Archive for September, 2007
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Diary: September 24, 2007
Remember when I first got here and basically called you all a bunch of loser bitches? You’re still a bunch of bitches, but at least you’re only four Cubs wins/Brewers losses away from not being a bunch of losers. This year, anyways.
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Don Zimmer
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time. -Don Zimmer
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Billy Jurges
Jurges was such a pimp, he was shot for breaking a woman’s heart. Any man who inspired The Natural is man enough for the countdown.
So, Who Got Tickets?
I just want to know whose ass I should kiss in the next week or so.
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Keith Moreland
Have the Cubbies run right out into the middle of the field. Have Keith Moreland drop a routine fly. Steve Goodman, A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Mark DeRosa
Why not? DeRosa has been huge for the Cubs this season, and I can’t find a picture of Jody Davis’s back.
Cardinals Mathematically Eliminated
Don’t cry, Cardinals fans. Or do. Because when you do, it’s hilarious.
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Andre Dawson
Former teammate, Ryne Sandberg campaigned for Dawson’s induction during his speech at his own Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “No player in baseball history worked harder, suffered more or did it better than Andre Dawson,” Sandberg said of the rifle-armed outfielder known as “The Hawk.” Sandberg continued, “He’s the best I’ve ever seen. I watched [...]
Sweet Uncle Lou’s Friday Roundup: The “Pennant Fever” Edition
I think Jake requested my pirate picture in honor of Wednesday’s “Talk Like a Pirate Day.” In honor of that and in honor of Pittsburgh coming to town, here it is again. Feast your eyes on it, but don’t you dare stare too long at Anita’s cans. You know, as fun as it is being [...]
Cubs Magic Number Countdown: Randy Hundley
“Having (Randy) Hundley catch for you was like sitting down to a steak dinner with a steak knife. Without Hundley, all you had was a fork.” – Fergie Jenkins (1970)
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