Its Opening Day!

Posted April 1st, 2007 at 10:01 PM by John Farney
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In honor of Opening Day - a classic by Steve Goodman.

BTW, have the Cubs been mathmatically eliminated yet? Go Sox!

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On April 1st, 2007 at 10:11 PM, Run4cvrlib said:

This is the year

On April 2nd, 2007 at 08:15 AM, wally "the fen" fenwick (not verified) said:

Mollie says that most of her clients are so desperate, they must also be Cubs fans.

On April 2nd, 2007 at 08:30 AM, UrbanaRunner (not verified) said:

A first grade teacher explains to her class that she is a Sox fan. She asks her students to raise their
hands if they were Sox fans too. Not really knowing what a Sox fan was but wanting to be like their
teacher, their hands explode into the air like fleshy fireworks.

There is, however, one exception. One girl has not gone along with the crowd. The teacher asks
her why she has decided to be different. "Because I'm not a Sox fan."

Then, asks the teacher, what are you?

"Why I'm proud to be a Chicago Cubs fan," boasts the little girl.

The teacher is a little perturbed now, her face slightly red. She asks the girl
why she is a Cubs fan.

"Well, My Dad and Mom are Cubs fans, and I'm a Cubs fan too."

The teacher is now angry. "That's no reason," she says loudly. "What if your Mom was a
prostitute, and your dad was a car thief. What would you be then?"

A pause, and a smile. "Then," says the girl, "I'd be a White Sox fan."

GO CUBBIES!!!

On April 2nd, 2007 at 08:56 AM, Bill Buckner (not verified) said:

A White Sox fan, a boy scout and a priest are all on airplane. The pilot comes on and says he`s got some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that the plane is going to crash. The good news is that we have three parachutes but that leaves one person without a parachute.

The pilot grabs one saying "I have to explain what went wrong" and jumps.

The White Sox fan grabs one and say we may win this year and jumps.

The priest looks to the boy scout and says "you take the last one".

The boy replies "We can each have one. That White Sox fan stole my backpack."

 

On April 2nd, 2007 at 11:19 AM, Run4cvrlib said:

Some "crazy" Billionair from Chicago bought the Tribune--Cubs so maybe they can buy up all the good players and win. Sounds as good as all the other crazy reasons we might win this year. 

On April 2nd, 2007 at 12:06 PM, Anonymous (not verified) said:

Opening Day was yesterday. The WORLD CHAMPION Cardinals played. (They lost, putting the Cubs ahead of them, for now).

I love Cubs fans. Full of optimism in April, concerned in June, ready to fire the manager in August, despondent in September. Then it's April, and it starts all over agian. At least it has for the past 99 years.

Here's hoping the Cubs finally win a World Series in their new ballpark on Clark and Addison.

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On April 2nd, 2007 at 07:37 PM, John Farney said:

Dang, opening day sucks.

On April 3rd, 2007 at 03:52 PM, Clay Eals (not verified) said:

Good to see your posted video of "A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" by Steve Goodman. He often doesn't get his due. Thought you might be interested in an eight-year project of mine that is coming to fruition -- a biography of Goodman that will be published in May. The book delves deeply into the origin of "Dying Cub Fan" and Goodman's many other songs. Please e-mail me at ceals@comcast.net if you would like me to e-mail you a background sheet on the book. Or check my Internet site below for more info (including the May 18-20 Chicago launch events) and how to pre-order, if you like. Just trying to spread the word!

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