"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do, I stare out the window and wait for spring." - Rogers Hornsby

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:: welcome to 'and another thing!' - voted by readers as Best Cubs Blog 2004

:: Cubs' final 2004 record: 89-73, 3rd NL Central, -16. Last game: 10-8 win over Braves
:: Al's final 2004 record: 51-41, .554 (44-37 home, 7-4 road)
:: Cubs' 2004 record in all other games: 38-32, .543 (1-0 home, 37-32 road)
:: Next spring training game: Thursday, March 3, 2005, vs. A's at Phoenix, 2:05 pm CT
:: Next game: Monday, April 4, 2005, vs. Diamondbacks at Phoenix, 4:40 pm CT
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:: Saturday, January 18, 2003 ::

Carol Moseley-Braun for *PRESIDENT*?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

No, let me rephrase that:

WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

She is truly delusional. A one-term senator who was defeated because of incompetence and allegations of improprieties, not to mention consorting with the Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha, wants to be president???

Her chances are about as good as mine, so maybe I should run. Nah.

The best thing to come out of this is that she won't run for her old Senate seat, which opens it up, as pointed out in today's Eric Zorn column in the Chicago Tribune, for state Sen. Barack Obama, a well-respected African-American who might actually have a chance to win the seat back for the Democrats.

So, thanks, Carol, for some laughs, and for the chance to win the Senate seat back. You done good!

:: posted by Al at 8:59 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, January 17, 2003 ::

The Cubs Convention, Day 1

It was a fairly typical opening.

Despite the fact that Sammy Sosa was billed as being there, Pat Hughes announced that he wouldn't arrive till tomorrow. Scattered boos.

Loudest cheers at the opening ceremony were for Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and of course, Dusty Baker. Baker put his kid on the podium and let him lead everyone in "Take Me out to the Ball Game". Cute, I suppose.

Also cheers for Damian Miller and Mike Remlinger, signs that the crowd's a bit more sophisticated than most.

There was, believe it or not, a "highlight" video from last year, mostly Sosa, Wood, Clement and Prior. Unbelievably, they left in one play of Hundley making a sliding catch in foul territory, which brought VERY loud boos.

Usually, the Cubs sell "grab bags" with a lot of stuff left over from past giveaways for $10, with the idea that some of them have ticket coupons in them. No grab bags this year, just miscellaneous stuff left over for individual sale. This brought a *huge* crowd at opening. The only moderately interesting things there were a few leftover Celebriducks.

More tomorrow.

:: posted by Al at 8:11 PM [+] ::
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Go and read this excellent article in today's Chicago Tribune about Dusty Baker

Chicago Tribune requires free registration.

:: posted by Al at 10:30 AM [+] ::
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ok, so I'm joining the mass in starting my own blog.

I have no idea where I'm going to take this, or what I'm going to say. Maybe some days I'll just repost one of my Usenet posts. Or maybe some days I'll go on a diatribe about something.

Or listen to *you*. Write to me here. Let me know what you think.

Later.

:: posted by Al at 9:40 AM [+] ::
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