SB Nation User Blog: drewishdrewid

Back in the Saddle

drewishdrewid — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:45:47 -0000

I wore my Cubs hat all day today. I'm back in the saddle.

After the disaster of game three -- which I turned off in the third inning -- I threw my cubs hat into the corner and walked around the block three times. I took off my "Believe" and "It's Gonna Happen" bracelets. I pulled my Cubs flag down from my porch overhang. And I didn't think about baseball for over a day.

When I turned my computer on, I closed the tab for this site before it could come up, and I haven't looked at it since then.

But today, I pulled my Cubs hat on and walked into the kitchen. "Next year is the year," I announced to my wife and son. I put my bracelets back on. My flag is folded and ready for our move, where it will be hung in a place of honor till February, and then it'll go out where the neighborhood can see it. I don't put political signs on my lawn, but I show my Cubs flag proudly.

And now I'm back.

I have no, deep, pithy comments to make. I'm sure there will be changes in the team, although I wouldn't change anything if I were in charge. All I can say is, I believe that this team can do it all in 2009.

Is it February yet?

The Playoffs are a Crapshoot

drewishdrewid — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:13:58 -0000

Well, this isn't exactly where we thought we'd end up, is it? Wrigley, our secret weapon defanged. Few clutch hits. Erratic pitching in the first game, erratic fielding in the second game. It sucks.

I didn't watch most of the game yesterday; I was watching the debate with my wife. But I did catch some of the end, and I did view the game threads. Some of what was being said there was utterly shameful, and the worst even followed to the thread designed to give us a break from them. I'm looking at you, DaBard.

I don't believe in curses. But I do believe in the collective unconciousness. I think that there's more mental and emotional pressure on the Cubs than ever before, save, possibly, game 6 in 2003. I think that this is part of why they are struggling. So this is what I have done, and I encourage those who agree with me to do the same:

I will not visit this site except for right now, until the game starts tomorrow. I have taken off all my cubs paraphernalia. I am not, and will not wear Cubs clothing -- not even my Cubs underoos. I will not listen to the sports segments on the news. I will not visit ESPN (easy, that). I will do my best to not think about the Cubs, and give them a break from the pressure they are under.

They can come back from this; it's been done before, and this team, when everything is aligned, can do anything. But that is a story for tomorrow night.

OFF DAY FUN: Milton -- Outside the Lines

drewishdrewid — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:38:43 -0000

a joint project between neverAcquiesce, dtpollitt and Drewishdrewid.

Nobody knows who he is for real. We've named him Milton, and he's become our near-daily mascot, cheering on every win with us, from various locations around the world.

But what is his story? Today, on "Outside the Lines" we will explore Milton's past -- born in Osh-Kosh, his father was an itinerant coffee-filter salesman, going door to door, and Milton went with him. His childhood in India, his teenage years as a kangaroo wrestler with the carnival, and his early adult hood training with the Dali Lama at the top of the world, where for months, he fasted and meditated in a cave in Tibet -- with only a transistor radio for company. A transistor radio that, as if via a miracle, picked up 720, WGN Radio, and the dulcet tones of Cubs Baseball.

Those words led him on a world-wide pilgrimage -- a man and his cardboard, in search of Wrigley field.

Join us, and tell what -you- know of Milton. Leave nothing back. Speak of his first love, the Ecuadorian Princess Maria Conchita Gonzala Luisa Kambada Orana Babusta Perez, and the pain he felt when his third wife left him for Donald Trump.

Next, on "Outside the Lines".

Following Through

drewishdrewid — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:34:42 -0000

Back before the All-Star Break, I made a prediction: that the 2008 Chicago Cubs would be 8-10 games up on the second-place team by the middle of August. I said that if they weren't 8-10 games up, I'd donate $20 to Project 3000.

Well, my prediction has not come true. The Cubs struggled coming out of the break, while the Suds have been pretty strong (except for when we swept them, heh-heh-heh) and have only really been able to maintain their lead at 4.5 games.

Time to pony up.

Suds-Dads 8/14 Game Thread

drewishdrewid — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:47:48 -0000

Peavy vs. Sheets. Bottom of the 5th, both pitchers have a one-hitter going, no runs.

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Brewers/Padres 8-13 Thread

drewishdrewid — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:37:55 -0000

Milwauke already up 3-0 in the second.

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What it's like to be a Pirates Fan

drewishdrewid — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:41:57 -0000

Passionate Pirates Announcer Jinxes Pirate Pitcher @ Yahoo! Video

What it's like to be a Pirates Fan

Utterly OT -- Wife's surgery

drewishdrewid — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:07:40 -0000

Hi, everyone. We're back from the hospital, and Laura is doing fine. The surgery went very well, although she's going to need another round of particularly unpleasant medicine (not chemo or anything like that). I'd like to note for the record that she wore an Aramis Ramirez tshirt to the hospital.

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7-13 LOOK FOR THE SIGN!

drewishdrewid — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:17:21 -0000

Laura and I will be in attendance at the game tomorrow. We're getting up at 7 tomorrow morning to be on the train by 8:30 so that we're at Wrigley by 10 so that we can get shirts for my man-crush, Aramis!

Here is our sign:

LOOK FOR THE SIGN!

And if we win, a little something special is on the back.

LOOK FOR THE SIGN!

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Overflow #3

drewishdrewid — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:29:30 -0000

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