives us a bad 'rep. :P
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Sat Sep-27-03 09:41 PM
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35. i've had more than my fair share of run ins with chicago's finest |
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and i've spent a good portion of my life at 321 lasalle in traffic court.
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:10 PM
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23. Chicagoans Don't Loot... |
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...We merely pilfer. :evilgrin:
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:11 PM
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24. The art of the 'five finger discount'... |
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...was perfected here. :evilgrin:
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:41 PM
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31. And stay off Irving Park Road! |
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It's a conduit to the Kennedy and suburbanites going home.
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:44 PM
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11. WOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! |
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Edited on Sat Sep-27-03 06:55 PM by greatauntoftriplets
Great!!!!!
Still quiet on the Far North Side. Guess the game attendees are still trying to get through the throngs to their cars. LOL.
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
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Sat Sep-27-03 06:56 PM
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I might enjoy the playoffs for the first time in many a moon.
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:00 PM
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I'm a Braves fan, but I am very happy to see the Cubbies in!
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:04 PM
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16. Good news is that the Braves are known for choking |
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so maybe the Cubs can go all the way this year:)
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:06 PM
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that the Cubs and Braves will be playing here in ATL in the first round. I'm a transplanted Cubs fan and couldn't have asked for anything better short of making the trip up to Wrigley.
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:41 PM
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30. How'd you end up in Atlanta? |
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Does it suck or is it ok to live there?
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Sat Sep-27-03 09:12 PM
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32. I'm in grad school at Emory |
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Atlanta's great. I really dig living here. It's not Chicago, but the weather's better. ;)
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Sat Sep-27-03 09:14 PM
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33. I like the cold, can't stand the heat. |
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:09 PM
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Sat Sep-27-03 07:21 PM
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20. I think every playoff series this year......... |
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is going to be awesome........alot of great matchups .........
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:22 PM
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26. A Note about Bush re: the Cubs |
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Edited on Sat Sep-27-03 08:23 PM by tsipple
I'm pleased to announce, in case you hadn't noticed, that George W. Bush left yet another business in shambles, the Texas Rangers. The Texas Rangers are at the bottom of the American League West standings, "only" 25 games in back of Oakland.
That's despite the enormous taxpayer subsidy to the Rangers for their new ballpark, so millionaires can chomp on bratwurst and brie in the skyboxes. Reverse Robin Hood at its finest.
In contrast, the Cubs play in an "obsolete" baseball park, Wrigley Field, which still has ivy-covered brick walls, manual scoreboards, and few night games. There's little or no taxpayer subsidy. (Quite the opposite, actually.) Bleacher tickets at least are still relatively affordable. The place sells out routinely, win or lose, and pours money into the Tribune Company's coffers. Nearby taxpayer boondoggles, i.e. U.S. Cellular Field (White Sox) and Miller Park (Brewers), sometimes can't give away tickets.
I would also note that Chicago's star player, Sammy Sosa, was traded from the Texas Rangers under George W. Bush's oh-so-able stewardship. (Nice move, George. It's the only thing for which we thank you.)
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Sat Sep-27-03 08:37 PM
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29. Yeah, and the Ranger's Spring Training Camp |
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in Florida is now a municipal sports complex. Guess land in Florda, cheap as it was then, was too expensive for Texas.
BTW, the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field was supposed to be the first Major League ballpark with lights. Then a war happened and they donated the materials to the war effort - and ended up the last MLB field with lights.
Life is wonderful when your daughter is rbnyc and your father was Lou Boudreau's second cousin. ;-)
Go Cubs!
Anything but Bush in 2004!
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Sat Sep-27-03 09:37 PM
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34. Just got back from the Cubbie Bear |
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Couldn't go to the game, so that was the next best thing.
Hope they get that goat down to Atlanta ASAP! :)
Eamus Catuli!
:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:
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Sat Sep-27-03 10:16 PM
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36. Reset the clock to AC 005895 |
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38. A beautiful sight to see, thanks |
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